THE COURTS
Municipal
LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Charles Slocum, 33, Brookfield Avenue, Lisbon, was fined $550 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 116 days suspended and credit for four days served, leaving a balance of 60 days to still serve in jail for menacing, assault, resisting arrest, sexual imposition and disorderly conduct. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and to have no contact with the victims or Mexico City in Columbiana. Slocum was accused of sexually assaulting females and making sexual comments to them and trying to fight staff at the Mexico City Hardin Columbiana. He was found outside lying on the ground with several people pointing at him on Oct. 26, 2024. He had been asked to leave the bar and also assaulted a male in front of the business by grabbing his hoodie from behind and attempting to pull him to the ground. During the investigation, he was kicking and hitting stuff in the back of the patrol car and then had to be forced back inside the vehicle after leg restraints were placed on him and he made several threats to officers.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Jan. 21 for Hayden Coil, 18, Aten Avenue Extension, Wellsville, charged with fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanors of failure to comply with order or signal of a police officer and expired license for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle and failing to stop when East Liverpool police officers attempted a traffic stop, eventually coming to a stop on Jan. 13 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set April 8 for Jerrad Rydarowicz, 45, Ford Road, Leetonia, charged with domestic violence for allegedly grabbing a woman by the front of her coat and shoving her, then wrestling with her to take her cell phone, forcing her to use the house phone to call 911 on Jan. 13 in Leetonia. He was ordered to have no contact with the woman.
Catherine Gregg, 27, Penn Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $300 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 166 days suspended, leaving a balance of 14 days still to serve in jail for assault. She was ordered to complete 50 hours community service, make restitution of $43.90 and have no contact with the victim. Gregg attacked a woman as she was attempting to get to her car in Wellsville on Feb. 25, 2024.
Nicholas Wolfe, 45, Washington Street, Lisbon, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 60 days suspended and credit for 77 days served, leaving a balance of 43 days still to serve in jail for domestic violence and aggravated menacing. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and to have no contact with the victim. Wolfe’s case had been bound over to the grand jury, but then sent back to Municipal Court. Wolfe was accused of grabbing a woman by the throat, pushing her to the ground, causing her to hit her head and kicking her in the head during a domestic on Oct. 15, 2024 in Salem.
Chris Davis, 63, Lehi, Utah, formerly Salem, was fined $200 and sentenced to one day in jail, with credit for one day served, for telecommunications harassment. On June 20, 2024 in Salem, Davis was accused of calling, texting, and sending harassing messages and social media posts to a woman.
Donald Locher, 54, South Union Avenue, Salem, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for using his elbow against a woman who allegedly threw a plate at him during a domestic on Sept. 2, 2024 in Salem.
Toni Locher, 53, Uniontown, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. She was accused of throwing a plate at a man during a domestic on Sept. 2, 2024 in Salem.