Court News

LISBON — Two men caught in sex-for-hire stings in East Palestine entered guilty pleas recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Randy T. McCauley, 40, Canton, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website of an adult female and a minor female and arranging for sexual activity with both females in exchange for $260, then arriving in East Palestine on Nov. 28, 2025 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession. Sentencing was set for Aug. 6.

Matthew D. Porter, 37, Vesper, Wisc., pleaded guilty to a lesser-included offense of attempted compelling prostitution, a fourth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Aug. 3. He was originally charged with third-degree felony compelling prostitution. Charges of fifth-degree felony possession of criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution will be dismissed. Porter was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website depicting an adult mother trafficking her minor daughter and arranging to have sexual conduct with both mother and daughter in exchange for $220. The affidavit said he was given multiple chances to only see the adult and requested the mother keep the minor there for the sex acts, arriving in East Palestine on Oct. 25, 2025 for the meeting, with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Sakeem J. Griffin, 26, Cincinnati, was placed under community control for six months, non-reporting, after pleading guilty to a lesser-included offense of theft, a misdemeanor. Griffin was originally charged with grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, for stealing $11,697 over a period from April 29, 2024 to June 28, 2024 from TG Realty. Griffin was ordered to make restitution of $11,697.

— Cagney Allen Springer, 37, Penn Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to seven days in jail, with credit for seven days served, leaving no time to serve after pleading guilty to lesser-included offenses of attempted breaking and entering and attempted theft from a person in a protected class, both misdemeanors. He was originally charged with fifth-degree felonies of breaking and entering and theft from a person in protected class for trespassing in an unoccupied structure on Minerva Street, East Liverpool and taking a refrigerator and stove on Jan. 16, 2025.

— Courtney M. Delauder, 28, Columbus, was placed under community control for three years and sentenced to 38 days in jail, with credit for 38 days served, for fourth-degree felony attempted intimidation, a lesser offense of the original charge of third-degree felony intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case. Delauder was accused of attempting by force or threat of force to influence, intimidate, or hinder the victim of a crime or delinquent act in the filing or prosecution of criminal charges on Sept. 18, 2025.

— Todd Dean, 46, Aetna Street, Salem, was placed under community control for two years and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on June 7, 2024.

— Angela D. Nalley, 47, Mulberry Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with credit for 27 days served, leaving a balance of 93 days still to serve for violating the terms of her probation for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony. Her community control was dishonorably terminated. She possessed cocaine on Nov. 17, 2022.

— Fredrick D. Carter, 36, last known address Conneaut, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of a lesser offense of attempted aggravated possession of drugs, a misdemeanor which was originally aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and ordered to forfeit $265. The jail term was ordered served at the same time with the two-year prison term he’s already serving for a Cuyahoga County case of attempted felonious assault. Carter possessed methamphetamine, $265 and a drug commonly known as bath salts on June 27, 2020.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Keilan A. Clinkscale, 37, Youngstown, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor possession of drugs for allegedly possessing cocaine and codeine on Oct. 6, 2025.

Common Pleas

NEW CASES

PNC Bank, Cleveland, vs. The East Liverpool Country Club, c/o statutory agent, David Moadus, Parkway, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $38,728 debt.

DOCKET ENTRIES

Marissa Chen and Weifeng Chen; dissolution granted.

KCS Transportation, LLC, et al. vs. Estate of Robert D. Rea; defense motion for frivolous conduct sanction against plaintiff denied.

County Treasurer vs. Barbara A. Smith; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Betty Dorris; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Pine View Place, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Devon Reeder, now known as Backus; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Annesley Road, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Robert L. Martin, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Home Circle, Salem property.

County Treasurer vs. Angela C. Adkins, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Riverview Acres Inc.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Montrose Street, East Liverpool.

County Treasurer vs. Ebury RE LLC, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Minerva Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Tina Marie Hancock; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Jackman Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Renee Shields; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Cornell Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Tamara Mae Drotleff, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for state Route 7, New Waterford property.

County Treasurer vs. Robert D. Gribben, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Ohio Luxury Builders LLC, et al.; foreclosure ordered for Homestead Drive, Columbiana property.

County Treasurer vs. Christopher A. Knox, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. William L. Catlett, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Wilbert E. Faulk, 67, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony violate temporary protection order and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the face while there was a protection order in place on May 22 in East Liverpool.

