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Sheriff Reports — Deputies at 11:52 a.m. Sunday provided mutual aid to the Ohio State Highway Patrol regarding a vehicle that crashed and was blocking Old Irondale Road in Yellow Creek Township. The operator of the vehicle was reported as being combative and refusing to exit the vehicle. Anthony Powell, 34, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, was later charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and fourth-degree felony assault on a peace officer. He was also cited for reasonable control and no seat belt. — The cleaning staff from Minerva Welding, U.S. Route 30, West Township, reported ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set April 1 for Donald Clair Nesselrode, 59, Smithfield Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the ribs with a closed fist three times in East Liverpool on March 23. A pretrial was set March 30 for Bryan Douglas Adams, 41, Columbus, charged with theft and assault for allegedly punching a woman in the face and taking her phone on March 8 in Wellsville. Skyiler Russell Crowe, 18, East Clark Street, East Palestine, was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set March 30 for Beau M. McGuire, 48, Gavers Road, Hanoverton, charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and strangulation, a third-degree felony, for allegedly grabbing another man by the neck and choking him during an altercation on March 22 in Hanover Township. The victim appeared to have bite marks on his left thumb and scratches on his neck. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set March 30 for Anthony R. Powell, 34, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, charged with fourth-degree felony ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — An East Palestine man accused of striking a woman multiple times was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to domestic violence and endangering children. Ethan M. Hill, 23, last known address East Main Street, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to enter the pleas to the fifth-degree felony domestic violence charge and misdemeanor endangering children. Charges of fourth-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of domestic violence, criminal damaging and unlawful restraint will be dismissed as part of the plea ...

POLICE

St. Clair Township – Officers investigated an area of Mort Drive on March 6 for a group of males walking along the roadway with flashlights. – An officer observed an injured deer lying on the roadway on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road and removed the deer from the roadway and discharged one round from his service pistol to put the deer down. – A driver was issued a verbal warning for no visible license plate during a March 6 traffic stop on state Route 170. – Daniel Hissom was issued a citation during a March 6 traffic stop on state Route 170 for driving under suspension. The ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Joyce M. Gause and John E. Meissner to John E. Meissner, home on Slater Road; $50,200 Linda McKiever et al to Sandra Hollabaugh et al, 14.171 acres timberland on Whitacre Road; $14,620 Scott E. and Clittie I. Wagmiller to Thomas Lee Baker and Nicholee Beth Wagmiller, home on McCann Road; $175,000 Megan M. Tice to Matthew D. Rydarowicz et al, home on Hartley Road; $325,000 Center Township Brian R. Davis to Brian R. Davis, home on state Route 45; $3,020 Columbiana Steven D. Bacha to Rachel Bacha, home on South Vine Street; $80,000 Melody Village LLC to ...