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Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Orange, Calif., vs. John Trevor Campbell, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
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Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Oct. 28 for Rusty Ray Altman, 53, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, charged with fourth-degree felony burglary for allegedly entering another home on Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon while the victims were sleeping on Oct. 21. The affidavit said the victims awoke and allegedly found Altman inside their residence holding a long-handled ratchet tool.
George William Masters, 27, Summerset Road, East Liverpool, was fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 60 days suspended and credit for 10 days served, leaving a balance of 20 days still to serve for aggravated menacing, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. Two counts domestic violence were dismissed. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and have no contact with the victim. He was accused of sending a threatening message to a woman that if she wasn't home in 10 minutes, he was burning the house down and after she returned, he pushed another woman and pulled on her arms on Oct. 11 in St. Clair Township. When police arrived, he didn't comply multiple times when told he was being detained, fled through back yards, returned and started resisting when taken into custody.
Ronnie L. Jackson, 69, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with credit for 17 days served, leaving a balance of 73 days to serve, for violating a protection order, aggravated menacing and obstructing official business, plus an additional 60 days for violating his probation for two 2025 cases. Jackson violated a protection order and threatened the victim in Center Township on July 4, 2026, then ran back inside his own residence and refused to answer the door or come back out when told he was under arrest.
Tyler L. McClish, 30, Quaker Church Road, East Rochester, was fined $650 and sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for one day served, leaving four days still to serve for menacing and violation of a protection order. Restitution of $494.50 was paid in full to the victim advocate on behalf of the victim. McClish violated a protection order on April 18 by having contact with the victim in Hanoverton. On March 7, he threw the victim's porch furniture off of her porch and on March 8 threw a rock at her car, causing damage.
A pretrial was set Nov. 30 for Nevaeh Rochelle Shasteen-Potts, 18, May Street, East Liverpool, charged with three counts of menacing for allegedly making threats against three different people on July 6 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Dec. 15 for Stephanie Jean Ito, 38, East Main Street, East Palestine, charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly being belligerent and yelling obscenities while highly intoxicated on Oct. 21 in East Palestine, then later yelling and throwing things against the wall, according to a police affidavit, resulting in her arrest when police had to return to the property.
A pretrial was set Dec. 14 for Jennifer Nicole Zackasee, 43, Prospect Street, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly stealing $237 worth of miscellaneous grocery items by skip-scanning several items without making proper payment on Oct. 4 at Salem Walmart.
A pretrial was set Nov. 17 for Brian Scott Noble, 56, Pauls Lane, East Liverpool, charged with two counts of criminal trespass for allegedly being inside a residence on Pauls Lane on Oct. 21 and Oct. 18 outside of the restricted access hours set by the East Liverpool housing department.
A pretrial was set Nov. 17 for Brittini Lynn Duris, 35, Pauls Lane, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly being inside a residence on Pauls Lane on Oct. 21 outside of the restricted access hours set by the East Liverpool housing department.
A probation violation hearing was set Nov. 9 for Joshua W. Francis, 45, Louise Street, East Liverpool, for 2025 cases of domestic violence, three cases of violation of a protection order and a case of possession of drug abuse instrument.