Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set June 16 for Dylan Walsh, 24, Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with first-degree felony aggravated burglary, fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property, and misdemeanors of domestic violence, resisting arrest, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, no valid license, use of unauthorized plate and a stop sign violation. A bond of $100,000 cash or surety was set. Walsh allegedly broke into a woman’s locked residence while she was inside on Feb. 26 in East Liverpool and shoved her off of a chair against a wall, also punching her twice, chasing her when she attempted to flee the residence, and then grabbing her hair and the back of her neck in an attempt to take her cell phone to stop her from calling police. The victim said he was driving a Jeep that she suspected was stolen, with police finding the vehicle had been reported stolen in Salem on Dec. 13, 2024. On May 16, police were attempting to serve Walsh with a warrant in East Liverpool when he fled on foot and was tased, with a glass pipe commonly used for smoking meth found in his pocket.

Cases against Jeffrey Steffel, 43, Chris Avenue, Washingtonville, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of criminal damaging, resisting arrest and obstructing official business for allegedly forcing his way into a Pembrooke Drive, Salem residence on June 1, breaking the door and frame, then refusing commands from a Perry Township police officer who told him to get up to exit the residence and resisting arrest.

Joshua John Bailey, 34, Youngstown, was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and a prostitution prevention course. Bailey responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $100, then drove to East Palestine on Jan. 2, 2024 for the meeting and had the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

A pretrial was set June 16 for Richard A. Bly, 78, Canfield, charged with public indecency expose private parts for allegedly unzipping his pants, taking out his private part and urinating in public while facing state Route 45 in a plaza parking lot near the Laundry Barn in Lisbon. At the time, Bly was teaching a driver’s education practical with a juvenile male and had gone to the trunk to pull out cones while the juvenile moved to the driver’s seat. While Bly was at the back of the car, he was seen by a witness urinating in public while facing a major roadway.

A pretrial was set June 26 for James Alex Moore, 36, Prospect Street, Salem, charged with three counts of menacing for allegedly breaking the window of a vehicle while a man was inside it, causing the man to suffer cuts on his arm from the glass on June 9 in East Liverpool. He also threatened a woman at the scene and tried to claim the man broke out his own window, but another witness said Moore broke out the window.

Robert W. Reckner, 44, Grant Street, Lisbon, was fined $500 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, for obstructing official business. He was ordered to complete 30 hours community service. Reckner fled from a traffic stop on foot on April 5 at Grant Street by South Street, Center Township, while he was a passenger. He was found in the woods and taken into custody on an active arrest warrant through the Adult Parole Authority.

A pretrial was set Aug. 28 for Aaron Francis, 39, Youngstown, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly being on a Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority property in East Liverpool while on the no trespass list on June 4.