Brian J. Spier, 35, Dairy Lane, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for domestic violence, with 20 hours community service ordered. Spier punched a juvenile victim in the face on Feb. 21 in Lisbon.

Nickolas Dalrymple, 33, 14th Street, Wellsville, was fined $250 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 120 days suspended and credit for two days served, leaving a balance of 58 days still to serve in jail for assault. A third-degree felony charge of strangulation was dismissed by the prosecution. On Sept. 2, 2025 in Wellsville, he was accused of grabbing a woman by the throat forcing her and the chair she was sitting in backwards, then struck her in the face with his hand and threw a door handle at her.

Richard A. Braham, 27, West Park Avenue, Columbiana, was fined $300 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for 30 days served, for menacing amended from aggravated menacing and disorderly conduct amended from violation of a protection order. He was accused of threatening a man in a voicemail message on March 22 in Columbiana. He was fined $50 for failure to control.

A pretrial was set July 6 for Pete L. Gibson, 41, state Route 154, Rogers, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening to shoot a protected person in the head on Millrock Road, New Waterford on May 17.

Grant Kelner Sandrock, 54, Youngstown, was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with 20 hours community service and an education course ordered. Sandrock responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $140, then traveled to East Palestine on Jan. 23 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Mya Nicole Perry, 23, Youngstown, was fined $100 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for possessing criminal tools and soliciting, with 40 hours community service ordered. She was also ordered to complete a prostitution prevention course. Perry posted an ad on a known prostitution website offering sex for hire and arranging to meet an undercover agent for sexual activity in exchange for money, arriving on March 13 in East Palestine for the meeting.

A fugitive from justice charge against David M. Donaldson, 47, Toronto, was dismissed. Court documents said the state of Missouri had not produced a governor’s warrant for extradition for a charge of possession of controlled substance.

A pretrial was set June 10 for Deandre D. Coleman, 37, Alliance, charged with domestic violence for allegedly sending threatening text messages to a woman in Salem on May 26, saying he would kill her when he saw her.

A charge of theft against Donald R. Cross, 77, West 14th Street, Salem, was dismissed. Cross had been accused of failing to scan and pay for $93 worth of items at the Salem Walmart on Feb. 12.

Kirsten S. Mirabelli, 27, Bethel Park, Pa., was ordered to serve 30 days in jail for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence, to be served at the same time as the prison term already being served. She punched another woman in the face during an argument July 22, 2024 in East Palestine.

Shawna Lewis, 40, West Martin Street, East Palestine, was fined $300 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 28 days suspended and credit for two days served, for two counts of disorderly conduct amended from two counts domestic violence, with 25 hours community service ordered. She’s ordered to have no contact with the victim. Lewis struck a man in the face during a domestic on March 2 in New Waterford. On Dec. 19, 2025, she threw a plate at him that cut his leg in East Palestine.

Jennifer Lynne Rawson, 39, Main Street, Wellsville, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 165 days suspended, leaving 15 days to serve in jail for two counts of endangering children, with 20 hours community service ordered. Rawson was accused of creating a risk to the health and safety of two children by not properly securing the door, waking up to find the two children missing on Aug. 23, 2025 in East Liverpool. Police found the two children naked near a wooded area 300 yards from the apartment.

Tyler J. Brown, 25, Cleveland Street, Salem, was fined $100 for disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business for running from a vehicle which crashed into a house on North Jefferson Street in Lisbon on Nov. 3, 2025 when a traffic stop was attempted.

A status conference hearing was set June 30 and a court trial was set July 14 for Nickolas P. Perez, 34, N. Beaver Street, Lisbon, charged with criminal mischief, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct for allegedly going through a woman’s vehicle on Nov. 21, 2024 in Columbiana, breaking a crossbow arrow and items found outside of the vehicle. On April 2, 2025 in Lisbon, he punched another man in the face during a fight.

A status conference hearing was set June 15 for Joseph R. Adams, 48, Holliday Street, East Liverpool, charged with failure to comply, drug paraphernalia, no license, use of unauthorized plate, improper/expired registration and three counts driving under suspension. Adams allegedly fled from police trying to initiate a traffic stop in East Liverpool on his motorcycle and when he did come to a stop, allegedly possessed a burnt pipe with residue on April 3, 2025

A pretrial was set Aug. 10 for David L. Todd, 54. Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, charged with theft for allegedly stuffing two 10-packs of Fireball whiskey into his pants on June 1 at Discount Drug Mart in Lisbon.

