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LISBON -- A Wellsville man who was serving time in the Columbiana County jail for drug paraphernalia charges is now facing a deadly weapon charge for allegedly possessing a cane with a concealed blade while in custody.
Bradley Cianni, 39, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, was served recently with a secret indictment for possession of a deadly weapon while under detention, a fifth-degree felony for allegedly possessing the cane with the blade on April 23. Two days before that he was sentenced to some jail time for charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse instruments through county Municipal Court.
Also served with secret indictments were:
-- Megan Wilson, 35, Toledo, third-degree felony tampering with evidence and fifth-degree felonies of possession of cocaine and possession of a fentanyl-related compound for allegedly possessing cocaine and fentanyl and tampering with evidence on Aug. 26, 2022.
-- Stephen McDermott, 30, Berlin Center, third-degree felony tampering with evidence, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly tampering with evidence and possessing methamphetamine and paraphernalia on Dec. 13, 2024.
Common Pleas
New Cases
Patricia Chamberlain, Madison Drive, Columbiana, vs. Ian Chamberlain, East High Street, Leetonia; divorce sought.
Ashley Reeves, state Route 39, Wellsville, and Jeremiah Reeves, Buzzard Road, Wellsville; dissolution sought.
Citizens Bank, N.A., Glen Allen, Va., vs. Lane Wilson, Sprucevale Road, Rogers, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
Capital One, Columbus, vs. Karen McMillin, state Route 7, Rogers, et al.; collection sought of alleged $35,771 debt.
Docket Entries
County Treasurer vs. Candis Marshall, et al.; sheriff sale set aside, sale voided and case dismissed.
James Simmons Jr. vs. American Tire Distributors, Inc., et al.; case settled and dismissed.
Thomas Bennett, et al. vs. Erik Weimer, et al.; case dismissed against defendant Jeesch Construction, LLC doing business as Alpha Elite Flooring, Kitchen and Bathrooms.
American Express National Bank vs. Thomas Davis; $7,996 judgment granted to plaintiff.
Victoria Featherstone and Don Featherstone Jr.; dissolution case dismissed.
Peter Zeigler and Rebecca Zeigler; dissolution granted.
James Zimmons Jr. vs. American Tire Distributors, Inc., et al.; case settled and dismissed.
ABL Wholesale Distributors Inc. vs. Shubkaram Singh Raina, et al.; $35,961 judgment granted to plaintiff.
ABL Wholesale Distributors Inc. vs. Guruteghbahadur Technologies Inc., et al.; $33,498 judgment granted to plaintiff.
County Treasurer vs. Daneen Rearly, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Wells Avenue, Wellsville property.
Court News
LISBON -- Damien Phillips, 22, Ohio Avenue, Salem, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and misdemeanors of resisting arrest, obstructing official business and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and obstructing officials on Dec. 22, 2024.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a former promoter for the Fraternal Order of Police Quaker Lodge #88, Richard Csernik, 64, Youngstown, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for unauthorized use of property amended from theft for presenting the FOP with false records to receive a payment last year.
He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to make restitution of $1,200 to the FOP Quaker Lodge #88 within 90 days. According to a Salem police affidavit, Csernik worked as a promoter for the FOP Quaker Lodge #88 for many years, but most recently solicited financial support from the community for events that did not exist between Jan. 1, 2022 and June 15, 2023, providing the FOP with a report on Dec. 27, 2022 indicating a bank deposit was made and prompting the FOP to pay him $960 based off of previous solicitation agreements. The affidavit said the report was fictitious and a bank deposit was never made.
Cases against William Wright, 66, Avondale Street, East Liverpool were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony having weapons while under disability and misdemeanors of obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly standing on another person's front porch in Columbiana on May 5 and threatening to kill himself with a self-made firearm, refusing to comply with police orders to stop what he was doing, keep his hands in the air and walk to officers to surrender. He allegedly continuously walked on and off the porch, hiding his hands and screaming at officers. He was tased and taken into custody, with a smash gun found on him, described as a pipe shotgun, along with a shell. As a convicted felon, he was prohibited from having a weapon.
A case against Brandon Black, 44, New Castle, Pa., was bound over to the county grand jury for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly borrowing a woman's vehicle and failing to return it in January 2006 in New Waterford.
