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POLICE

Salem — Ryan M. Hoschar, 28, Lisbon Road, Salem, was arrested on an active warrant for possession of heroin out of the Goshen Police District following a traffic stop at Butcher and South Cunningham roads at 8:32 p.m. Saturday — Ryan Douglas Armstrong, 40, Depot Road, Salem, was arrested on an active warrant for criminal mischief after a patrolling officer observed him walking through the police station’s parking lot at 10:35 p.m. Saturday. He had previously been identified on security footage damaging a storage bin outside a 400 block East State Street business at 6:50 p.m. ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Cynthia M. Heaver to It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere LLC, home and other residential structures on South Vine Street; $70,000 Susany Development LTD to Robert Alan Spalding Jr. et al, .163 acres on Lucretia Lane; $45,000 First Christian Church to Wardle Enterprises LLC, 1.498 acres agricultural vacant land on Heck Road and state Route 7; $75,000 East Liverpool TM Estates LLC to Shane Lavar Handy et al, home on Haywood Street; $64,000 Daniel S. and Helen J. Cochran to Garrett Palmer, home on Sanford Street; $170,000 East Palestine Pennymac Loan Services LLC to ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Sept. 11 for Luke Reid, 41, Empire, charged with breaking and entering, receiving stolen property and theft, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly cutting a hole in the fence at the sewage treatment plant in Salineville, then being seen on video operating a John Deere riding mower owned by the sewage plant, traveling south down to the North Fork of Yellow Creek on Sept. 4. Village police officers received pictures and text messages the defendant allegedly sent to someone admitting he stole the ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against James D. Laughlin, 34, state Route 518, Lisbon, were bound over to the county grand jury for first-degree felony kidnapping, third-degree felonies of two counts vehicular assault and one count failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and fourth-degree felony domestic violence, all related to incidents on June 29 which started in Rogers. Laughlin allegedly became aggressive with a woman at the Rogers Food and Fuel, Depot Street, Rogers, so she ran to a friend who was driving a Jeep with ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies at 10:36 p.m. Tuesday investigated a report of a 5-year-old child showing up alone at the Duke and Duchess gas mart on U.S. Route 62 in Knox Township without any adult supervision. The child reportedly arrived with no shoes on and no shirt and was unable to clearly identify his parents or provide any contact information. After a thorough investigation, it was determined the child lived substantially west of the location and left home without his parents knowing, walking down a very busy U.S. Route 62 by himself. The child’s home was eventually found ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Huntington National Bank, Columbus, vs. Andrea Smith, Beard Road, New Waterford; collection sought of alleged $19,360 debt. Thomas Cadzow, Adams Road, Lisbon, vs. Paul Finney, doing business as Paul Davis Restoration of Eastern Ohio, Youngstown; damages sought in excess of $100,000 for alleged breach of contract, negligence, property damage, breach of implied warranty and fraud related to home restoration project. Abby Jo Francis, County Airport Road, East Liverpool, vs. Mark Francis, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool; divorce sought. Docket ...