Rosie J. Faulkner, 38, West Martin Street, East Palestine, was ordered serve to 45 days in jail, with credit for 16 days served, leaving a balance of 29 days to serve for obstructing official business amended from tampering with evidence and for violating the terms of her probation for 2023 cases of obstructing official business, a red light violation, operating a vehicle impaired and attempted. She was also fined $200 for the 2025 case of obstructing official business for an incident on April 13, 2025 in East Palestine.

Ryan Scott Weldon, 32, East Liverpool Road, East Liverpool, was fined $400 for reckless operation amended from operating a vehicle impaired, failure to control and use of unauthorized plate. Charges of driving under suspension were dismissed. His license was suspended for one year, with 30 hours community service ordered.

Sarah Beja, 44, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 30 days suspended, 20 hours of community service and fined $250 for disorderly conduct amended from endangering children for being extremely intoxicated while having custody of her daughter in Wellsville on Oct. 5, 2025.

Brock Mascher, 31, North Avenue, East Palestine, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended and credit for three days of driver’s intervention, 20 hours of community service, and fined $615 for OVI and failure to control. A charge of open container was dismissed.

A pretrial and preliminary hearing were set June 10 for Kelly Reed, 36, Broadway Avenue, Wellsville, charged with fourth-degree felony assault, and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business for allegedly disobeying multiple orders to exit her vehicle during a traffic stop in St. Clair Township on May 31, and for kneeing an officer in the elbow causing it to hyperextend when they undid her seatbelt after being transported to the police department.

A preliminary hearing was set June 8 for Heather Sluss, 42, homeless, charged with fifth-degree felony breaking and entering for allegedly entering a vacant residence in Wellsville without permission on May 29.

A preliminary hearing was set June 8 for David Heddleston III, 26, homeless, charged with fifth-degree felony breaking and entering for allegedly entering a vacant residence in Yellow Creek Township without permission on May 29.

A preliminary hearing was set June 10 for Shaun Delauder, 45, state Route 45, Lisbon, charged with third-degree felony having weapons under disability, driving under suspension, and failure to display a valid sticker for allegedly possessing a loaded firearm while under disability in Lisbon on May 31.

A pretrial was set Aug. 11 for Skyler McAffee, 18, Thompson Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly punching a man in the side in East Liverpool on May 31.

A pretrial was set Aug. 4 for Samantha Beyer, 42, John Street, East Liverpool, charged with cruelty to animals for allegedly leaving a dog chained in the basement of a condemned residence without food or water in East Liverpool on May 19.

A pretrial was set Aug. 10 for Michael White, 51, Tippecanoe Road, Columbiana, charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly pushing officers and instructing a witness not to speak with officers during an investigation in Columbiana on May 29.

A pretrial was set July 29 for John Schepp, 45, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 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 in Unity Township for sexual activity in exchange for $150 and possessing the currency and the cellular device used to arrange the criminal act at that time on May 29.

A pretrial was set Aug. 11 for Savannah Gulu, 18, North Shadylane, East Liverpool, charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly yelling loudly while intoxicated in East Liverpool on May 30.

A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Justin Cox, 32, Ellyson Road, East Rochester, charged with resisting arrest and obstructing official business for allegedly refusing to move out of the way of deputies as instructed during an assault investigation and turning away from the deputies, refusing to put his hands behind his back, and pulling his arms away refusing to be handcuffed after he was informed he was being placed under arrest in Hanover Township on May 2.

A pretrial was set July 28 for Liliana Varela, 20, Princess Street, Campbell, charged with criminal damaging for allegedly spray painting several inappropriate images on a building in East Palestine on May 5.

A pretrial was set July 28 for Timothy Browning, 20, Princess Street, Campbell, charged with criminal damaging for allegedly spray painting several inappropriate images on a building in East Palestine on May 5.

A pretrial was set July 21 for Anthony Riddle, 38, Fifth Avenue, Steubenville, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly giving officer multiple false names during a traffic stop in Liverpool Township on May 31.

A pretrial was set Aug. 25 for Seth Talbott, 82, Leland Drive, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing official business, OVI and traffic control devices for allegedly refusing to exit his vehicle when ordered to do so during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on March 14.