Cases against Christopher Tarter, 31, Akron, were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fourth-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, fifth-degree felonies of importuning and possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for allegedly requesting sexual conduct for an agreed upon price of $220 from an undercover agent posing as a 15-year-old female and her mother, then driving to Salem on June 2 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Cases against Olivia Redman, 19, state Route 7, Rogers, were bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felony assault and misdemeanor assault for allegedly assaulting another inmate at the Columbiana County jail while she was an inmate, punching the woman on May 2, then striking a corrections officer who intervened, hitting her in the face and kicking her. Redman was also fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in jail for assault, a misdemeanor, for smacking a corrections officer on the behind on April 29 while she was an inmate at the county jail.
A preliminary hearing was set June 23 for Van La Mar Evans, 19, East Cleveland, charged with third-degree felony tampering with evidence for allegedly admitting to flushing two bags of drugs down the toilet when the Columbiana County Drug Task Force was executing a search warrant a West Fourth Street apartment in East Liverpool on June 10. He was also fined $100 and sentenced to 20 days in jail for obstructing official business for failing to comply with officer commands during the drug search.
A preliminary hearing was set June 17 for Robert Simms, 33, Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly grabbing a woman by the arms and chest area and throwing her on the couch and breaking her necklace on June 11 in East Liverpool.
A domestic violence charge was dismissed against Shane Higley, 47, Fifth Street, Wellsville, with a notation that the prosecutor was unable to reach the alleged victim. Higley had been accused of allegedly pushing a woman and locking the door on her foot during an incident in Wellsville on May 18, 2024.
A pretrial was set June 23 for Jerry Highley, 58, James Drive, Wellsville, charged with domestic violence for allegedly punched another man in the back of the head on June 10 in Yellow Creek Township.
Erick Stewart, 34, Ravenna, was fined $400 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 155 days suspended and credit for seven days served, leaving a balance of 18 days to serve in jail for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and obstructing official business. He was ordered to complete 25 hours community service and a prostitution prevention course. Stewart was accused of requesting sexual conduct for an agreed upon price of $60 from an undercover agent and traveling to Salem on June 5 for the meeting, with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession when he was caught. As he was approached by marked Salem police cruisers with lights and sirens activated, he began to drive away from the meeting spot in the area of Howard Avenue, stopping due to backed up traffic from the Salem Super Cruise. According to the affidavit, Stewart was a convicted felon whose record included charges of aggravated burglary, abduction, strangulation and other offenses. The affidavit said he was also on a state list as a member of the Bloods gang.
Jarrett Shields, 24, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was fined $700 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 178 days suspended and credit for two days served, for resisting arrest, obstructing official business and three counts of violating a temporary protection order. Shields went to the public Calcutta workplace of a woman who had a protection order against him, walking past her and trying to talk to her on Dec. 4, 2022, Dec. 17, 2022 and Jan. 6, 2023. On Aug. 17, 2024 in Lisbon, he gave police officers false information regarding his identification with a wrong name and birthday and also resisted arrest when taken into custody for warrants.
William Simms, 65, Wyoming Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served, for criminal trespass amended from assault. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Simms forcibly grabbed a woman by the throat and picked her up off of the ground, pinning her against her house after she told him to get off of her property, he got in her face and she shoved him on Dec. 5, 2024 in St. Clair Township.
Stepfahn Terrell Anthony, 40, Alice Street, East Palestine, was fined $600 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 171 days suspended and credit for nine days served, for domestic violence, disorderly conduct and two counts of obstructing official business, with one amended from obstructing justice. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to stay out of Dollar General in East Palestine. He had been accused of pushing, grabbing and scratching a woman on June 2 in East Palestine, then hiding behind a couch chair with a blanket covering him to hinder his apprehension. On March 8 in East Palestine, he lied about his name multiple times when East Palestine police made contact with him about an incident at Dollar General. He had allegedly been intoxicated and growled at store customers.
A pretrial was set June 23 for Marecia Neville, 36, Laura Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with menacing for allegedly threatening to snap another woman's neck on June 2, with the alleged threat recorded on video in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Sept. 4 for Cory Cotter, 26, Park Way, East Liverpool, charged with criminal mischief for punching and kicking a bedroom door, damaging the door on May 25 in Liverpool Township.
A pretrial was set Aug. 26 for Sierra Fitch, 28, Pinetree Circle, East Palestine, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly refusing to leave a property on Jimtown Road in Unity Township after being told multiple times to leave on April 22.