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NEW CASES
Regina L. Ward, Pancake Clarkson Road, Negley, vs. Dollar General Corporation, Goodlettsville, Tenn. and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim denial.
Finwise Bank, Chicago, Ill., vs. Jason Blystone, Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $4,093 debt.
Robert D. Trummer, Hampton Place, Salem, vs. Unemployment Compensation Review Commission, Columbus, et al.; appeal of claim denial.
LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Jason Starcher, Hartley Road, Salem; collection sought of alleged $37,802 debt.
LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, S.C. vs. Kenneth Williams, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers; collection sought of alleged $55,572 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Fifth Third Bank vs. Ricksha Suggs Wise, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Aten Avenue, Wellsville property.
Howard Mitchell Jr. vs. Travel Net Transit LLC, et al.; case settled and dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Cheryl Glass, executor of the estate of Carolyne Reeves, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Corey Snay, 32, Depot Road, Salem, was served Wednesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing alprazolam on July 19, 2025.
Court News
LISBON -- A former Rogers man accused of robbing a resident hosting a garage sale last year was sentenced to an indefinite term of two to three years in prison.
Lance Bishop, 20, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, who previously lived on Walnut Street, Rogers, entered a guilty plea earlier this summer to robbery, a second-degree felony. Charges of assault and theft, both misdemeanors, were expected to be dismissed as part of the plea deal.
Bishop appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to face sentencing for the May 23, 2025 incident at a garage sale hosted by the victim in Rogers.
Bishop was accused of grabbing a money pouch from under the woman's arm, ripping it from her and attempting to leave on a bicycle, then running on foot with the pouch containing $300 and a cell phone. The woman suffered injuries to her arm, leg and belly area and received treatment at a hospital.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Richard B. Pettinger, 58, Malvern, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, with credit for 154 days served, for aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony. He received a mandatory fine of $5,000. A charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs will be dismissed. Pettinger possessed methamphetamine on April 24, 2021.
-- Brittany Neely, 32, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, possession of heroin and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, all fifth-degree felonies. She received credit for three days served, leaving a balance of 117 days still to serve. The time was ordered to be served concurrent to any sentence out of Mahoning County. She also must forfeit $23 for a specification for forfeiture of money from a drug case. Neely possessed the $23 and cocaine, heroin and fentanyl on July 27, 2023.