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Grand Jury
LISBON -- Drug defendants were served recently with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County, including:
-- Alayah Cheylynn Thornton, 26, Commerce Street, Wellsville, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on April 4, 2025.
-- Jobie Norris, 38, Chester, W.Va., fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine for allegedly possessing cocaine on June 21.
Common Pleas
NEW CASES
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Timothy R. Ward, North Pearl Street, Columbiana; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for North Pearl Street, Columbiana property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Kevin Kerr, Moore Street, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for parcels on St. Clair Avenue, East Sixth Street and Potts Lane & Sly Alley, all East Liverpool, properties.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Lucas Vollnogle, Elmwood Drive, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Wayne Bridge Road, Lisbon property.
Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Christina Alford, Valley Avenue, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $2,512 debt.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wilmington, Del. vs. Erin Anthony, also known as Erin Nicholson, Calcutta Smith Ferry Road, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $20,942 debt.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A,, Wilmington, Del. vs. Donald K. Foster III, Main Street, Leetonia; collection sought of alleged $20,641 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Trinity Financial Services LLC vs. Carl A. Barnett; stay lifted, case dismissed.
Velocity Investments LLC vs. Terri Mason, also known as Terri Dawson; $20,628 settlement granted to plaintiff.
Loandepot.com, LLC vs. Christopher Ingledue, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Broadway Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer vs. Andrew Shafer, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.
County Treasurer vs. Joseph E. Riggs Sr., et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Lincoln Street, Salineville property.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Sept. 21 for Kayla R. Mennell, 30, Grant Street, Rogers, charged with two counts fourth-degree felony assault, fifth-degree felonies of harassment with a bodily substance and vandalism and misdemeanors of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and open container in public. Mennell allegedly kicked two East Liverpool police officers while being placed under arrest for disorderly conduct after being found drunk trying to get into an apartment and not lowering her voice when warned several times on Sept. 8, according to a police affidavit. After being taken to East Liverpool City Hospital when she bashed her head in the cruiser several times after her arrest, she allegedly spit into the mouth of a fire department employee. She also allegedly damaged the taser of the one of the officers she was accused of kicking.
A preliminary hearing was set Sept. 21 for Thomas Price, 56, last known address Fair Avenue, Salem, charged with second-degree felony notice of residence address change for allegedly failing to notify the sheriff's office of a change in address as required for the sexual offender registration on Aug. 12 in Salem.
A pretrial was set Sept. 21 for Jamie Ellsworth Barker, 52, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, charged with assault, possession of drug abuse instrument, and two counts of drug paraphernalia for allegedly hitting a woman multiple times on Aug. 3 in Wellsville, for possessing two burnt glass pipes, unknown rock-like substance, and loaded syringe on Sept. 10 in East Liverpool and possessing a burnt glass pipe during a traffic stop on June 5 in East Liverpool.
James Lee Spurlock III, 30, Front Street, Negley, was fined $750 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 149 days suspended and credit for 31 days served for aggravated menacing, theft, resisting arrest and criminal trespass, with 20 hours community service ordered. He was ordered to stay away from the victims. On Aug. 8 in Negley, he banged on the window of a home after driving through the yard, threatening the residents to open the door and saying he had a firearm and was going to pull it out, then he left when they said police were called and stole the swing set out of their yard, putting it on the roof of his vehicle. He also tried to claim deputies pushed him down the stairs after he purposely fell down them while being taken to cruiser, an affidavit said.
A pretrial was set Nov. 17 for Willow Ann Eisenman, 26, North Market Street, Lisbon, charged with assault for allegedly striking a man in the head with a glass drinking cup on Sept. 10 in Lisbon.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for William Jeffrey Boyd, 40, Manor Lane, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly throwing an object at a woman and striking her in the arm on Sept. 10 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Nov. 17 for Charles Nicholas Gough, 27, Echo Dell Road, East Liverpool, charged with menacing for allegedly threatening to pull a man out of his vehicle and beat him at an intersection in East Liverpool on Sept. 7.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Joshua Shiva Odonahoe Chavers, 44, Youngstown, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money, traveling to Unity Township on Sept. 4 with the phone used to make the arrangements and $50.
A pretrial was set Sept. 21 for Jessica M. Combs, 35, South Beaver Street, Lisbon, charged with six counts of endangering children and one count of drug paraphernalia. Combs was taken into custody on a warrant on Sept. 10 in East Liverpool where she possessed a glass bubble pipe and black pipe with unknown residue. The endangering children counts stemmed from an incident on April 1, 2025 in Lisbon after Lisbon police found no water or heat in her house and very little food for a family of seven, noting ice cubes being melted for drinking water, an affidavit said. Six children were removed from the home by child protective services, with piles of dirty clothes, trash and dirty dishes in the house.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Racheal Michelle Schon, 42, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing in a condemned residence in East Liverpool on Sept. 3.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Crystal J. Schmidbauer, 53, East Fourth Street, East Liverpool, charged with drug paraphernalia, parental responsibility, use of unauthorized plate, driving under suspension and driving on left side for 2021 cases in East Liverpool, one involving a juvenile out walking without any adults present and one for allegedly possessing a marijuana grinder, two marijuana smoking pipes, rolling papers and two ink pens with residue.
A pretrial was set Sept. 29 for Abigail Summer Witherow, 27, Alderlick Road, Wellsville, charged with endangering children for allegedly having a child in the car while she was allegedly driving impaired, with results of urine drug toxicology positive for cocaine and THC.
Shawnia Lee Turner, 46, Holliday Street, East Liverpool, was fined $200 and sentenced to 10 days in jail, with credit for one day served, leaving nine days still to serve in jail for theft. Another theft charge was dismissed for being improperly filed, the court entry said. Turner pocketed the money after canceling a customer's transaction for $7 on Sept. 9 while working at Gina's Drive Thru in East Liverpool.
A competency evaluation was ordered for Ariel L. Durham, 37, state Route 45, Lisbon, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at a Salem residence on Sept. 7.