Municipal

LISBON–A Salem man served a day in jail and was fined $150 for entering a business with a knife.

Carl Cranston, 46, McCracken Road, Salem, was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served, ordered to have no contact with the involved business and fined $150 for menacing, amended from aggravated menacing for entering a bar with an approximately 5-to-6-inch knife and walking toward a man in Salem on Aug. 16.

Denver Jeffrey, 28, Cranseville Road, Greenville, Pa.,was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended, 40 hours of community service, and fined $750 for two counts of possessing criminal tools, of which one count was amended from engaging in prostitution, and an additional charge of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle was dismissed. The charges stem from an incident on May 27, 2025, when he drove to Salem to meet with an undercover agent of the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force for sexual conduct in exchange for $140 and possessed the cell phone used to arrange the criminal act at that time.

Amber Burkey, 36, Wayland Road, Deerfield, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended and credit for one day served, 20 hours of community service, and fined $615 for OVI, and reasonable control.

Tamera Priest, 54, West Market Street, Alliance, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended, 40 hours of community service, and fined $1205 for OVI, left of center, and a seatbelt violation.

Swayne Ellison, 51, Main Street, Wellsville, was fined $200 for driving under suspension and a turn signal violation.

Roman Capuano, 27, West Seventh Street, Salem, was fined $195 for speeding and no operator’s license, amended from driving under suspension.

Joshua Taylor, 33, Cullowhee Mountain Road, Cullowhee, North Carolina, was fined $100 for unsafe vehicle amended from reckless operation.

A pretrial and preliminary hearing were set Feb. 17 for William Payton, 21, Roxboro Drive, Hudson, Fla., charged with second-degree felony felonious assault and misdemeanor charges of contributing to the unruliness of a child, failure to comply, and two counts of endangering children for allegedly assaulting a man with a pipe and inducing two juveniles to participate in the assault, and fleeing from officers in a pickup truck with the two juveniles as passengers in East Liverpool on June 13, 2024.

A pretrial was set Feb. 23 for Howard Eammon Jr., 29, Pugh Road, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence, criminal damaging or endangering, and criminal trespass for allegedly entering a residence unwelcomed through an unlocked back door striking a woman in the face causing minor injuries, and punching her television screen in Wellsville on Jan. 11.

A pretrial was set April 20 for Kelly Kuttler, 36, West Washington Street, Lisbon, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the head with an open hand during an argument in Lisbon on Feb. 7.

A pretrial was set Feb. 18 for William Barker, 39, Irish Ridge Road, East Liverpool, charged with menacing for allegedly telling a woman that he was “going to knock [her] jaw clean off [her] face” via Facebook Messenger in East Liverpool on Jan. 21.

A pretrial was set Feb. 23 for Ronald Keller, 52, Murray Avenue, Minerva, charged with assault for allegedly pulling another man off the stairs and onto the ground inside of a residence during a physical altercation after a verbal dispute in East Liverpool on Feb. 8.

A pretrial was set Feb. 23 for Timothy Bell, 48, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly striking a man in the head and left eye causing a cut and bleeding to the left eyelid during a physical altercation after a verbal dispute in East Liverpool on Feb. 8.

A pretrial was set April 13 for Nathan Roush, 22, state Route 170, East Palestine, charged with assault for allegedly following a person out of a restaurant and striking them in the head and slamming them into the ground in the parking lot in Salem on Feb. 6.

A pretrial was set Feb. 18 for Luke Decker, 23, Realty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., charged with permitting drug abuse for allegedly transporting a man to East Palestine to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in exchange for marijuana, permitting the man to possess cocaine within the vehicle on Feb. 6.

A pretrial was set April 20, for Santos Andres, 46, Buttonwood Drive, Manhattan, Kansas, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force for sexual conduct in exchange for $120 and possessing the cellular device used to arrange the criminal act on Feb. 7 in Unity Township.

A pretrial was set April 21 for Ahmad Alsadeq, 21, Market Street, Boardman, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force for sexual conduct in exchange for $30 and possessing the cellular device used to arrange the criminal act on Feb. 9 in Unity Township.

A pretrial was set Feb. 23 for Andrew Smith, 39, Beard Road, New Waterford, charged with driving under suspension.

A pretrial was set April 13 for Sara Martin, 42, Hazel Run Road, Salineville, charged with driving while texting.

A pretrial was set April 22 for Thomas Clark, 33, La Croft Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set March 2 for Joseph Mitchell, 36, West Rocky Way, Grantsville, Utah, charged with driving under suspension.

Common Pleas

New Cases

Huntington National Bank vs. Dennis Lanney Jr. et al; foreclosure sought

Larry A. Elasivich and Lanette L. Elasivich vs. Mike’s Penn Ave Grille; compensation sought for injuries sustained in a fall

Capital One N.A., Independence, Ohio, vs. Kenneth Foster, Petersburg; payment sought of alleged debt

Capital One N.A., Independence, Ohio, vs. Patricia K. Ault, Columbiana; payment sought of alleged debt

Stacy Davidson vs. David Hostetler; compensation sought for alleged breach of contract

Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc., Warren, vs. Curtis E. Colbert et al; foreclosure sought on a Deveshire Drive, Salem, property

City of East Palestine vs. Jeffrey L. Landsberger, East Palestine; payment sought of $6,778 in municipal income tax

Ohio Laser Inc. FKA Hickey-OHL Inc., Salem, vs. Gregg Simpson, Dublin, Ohio; compensation sought for alleged breach of contract

PNC Bank National Association, Independence, Ohio, vs. William J. Ricchino, Wellsville; payment sought of alleged debt

Prestige Financial Services Inc., Draper, Utah, vs. Jeramey A. Heath, Rogers, and James D. Heath, Rogers; payment sought of alleged debt

Independence Capital Recovery LLC, Williamsville, N.Y., vs. Christopher Kaminski, Minerva; payment sought of alleged debt

Lori Ann Harris, East Palestine vs. Robert G. Harris III; divorce sought

Derrick J. Stickles, East Liverpool and Tonya Marie Stickles; dissolution sought

Columbiana County Treasurer vs. Lorna Lee Smith, Salem; payment sought of alleged delinquent tax

Columbiana County Treasurer vs. Sean L. Rhodes et al; payment sought of alleged delinquent tax

Columbiana County Treasurer vs. Earl A. Schory II, Salem; payment sought of alleged delinquent tax

Columbiana County Treasurer vs. American Health Care Inc. et al; payment sought of alleged delinquent tax

Docket Entries

Kathleen Knight, Columbiana, vs. Melissa Bush, Suffolk, Va.; divorce granted

Capitol One N.A. vs. Maria Crawford; defendant ordered to pay $10,280.33

East Liverpool Community Improvement Corporation vs. Coppa’s Mutts and Cuts C/O Michelle Coppa; defendant ordered to pay $27.067.43 in restitution

21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Brandy M. Cox et al; case dismissed

U.S. Bank National Association vs. Gayle Martin et al; foreclosure ordered on a West Main Street, Salineville, property

Marriage Licenses

Keith George Dudik, 73, East Liverpool, retired; and Melissa Dawn Knox, 52, East Liverpool, optician

Kyler Vincent Strotz, 26, Salem, engineer; and Cassandra Lynn Goddard, 39, Salem, retired veteran

Grand Jury

LISBON — Frank B. Gardner, 30, Toronto, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for two counts of nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to pay child support for two children from Nov. 5, 2023 to Nov. 2, 2025.