Municipal

Cody Graham, 26, Second Avenue, New Cumberland, West Virginia, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 174 days suspended and credit for six days served 20 hours of community service, and fined $250 for theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charge of possessing drug paraphernalia is for having a glass tube and two plastic tubes used to ingest narcotics on his person while being taken into custody for an outstanding warrant in East Liverpool on October 26. The charge of theft stems from an incident when Graham made two ATM transactions totaling $64 in value using a debit card which did not belong to him at a business in East Liverpool on September 12.

Aziz Nasrullaev, 31, Landing Lane, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, was fined $500 for possessing criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover officer from the Columbiana County Human Trafficking Task Force in East Palestine for sexual acts in exchange for $140 on Nov. 15, and possessing the cellular device which was used to arrange the criminal act at that time. A charge of engaging in prostitution was dismissed.

Heather Reed, 41, Fifth Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia, was fined $280 for possessing drug paraphernalia, driving without a license and a headlight violation for having a burnt glass pipe in her jacket during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Jan. 27.

Rick Fisher, 35, Allison Road, Chester, West Virginia was fined $150 for possessing drug paraphernalia for having “a burnt glass pipe with chore boy” under his seat during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Jan. 27.

Nicola Smith, 42, Shadylane Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for possessing drug paraphernalia for having “a burnt glass pipe with chore boy” under her seat during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Jan. 27.

Diane Goodwin, 56, Northside Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 40 hours of community service, fined $250, and ordered to complete a theft awareness course and have no contact with the business for theft for failing to scan and pay for 10 items totaling $46.60 in value at the Wal-Mart in Calcutta on March 3.

Miles Reynolds, 37, Bank Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended, 30 hours of community service, and fined $250 for driving under suspension.

Bryon Potter, 40, East Perry Street, Salem, was fined $150 for driving under suspension.

Brandon Adams, 31, Goose Hollow Road, Morgantown, West Virginia, was fined $150 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.

Michael Little, 40, Failor Street, East Palestine, was fined $100 for stopped school bus.

Rhonda Newlun, 60, state Route 170, East Liverpool, was fined $50 for speeding.

Jonathan Carnes, 29, state Route 154, Columbiana, was fined $50 for speeding.

Michael Krug, 64, Fifth Street, Beloit, was fined $25 for an equipment violation amended from one way traffic.

A pretrial and primary hearing was set Feb. 25 for Mark Chamberlain, 56, State Route 517, Columbiana, for operating an all-purpose vehicle without proper lights, and fourth degree felony failure to comply with the orders or signal of a police officer for allegedly accelerating rapidly and fleeing from an officer when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop in Columbiana on Jan. 25.

A pretrial was set April 14 for Ethel Brandle, no age available, Shadyside Road, East Liverpool, charged with six counts of failure to file city income tax returns, for allegedly failing to file city income tax returns for tax years 2019-2024 in East Liverpool, Ohio.

A pretrial was set April 15 for Adam Faulkner, state Route 14, East Palestine, charged with OVI, driving under suspension, and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set April 13 for Tiffany Sobien, 26, Clover Alley, Wellsville, charged with driving under suspension.

A pretrial was set April 14 for William McFarland Jr., 34, Cliff Drive, Salem, charged with driving under suspension and a tail light violation.

A Salem woman was fined $150 for threatening a family member.

Angela Uy, 45, East Third Street, Salem was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for threatening violence against a family member twice while officers were investigating a report of Uy possibly assaulting a different family member while intoxicated on Dec. 31, 2024. A second charge of domestic violence was dismissed.

Nick Rossi, 64, Maple Avenue, Niceville, Florida, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended, 20 hours of community service, and fined $750 for engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover officer from the Columbiana County Human Trafficking Task Force in Salem for sexual acts in exchange for $140 on Aug. 1, and possessing the cellular device which was used to arrange the criminal act at that time.

Christopher Barley, 63, Chestnut Boulevard, Cuyahoga Falls, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, and credit for three days served, 20 hours of community service, and fined $750 for engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover officer from the Columbiana County Human Trafficking Task Force in East Palestine for sexual acts in exchange for $140 on Nov. 14 and possessing the cellular device which was used to arrange the criminal act at that time.

Colleen McCoy, 80, Van Buren Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for criminal trespass for entering a farm that she had been trespassed from on Jan. 18 and Jan. 24 in St. Clair Township despite being notified on Jan. 14 that if she entered the property again she would be charged with trespassing.

Ariel Durham, 37, Pass Lane, Lisbon, was sentenced to four days in jail, with credit for two days served and fined $150 for criminal damaging for kicking and punching a door, creating several large holes in the door in Lisbon on Oct. 7.

