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Court News LISBON — A Pennsylvania man caught in a sex for hire sting in 2023 remains not currently competent due to being unable to understand the nature and objective of the legal proceedings against him. Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam again found that Steven R. Stark, 47, Susquehanna, Pa., wasn’t competent based on an evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio. The state was granted time to investigate the probability of restoring the defendant to competency if inpatient hospitalization services are provided at Heartland ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — An anonymous caller at 7:48 p.m. Friday reported a disturbance at a residence on Bell Road, Elkrun Township. Deputies had no contact with anyone at the residence. — A domestic was reported at 8:51 p.m. Friday at a property on U.S. Route 30, West Township, with a refusal signed. — A resident on North Pleasant Drive, Unity Township called at 6:31 p.m. Friday to report a vehicle with an Illinois license plate pulled into his driveway and then pulled back out and left the area. — A woman on Depot Street, Rogers reported at 4:53 p.m. Friday that her ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Judge Danielle Menning ordered a competency evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio for Britania B. Brown, 44, Toronto, in four separate cases, including for having a knife out at the Utica Shale Academy. Brown had been scheduled for a preliminary/pretrial hearing for fifth-degree felony illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone and misdemeanor criminal trespass, but her defense attorney, Eric Kibler, requested the evaluation after telling the court she reported having ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy responded at 10:13 p.m. Sunday to Leetonia Road, Salem Township, near Crestview Road, regarding cows in the roadway. The deputy found the cows and was eventually able to find the owner and herd the cows home. — An alarm was reported at 5:38 p.m. Sunday at a Tomahawk Drive, Middleton Township residence, which a deputy found secure. Contact was made with the owners and the residence was checked with them and they advised everything was good. — Justin Lee Vasquez, 34, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, was charged with domestic violence and aggravated ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Dennis A. Kyser, Columbiana Lisbon Road, Columbiana, vs. Tess M. Kyser, Columbiana Lisbon Road, Columbiana; divorce sought. Taylor Shupp, