Common Pleas

New Cases

Bank of America, N.A., Charlotte, N.C., vs. Walter Persing, Richardson Avenue, Negley; collection sought of alleged $25,603 debt.

Consumers National Bank, East Lincoln Way, Minerva, vs. William P. Long, Endley Road, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $15,939 debt.

SoFi Bank, N.A., Independence, vs. Paula Brandt, Speidel Road, East Rochester; collection sought of alleged $5,587 debt.

Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Edward Bean, Center Road, Alliance; collection sought of alleged $16,526 debt.

Planet Home Lending, LLC, Meriden, Conn., vs. Kristina L. Briden, North Main Street, Columbiana, et al.; mortage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

American Fire and Casualty Company, Chicago, Ill., vs. Beaver Lake Contracting, LLC, Kibler Road, New Waterford; collection sought of alleged $42,650 debt.

Upstart Network, Inc., San Mateo, Calif., vs. Ruby Stiles, Timber Run Street, New Waterford; collection sought of alleged $22,295 debt.

Credit Acceptance Corporation, Southfield, Mich., vs. Kristen M. Doolin, Hickman Road, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $13,256 debt.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Matthew William Bigelow, East Liverpool Road, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

Docket Entries

Huntington National Bank vs. Amos Communications, Inc., et al.; $45,723 judgment granted to plaintiff, plus $256 legal costs, $1,847 other costs and $6,068 interest.

Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. Payton M. Morrison, et al.; foreclosure complaint dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Scout Real Estate LLC; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Levi Vollnogle vs. Bethany Vollnogle; divorce granted.

Jodi E. Quimby vs. Richard J. Bell; divorce granted.

Everett Linger and Susan E. Linger; dissolution granted.

Daniel A. Meade vs. Jennifer M. Meade; divorce granted.

Jessica Szelazek and Robert Szelazek; dissolution granted.

Capital One, N.A., vs Lori Cascio; $6,466 judgment granted to plaintiff.

American Express National Bank vs. Ken Reeves; case dismissed.

Marriage Licenses

Ricky David Hickman, 67, Alliance, retired, and Karyn M. Carpenter, 62, Salem, retired.

Grand Jury

LISBON — An East Liverpool man was served Sunday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for multiple drug counts.

Scott D. Shreve , 37, Alpha Street, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, two counts aggravated possession of drugs and three counts of possession of drugs, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, lisdexamfetamine, xylazine, alprazolam and buprenorphine on March 6, 2025.

Also served with secret indictments were:

— Hayden Wright, 36, St. George Street, East Liverpool, having weapons while under disability, a third-degree felony, for allegedly possessing a firearm on Nov. 26, 2025 while prohibited from having weapons due to a previous felony drug conviction.

— Aaron Delo, 33, State Line Road, Negley, counterfeiting, a fourth-degree felony, for an alleged counterfeiting incident on Oct. 13, 2025.

Municipal

LISBON–A Lisbon woman was fined $300 for forcefully removing two children from their home without permission and striking another person on June 1.

Rebecca Meredith, 37, Sunrise Drive, Lisbon, was fined $300 for two counts of disorderly conduct, amended from one count of assault and one count of interference with custody, for going to another person’s residence in East Palestine to take their two children from the residence without consent, enter the residence without consent or announcing themself and remove one child from the other person’s arms and strike them in the face causing a laceration to their lip before walking into the living room and while attempting to pick up the second child pushed the other person before leaving the residence with both children on June 1.

Donald Smith, 66, Speidel Road, Lisbon, was bound over to the grand jury charged with third-degree felony OVI, and misdemeanor driving under suspension, and a charge of open container was dismissed.