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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy at 4:44 p.m. Sunday returned a call to a Center Township resident at Traveler’s Inn, state Route 45, regarding a civil matter. — A traffic complaint was reported at 3:53 p.m. Sunday on Walnut Ridge Road, Washington Road. A deputy returned the call regarding the complaint three times, but was sent to a disconnected voicemail. — Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Columbus, reported an alarm drop at 10:50 p.m. Saturday at the MARCS tower building on Steubenville Pike Road, Center Township. The fence around the tower and the doors on the ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Brandi A. Hartman, Cadmus Street, East Liverpool, vs. Nicholas Hartman, Hammond Park Drive, Wellsville; divorce sought. Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Bradley Smith, Winston Salem, N.C., et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. DOCKET ENTRIES County Treasurer vs. Riverview Equity LLC, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Homewood Avenue, East Liverpool property. Village of Salineville vs. Courtland E. Kellogg, et al.; $5,439 judgment granted to plaintiff. Jene-Ann Beaver vs. Paul Lee Beaver ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas DOCKET ENTRIES County Treasurer vs. Kristin Egli, delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed. County Treasurer vs. Mark A. Smith, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed. WesBanco Bank, Inc. vs. Desiree R. Evans; $9,970 judgment granted to plaintiff. Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set May 26 for James W. Yacobucci, 55, Canton, charged with fifth-degree felonies of receiving stolen property and possession of drugs for allegedly being in possession of a stolen side-by-side and a plastic baggie ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Ronald P. and Carla J. Bates to Danielle M. and George W. Strawn, home on state Route 9; $285,000 Center Township Elizabeth J. Rainey (trustee) to Bradley and Zarah Suciu, 57.498 acre farm on U.S. Route 30; $250,000 TVT Devco I LLC to Futronics Inc, other commercial structures on Steubenville Pike Road; $45,000 Michael T. Foster to Allan McGivern, home on state Route 45; $225,000 Columbiana Kathy A. Seybert to Betsy McCoy, condo on Springfield Road; $178,500 East Liverpool Stefan B. Chappell and Ashley L. Curran to Ashley L. Curran, home on Florence Street; ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A New Waterford woman accused of threatening to cut another woman and then shooting at her residence two days later was sentenced to prison for at least six years with another year and a half possible. Rebecca Lynn Simpson, 54, state Route 7, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. The sentence was an indefinite term of three to four and a half years for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and an additional three years for the firearm specification for using a weapon. A nine-month term was ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Lacey Saling, West Main Street, Salineville, and Christopher M. Saling, state Route 45, Wellsville; dissolution sought. Christina N. Scranton, Austintown, and Levi Scranton, Jimtown Road, East Palestine; dissolution sought. Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Detroit, Mich., vs. Curtis L. Crank Jr., North Indiana Avenue, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for North Indiana Avenue, Salem property. Westlake Services, LLC, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Jason R. Cusick, Cameron Road, Wellsville, et al.; collection sought of alleged $16,650 debt. Jennifer Matos, ...