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LISBON -- Dylan C. Walsh, 25, Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool, was served Wednesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for aggravated possession drugs, a third-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on May 15, 2025.
Common Pleas
NEW CASES
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs Leon N. Sykes Jr., Lori Lane, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Lori Lane, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond K. Orin, Kountz Avenue, Wellsville; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Kountz Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Francis W. Briceland II, Diamond, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Brightview Drive, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Robert Lee Freer, Gainesville, Va.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Erik Linebaugh, South Middle Street, Columbiana, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for South Middle Street, Columbiana property.
American Express National Bank, Independence, vs. Corey Shofroth, Wildwood Drive, Beloit; collection sought of alleged $11,162 debt.
PNC Bank, Independence, vs. Robert E. McLaughlin, Sunset Court, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $9,461 debt.
Huntington National Bank, Columbus, vs. Shelly Downey, South Avenue, Columbiana, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for manufactured home and Columbiana County property.
DOCKET ENTRIES
NewRez LLC vs. Jenna Sattler, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for St. Jacob-Logtown Road, Lisbon property.
FBN Finance, LLC vs. Sharon Kay Pidgeon, et al.; default judgment granted to FBN Finance against defendants Sharon Kay Pidgeon and Kendra J. Bordman for $463,572.
U.S. Bank National Association vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Lucille Palmer, deceased, et al.; foreclosure vacated, case dismissed.
Nikki Perry and Damian Perry; dissolution granted.
Aubri Scutt and Kristopher Scutt; dissolution granted.
County Treasurer vs. Alexis Trust; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Boyce Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer vs. Z. Doris Newton; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Lower Elkton Road, Leetonia property.
County Treasurer vs. Ahmed Alwishah; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. William G. Young III, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Shirley L. Baker, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Greg Mays, et al.; payment plan completed, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Lisa R. Duncan, now known as McCourt, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
Municipal
LISBON – In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Jeffrey Skidmore, 46, Gromley Road, Salem, charged with OVI, and a turn signal violation.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Rhiley Scheider, 25, Celianna Drive, Strongsville, charged with OVI, reasonable control, and a seat belt violation.
Matthew Christopher Ward, 38, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and sentenced to 11 days in jail, with credit for 11 days served, for disorderly conduct after being erratic, and yelling and cursing at police officers in East Liverpool on July 23 after calling 911 and admitting to being on methamphetamine. He continued yelling at officers after going inside his home, then walked outside and called 911 while emergency personnel were still there.
A pretrial was set Aug. 19 for Jayden L. Archer, 22, Malvern, charged with weapons while intoxicated for allegedly being intoxicated with a firearm in his vehicle on Aug. 2 in the area of state Route 172. Deputies were dispatched for a man unconscious in a vehicle and emergency personnel located the firearm and he admitted to drinking an alcoholic beverage an hour before that.
Laverna Marie Virden, 53, Wayne Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $350 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, with 20 hours community service ordered, for endangering children and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for using drugs and having drugs where children could access them in the bathroom on July 19 in St. Clair Township, with an uncapped syringe, a spoon and liquid and large torch lighter out in the open, with more spoons, another syringes, two crack pipes, a meth pipe and multiple tear offs in an open cabinet, an affidavit said.
A pretrial was set Oct. 5 for Joshua Michael Scott Watkins, 38, Warren, charge with theft for allegedly stealing $15 worth of items from the Dollar Tree in East Liverpool on Aug. 1.
Matthew P. Landsberger, 52, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers, was fined $150 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business for giving false information to troopers about a car crash on Jan. 1 by saying he was driving the car when it was someone else.
Victoria Rakel Redman, 20, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for criminal trespass for trespassing at Oddfellow Apartments on June 2 in East Liverpool. A charge of drug paraphernalia was dismissed. She was accused of possessing a burnt metal pipe during a traffic stop on June 13 in East Liverpool. Probation violation hearings were set for Nov. 10 for cases from 2024 for theft, domestic violence and assault. She was fined $75 for driving under suspension.
A pretrial was set Aug. 12 for Shane A. Aflame, 25, Ravenna, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at Fernangel's Tavern in Salem on Aug. 1 after previously being trespassed from the property.
Symone K. Flowers, 29, Maple Street, Lisbon, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from theft for taking a beverage from a man's car in Lisbon on May 6.
Jason K. Gorby, 41, Heacock Road, Sebring, was fined $250 for drug paraphernalia, expired registration and failure to display for possessing a smoking pipe with residue during a traffic stop on Nov. 10, 2025 in Knox Township.
A pretrial was set Oct. 13 for Alexander C. Converse, 56, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, charged with drug paraphernalia and left of center for allegedly possessing a burnt glass pipe with residue during a traffic stop on July 23 on Parkview Drive near Depot Road, Lisbon.
A pretrial was set Aug. 10 for Ariel L. Durham, 37, Duck Creek Road, Salem, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at the Foundry on Aug. 1 in Salem after being told just prior to that she wasn't permitted on the property.
Brandice L. Bettura, 51, North Market Street, Lisbon, was fined $250 and sentenced to 60 days in jail, with 59 days suspended and credit for one day served, with 20 hours community service, for criminal damaging. She was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Bettura punched through a window screen at a woman's property in Salem on Oct. 25, 2025.
A pretrial was set Aug. 5 for Randall C. Culler, 46, Bell Road, Lisbon, charged with possession of drug abuse instrument for allegedly possessing two hypodermic syringes during a traffic stop on July 28 in East Liverpool.
Five counts of failure to file city income tax return against William Brown, 51, Vine Street, East Liverpool were dismissed due to the defendant taking care off all the East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2019-2023.
A pretrial was set Aug. 19 for Moises A. Jose, 35, Ohio Avenue, Salem, charged with obstructing official business, operating a vehicle impaired, OVI breath and no valid license. When police were called for a reckless driver and located the vehicle at a store on South Lincoln Avenue, Salem where Jose claimed he did not drive the vehicle and did not know who it belonged to, but police discovered he had the keys in his pocket, with video showing him driving into the parking lot.
Anthony C. Rump, 65, Olmsted Falls, was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served for illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, with 25 hours community service. Rump possessed a clear bag with a white crystal-like substance during a traffic stop on May 22 in Salem.
Justin M. Cox, 31 Ellyson Road, East Rochester, was fined $250, given a suspended 90-day jail term and 25 hours community service for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business. When deputies were investigating an assault involving a weapon and after two women were arrested, he refused to move out of way of deputies on May 2 in Hanover Township, then refused to put his hands behind his back when he was arrested.
Kari Ann Stahl, 34, Cedar Street, Salem, was fined $1,680 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended, leaving 20 days to spend in jail for two counts of operating a vehicle impaired, with one a second offense amended from a third offense, and one count driving under suspension. Charges of OVI, no seat belt and failure to control were dismissed. Her license was suspended for two years, plus 30 hours community control.
Richard C. Short, 58, Graham Street, Lisbon, was fined $100 for public intoxication.
A pretrial was set Oct. 7 for Colin Jack Nicol, 21, Beaver, Pa., charged with OVI and OVI breath.
A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Nicholas Robert Sherrill, 25, state Route 154, Negley, charged with OVI first offense and tail lights.