Salem men who called in bomb threat will also be charged with inducing panic
LISBON — One count of inducing panic has been added to the charges against two Salem men accused of using a bomb threat ruse at the Salem Walmart as a diversion for a drug robbery at Lease Drug in Salem. The Columbiana County grand jury issued superseding indictments Thursday against James Lippiatt Jr., 20, of 1360 W. State St., and Travis Faulkner, 20, of 313 W. Fifth St., with the fourth-degree felony of inducing panic added to the charges already lodged against each of them last month. Lippiatt had already been indicted for robbery, a second-degree felony, and disrupting public services, a fourth-degree felony. Faulkner had been indicted for conspiracy, a third-degree felony, and complicity to robbery, a second-degree felony. According to court documents, Salem Police received a phone call from a male about a man possessing a bomb at the store with a possible hostage situation.
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COLUMBIANA — A Columbiana man was charged with possession of cocaine after a two-month investigation culminated with a search of his home Thursday and the seizure of crack cocaine, marijuana and money from the residence.
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In county Municipal Court on Tuesday, a Salem man was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail for OVI second offense, no motorcycle endorsement and failure to control.
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Phillip M. Roberts of Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road in East Liverpool - contributing to the deliquency of a minor, sentenced to 10 days in jail converted to 80 hours of community service; fined $200 plus $184.50 in court costs.
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In Salineville Magistrate Court, Nicholas J. Ayers was fined $170 for disorderly conduct.
A driving under suspension charge was dismissed against Harold Kinney Jr., who was fined $95 for expired plates.
Woman charged in animal abuse case
EAST LIVERPOOL — A city woman appeared Thursday in Municipal Court on two counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals after the Humane Society of Columbiana County filed a complaint in the law director’s office last week.
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