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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Raymond D. Talbert, 49, Center Street, Wellsville, was fined $600 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 174 days suspended and credit for six days served, for assault amended from domestic violence and obstructing official business amended from falsification. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service. Talbert was accused of grabbing a woman by her neck during an argument and throwing her into the metal head board on the bed on July 16, 2021 in Yellow Creek Township. On March 18 this year, he provided false ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the area of East Second Street and North Lincoln Avenue at 2:43 a.m. Friday for a possible warrant check. Dispatch advised that three men were observed on the city camera walking in that area, one of which resembled a person with an active warrant. Officers spoke with the men and determined that none were the wanted person. — Officers responded to the 1000 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 11:34 p.m. Thursday for a report of a suspicious person walking around the community center. Upon investigating the matter, officers found that it was a ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Ayden Elijah Keith Moore, 19, Franklin Street, Salem, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of domestic violence, telecommunications harassment and resisting arrest for allegedly entering a residence in Salem uninvited and slapping a woman multiple times across the face, wrapping his hands around her neck and shoving her to the ground on Oct. 25. He would not stop contacting the victim and kept texting her after she asked him to stop. When Salem police officers ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 600 block of North Howard Avenue at 4:24 a.m. Thursday for a report of suspicious activity. The caller advised that a man on a motorized bicycle was sitting in the roadway in front of their home not moving. Officers located the man who advised that he was taking his time pushing it back to his home as he could not ride it. — Officers responded to the 1700 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday for a reported private property accident between two semi trucks. Officers collected information from both drivers and documented the ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Brittany Star Hamilton, Hampton Court, East Liverpool, vs. Steven Michael Hamilton, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville; divorce sought. Sara Hawkins-McElroy, North Benton, and Robert McElroy, East Third Street, Salem; dissolution sought. Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Curt D. McAfee, state Route 518, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $8,012 debt. NewRez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs Jessica M. Melchionne, Seventh Street, Columbiana; mortgage foreclosure sought for Seventh Street, Columbiana property. Docket Entries American Express National Bank vs. Eric ...

POLICE

Perry Township —Officers spoke to a person by phone at 9:50 p.m. Sunday for a report of telecommunications harassment regarding a social media post. The officer noted that juveniles were involved in the complaint, and the incident is under investigation. —Officers responded to the 1800 block of North Lincoln Avenue at 5:55 p.m. Sunday for a wellness check. The caller advised that there was an elderly woman wearing a pink bath robe walking in the roadway. Officers were able to locate the woman at her residence, and she advised that she was OKand did not need anything. There was a ...