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LISBON - In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, Cody H. Dailey, 40, Woodville Road, Leetonia, was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail and placed on probation for three years, with another 20 days of electronic monitoring, for failure to stop after an accident, a misdemeanor amended from a felony, for failing to stop after being involved in an accident on Oct. 5, 2025 which injured Cole Milsom along state Route 164 outside Lisbon. His license was suspended for three years and he paid restitution of $1,250 to the victim.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

-- Dallas A. Navarro, 27, West Park Avenue, Columbiana, pleaded guilty to endangering children, a third-degree felony, for creating a substantial risk to the health or safety of a 5-year-old child by violating a duty of care, prevention or support on Aug. 16, 2025. Sentencing was set for Jan. 11.

-- Alyssa D. Shaffer, 28, Youngstown, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a fifth-degree felony, for using a vehicle without the consent of the owner from Nov. 23, 2025 to Nov. 26, 2025. The sentence was ordered served at the same time as any sentence out of Mahoning County for three separate cases.

-- Patrick A. Lattanzio, 37, North Beaver Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony obstructing official business and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, with charges of tampering with evidence and driving and suspension dismissed. Sentencing was set for Jan. 11. He was accused of concealing drug paraphernalia in his hand during a traffic stop on June 4 in Lisbon while impaired.

-- Norman W. Bender, 52, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, with charges of driving under suspension and drug paraphernalia dismissed. Sentencing was set for Jan, 8. He was accused of driving away in a woman's vehicle without permission on June 16 in East Liverpool. The affidavit said she gave him a ride and when she exited the vehicle, he drove away and then he was stopped for a moving violation and she arrived on scene and reported he stole the vehicle. He was in possession of a metal smoking pipe and torch lighter also.

-- Crystal R. Hoskinson, 35, North Lundy Avenue, Salem, was sentenced to 114 days in jail, with credit for 102 days already served, leaving a balance of 12 days to serve in jail after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony. A drug paraphernalia charge was dismissed. On Nov. 28, 2025, she had a stolen registration validation sticker in her possession.

-- James T. Cheeks Jr., 49, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Jan. 8. He failed to pay support from Jan. 14, 2024 to Jan. 11, 2026.

Municipal Court

LISBON -- A pretrial date has been set in Columbiana County Municipal Court for an East Liverpool man alleged to have threatened to kill a woman.

A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Charles Lewis, 44, Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass and two counts of domestic violence. The charges of domestic violence stem from an incident on Oct. 6 when Lewis allegedly threatening to kill a woman in East Liverpool before returning later and beating on the door of their residence demanding to be let inside. The charge of criminal trespass stems from an incident on Oct. 20 when Lewis is alleged to have entered an East Liverpool property he had previously been notified he was trespassed from.

A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Kaleb Still Well, 21, Morgan Street, Irondale, charged with assault, resisting arrest and criminal trespass for allegedly striking a man in the face multiple times before fleeing the scene, entering another person's work van without permission and refusing the exit the vehicle when ordered and attempting to flee from officers on foot in Wellsville on Wednesday.

A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Jaime Rickerd, 39, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with resisting arrest and domestic violence for allegedly threatening multiple times to assault and kill a woman and attempting to walk away from officers when told she was being arrested and pulled away from and pushed officers when they attempted to place her in handcuffs in East Liverpool on Thursday.

A pretrial was set Dec. 7 for Timothy Patrick, 42, Jefferson Street, Jefferson, charged with interference with custody and obstructing official business for allegedly hiding from officers in a bedroom while they executed a search warrant, refusing to come out when instructed and disobeying several orders from officers, and harboring and aiding a juvenile with an arrest warrant who they did not have custodial rights of in hiding in Wellsville on Wednesday.

A pretrial was set Dec. 7 for Kelly Reed, 37, Sunset Drive, Wellsville, charged with interference with custody and obstructing official business for allegedly hiding from officers in a bedroom while they executed a search warrant, refusing to come out when instructed and disobeying several orders from officers, and harboring and aiding a juvenile they did not have custodial rights of in hiding in Wellsville on Wednesday.

A pretrial was set Nov. 4 for Meghan McElroy, 33, Maple Hill Road, Salineville, charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly fleeing from officers on foot and pulling away from officers when placed under arrest for an outstanding warrant in Washington Township on Thursday.

A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Elmo Endicott Jr., 57, West Pine Lake Road, Salem, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly entering a property he had previously been trespassed from and dumping two steel rolls on the property sometime between Oct. 1 and Oct. 29 in Perry Township.

A pretrial was set Jan 4 for Chelseas Possage, 30, Dilworth Road, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and failure to display a valid sticker.

A pretrial was set Jan. 4 for Jade Duvall, 22, South Pricetown Road, Berlin Center, charged with OVI.

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