Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Riverview Acres Inc., Broadview Circle, East Liverpool; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Montrose Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Tyron Blake, Columbus, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for 18th Street, Wellsville property.

Gary Wonner, East Main Street, East Palestine, and Tina Wonner, Austintown; dissolution sought.

Capital One, Independence, vs. Kevin Clark, West Martin Street, East Palestine; collection sought of alleged $12,086 debt.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wilmington, Del., vs. Valerie McGrath, also known as Valerie Felton, Slater Road, Salem; collection sought of alleged $24,096 debt.

Docket Entries

Rhonda Thomas vs. Sebastian Thomas; dissolution granted.

County Treasurer vs. Harvey Stoneking, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Eighth Avenue, East Liverpool property.

Denette Schreiber vs. Jeffrey Schreiber; divorce granted.

Willie Coleman vs. Teresa Coleman; divorce granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Two defendants facing drug charges were served recently with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.

Joshua Board, 35, Windrose Court, Columbiana, was charged with two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, one a third-degree felony and one a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk and lisdexamfetamine on May 12, 2024.

Tyler Weaver, 27, Spring Valley Road, Salineville, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 12, 2024.

Court News

LISBON — A Lisbon man who violated the terms of his probation for a 2022 case was sentenced to 12 months in prison for domestic violence and obstructing official business, but with credit for 210 days already served.

Jontay Johnson, 30, Green Tree Place, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the probation violation hearing. His probation was dishonorably terminated. Johnson received 12 months for the third-degree felony domestic violence charge and 90 days for the misdemeanor obstructing charge, but to be served at the same time. With the credit, the prison term will be shortened.

According to court records, Johnson attempted to harm or harmed a woman on April 5, 2022 and had previous convictions for domestic violence.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Ryan Vucina, 31, Ellwood City, Pa., was placed on a treatment plan for three years after pleading guilty to trespass in a habitation, a fourth-degree felony, with credit for three days served. The trespassing incident occurred on March 17, 2021.

— Benjamin Corll, 38, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, was placed on a treatment plan for three years after pleading guilty to theft, a fourth-degree felony. Corll was accused of stealing $5,494 from the Crestview Elementary PTO between May 16, 2020 and Jan. 4, 2022.

— Jamie Miller, 50, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers, was placed on a treatment plan for three years after pleading guilty to theft, a fifth-degree felony, for stealing $1,899 from Dollar General on Jan. 3. Miller was ordered to pay restitution of $1,899 to Dollar General.

— Kayla Duffield, 36, Blackmore Street, East Liverpool, was placed on a treatment plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing amphetamine on Nov. 10, 2024.

— Roni Wafler, 45, Jackson Street, Kensington, was placed on a treatment plan for two years after pleading guilty to possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fourth-degree felony, for possessing fentanyl on July 21, 2023.

— Joseph Pedro, 59, Maplewood Drive, Columbiana, was placed on a treatment plan for two years after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on Jan. 5, 2024. He received credit for one day served.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set July 21 for Paul K. Joy, 55, East Fifth Street, Salem, charged with menacing, obstructing official business and public indecency expose private parts for an alleged incident on July 7 on East Fifth Street in Salem when police were called for an assault and found Joy naked from the waste down exposing his private parts to the neighbor who was also outside, according to the police affidavit. He was also yelling and was standing on top of a wheelbarrow with no pants on and ignoring officer commands. The affidavit said he was allegedly holding a phone charger block in his right hand and clinching his fists, taking what the officer called a bladed, or side stance, and telling the officer to “step up,” walking toward the officer in an aggressive manner. He was allegedly resisting officers when they tried to detain him.

A pretrial was set Oct. 21 for Prince Samuel Nelson, 28, Warren, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with the females in exchange for $140, then traveling to East Palestine on June 29 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Daniel Morris, 43, McCoy Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $100 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for theft. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to stay out of Sheetz in Calcutta. On July 2, Morris failed to scan and pay for four items totaling $12 at Sheetz in Calcutta.

A pretrial was set Oct. 21 for Mariah Beaver, 34, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with intoxication for allegedly being intoxicated in a public place on July 1 in East Liverpool.

A pretrial was set Oct. 21 for Robert Allen Morris Jr., 40, Harvey Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense and OVI breath first offense.

A pretrial was set Oct. 23 for Michael Howell, 47, Youngstown, charged with suspended operator’s license.

Dylan Vance, 47, Lippincott Road, East Rochester, was fined $230 for driving under suspension, reasonable control and no seat belt.

Nichole Chestnut, 31, state Route 517, Lisbon, was fined $150 from driving under suspension.

Trevor Minich, 18, Alliance Salem Road, Damascus, was fined $50 for an equipment violation amended from reasonable control.

Mark Zwick, 23, Akron, was fined $50 for expired tag, with no fine for driving under suspension and a notation of now being valid.

Frances Baird, 76, Hoffee Road, Lisbon, was fined $50 for a stop sign violation.

Nathaniel Stanchek, 20, Opal Drive, Wellsville, was fined $200 for temporary permit violation and expired license.