Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Dec. 22 for William A. Williams Jr., 55, Washington Street, Wellsville, charged with domestic violence for allegedly beating on a woman and pushing her on Dec. 11 in Wellsville.

A pretrial was set Dec. 22 for Thomas E. Poyssick, 27, Youngstown, charged with aggravated menacing and telecommunications harassment for allegedly calling a woman after being told previously not to contact her and yelling at her, making her fear for her safety on Dec. 4 in Columbiana.

Matthew R. Provenzano, 45, Summit Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $100 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, for aggravated menacing. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to stay away from the victim. On April 9 inside a St. Clair Township laundromat, he was accused of yelling obscene words and threatening to kill a woman.

Justin Michael Gamble, 33, Bates Street, East Liverpool, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 170 days suspended and credit for seven days served, leaving a balance of three days still to serve in jail for violating a temporary protection order for being in the same store as the protected person when he entered the Goodwill in St. Clair Township after her on Oct. 11. He was also ordered to serve three days in jail for a probation violation for a case of domestic violence and criminal damaging from 2024.

Korey Koran, 34, Speidel Road, East Rochester, was fined $250 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for theft. He was ordered to make restitution of $1,533.24 and to have no contact with Enterprise. Koran was accused of failing to return a rental vehicle in October from a rental facility in Salem.

Amanda B. Jackson, 29, North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, was fined $300 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 27 days suspended and credit for one day served, leaving a balance of two days still to serve in jail for two counts of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia. She was ordered to complete 20 hours community service. Jackson possessed a plastic straw with residue during a traffic stop when she was the operator on Dec. 11 in Salem when K-9 Fero alerted to the presence of a narcotic odor coming from the vehicle.

A pretrial was set March 4 for Cody A. Hostetter, 24, North Pleasant Drive, East Palestine, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a plastic straw with residue during a traffic stop on Dec. 11 in Salem when K-9 Fero alerted to the presence of a narcotic odor coming from the vehicle.

A pretrial was set March 3 for Millis Franklin Johnson IV, 46, Middleton Road, Columbiana, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense and marked lanes.

A pretrial was set March 4 for Ricardo Gonzalez Jr., 35, Park Avenue, East Palestine, charged with open container.

A pretrial was set March 4 for Mussab Osman Dirar Salih, 47, Morgantown, W.Va., charged with speeding.

A pretrial was set March 11 for Zoey Summer Daniel, 25, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with driving under suspension.

A pretrial was set March 3 for Ryan Christopher Whittenberger, 20, New Brighton, Pa., charged with reasonable control.

A pretrial was set March 3 for Elizabeth Y. Fowler, 45, East Clark Street, East Palestine, charged with failure to yield.

Ashley N. Malson, 26, Akron, was fined $150 for wrongful entrustment.

Devon Lee Ward, 19, Baxter Street, East Liverpool, was fined $60 for speeding and a stop sign violation.

Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. George E. Rock, Pittsburgh, Pa., et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Crestview Road, Columbiana property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. SCF RC Funding IV, LLC, Princeton, N.J., also serve at Hot Dog Shoppe, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for East Fourth Street and Market Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. William Faulks Jr., care of Steven E. Patton, Chagrin Falls; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Peake Street and Ray Street, East Liverpool property.

Jamie Lee Hatfield, state Route 170, East Liverpool, and Joanna Hope Hatfield, state Route 170, East Liverpool; dissolution sought.

Capital One, N.A., Columbus, vs. Sandra House, Stookesberry Road, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $18,681 debt.

Docket Entries

Alcon Tool Company vs. Wyg Refractories, LLC; case removed to U.S. District Court.

Westlake Services LLC vs. Vanessa Burnside; $10,014 judgment granted to plaintiff.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs. Daniel Tunnat; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.

Ally Bank vs. Jason T. Stockman; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.

Fifth Third Bank, N.A., vs. Charlotte A. Powell, et al.; case stayed during loss mitigation review.

Deutsche Bank National Trust vs. Jamie Marie Smith, et al.; case stayed during loss mitigation review.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Jessica R. Carver, et al.; case stayed during loss mitigation review.

Hanmi Bank vs. Envelope-1, Inc.; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.

CrossCountry Mortgage LLC vs. Brenda K. Bowers, et al.; foreclosure case stayed.

Ameris Bank, LLC vs. Envelope-1, Inc; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.

Mackenzie & Paige Logistics LLC, doing business as M&P Logistics, vs. Envelope-1, Inc., doing business as Mission Envelope; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.

Heather A. Szeiff vs. Josef Donald Clayton Kirkpatrick; divorce granted.

Court News

LISBON — An East Palestine man accused of assaulting a woman last year was ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center.

Stephen W. Jones, 36, East Market Street, appeared for sentencing this week in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for domestic violence, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor endangering children. Besides serving time at the EOCC, which is a community based facility, he was placed under community control for four years and was ordered to have no contact with the victim.

A charge of strangulation was dismissed.

Jones was accused of assaulting a woman after an argument on Nov. 13, 2024 in East Palestine. A police affidavit said Jones smashed a wooden dining room chair and punched out the glass window of the microwave and struck the woman in the back with a large piece of broken dining room chair. She went upstairs and was holding a child when he grabbed her by the throat with both hands and choked her.