John Seddon III, 64, Aetna Street, Salem, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for attending a three-day driver intervention program, 25 hours of community service, and fined $1,075 for OVI.

Ryan Artman, 42, state Route 267, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for attending a three-day driver intervention program, 40 hours of community service, and fined $75 for physical control. A charge of OVI refusal with prior within 20 years was dismissed.

Jason Joy, 51, Lochness Circle, Canton, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for two days served and attending a three-day driver intervention program, 40 hours of community service, and fined $1,125 for OVI and expired registration.

Cory Strawn, 38, Scott Avenue, Niles, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for one day served and fined $350 for driving under suspension and a marked lanes violation.

Xueliun Lyu, 28, Fir Hil, Akron, was sentenced to five days in jail with five days suspended, 40 hours of community service, and fined $200 for speeding.

Fei Chen, 44, 150th Place, Flushing, New York, was fined $125 for a red light violation and driving while texting.

David Santiago Jr., 44, Chester Avenue, Columbiana, was fined $125 for speeding.

Deborah McMyler, 61, Humiston Drive, Bay Village, was fined $50 for equipment misuse, amended from speeding.

A pretrial was set Feb. 9, for Dillon Corfee, 25, Marcia Drive, Austintown, charged with obstructing official business and possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly being seen sitting in front of a coffee table with dangerous felony drugs in plain view at a residence in Salem on Feb. 3, attempting to close the door on officer’s while they attempted to speak with wanted individuals who were seen fleeing further into the residence, failing to comply with officers’ orders to exit the residence at least six times, and while doing so moved toward a large knife and officers while stating “no, I’m going to the garage” and walking away from officers.

A pretrial was set Feb. 17 for Ashley Geer, 28, Plymouth Street, Hanoverton, charged with domestic violence for allegedly attacking a family member while intoxicated by kicking and striking him, causing several scratch marks on his right shoulder and a bruise on his right shoulder blade and punching another household member in the right eye causing bruising and swelling to their eyelid on Feb. 4.

A pretrial was set April 14, for Anthony Kozicky, 44, England Drive, East Palestine, charged with speeding.

A pretrial was set April 1 for Frank Spada, 68, Monument Road, Canton, charged with speeding.

A pre-trial was set April 6 for Abdo Allhabi, 48, Hazen Avenue, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania charged with a stop sign violation.

Court News

LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of trafficking in drugs was sentenced to 24 months in prison during his recent sentencing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

David M. Adams, 46, Glenn Road, East Liverpool, appeared on two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, a third-degree felony. Besides the prison term, he was also fined $5,00 for each count.

Adams was accused of trafficking methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on Sept. 7, 2023 and Sept. 14, 2023.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Olivia Redman, 20, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, was placed under community control for two years and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Lisbon for charges from two separate indictments, including fifth-degree felony assault and misdemeanor assault from one case and third-degree felony burglary from another case. She received credit for two days served. Redman was accused of assaulting another inmate at the Columbiana County jail while she was an inmate, punching the woman on May 2, 2025, then striking a corrections officer who intervened, hitting her in the face and kicking her. The burglary charge involved Redman trespassing in an occupied structure in East Liverpool on Nov. 22, 2024 with the purpose to commit theft.

— Jakob Hendricks, 36, Cherry Street, Washingtonville, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for fifth-degree felony theft and fourth-degree felony telecommunications fraud, with credit for two days served. He was accused of stealing $6,045 from Natural Solutions on Oct. 31, 2023.

— Jaycent Staats, 42, Massillon, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, and fifth-degree felonies of possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs, with sentencing set for April 2. Staats was accused of possessing cocaine and methamphetamine and trying to take drugs into a detention facility on Feb. 4, 2024.

— Donnie Mergenthaler, 26, Maryland Avenue, Salem, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to fifth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor assault, with credit for three days served in jail. He was accused of pushing a pregnant woman multiple times threatening to hit her unless he got the car keys after an argument on Aug. 10, 2025 in Perry Township. He also allegedly struck the victim’s relative multiple times when she tried to get between them and then picked her up and slammed her to the ground.

Common Pleas

Docket Entries

Warren H. Garwood vs. Luz Garwood; divorce granted

Ashley Parsons and Richard Parson Jr.; dissolution granted

ABL Wholesale Distributors Inc vs. Elias Tayeh, et al.; $52,539.17 judgement granted to plaintiff.

Richard Tsai, et al. vs Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al.; defendant Alicon Environmental, Inc dismissed without prejudice.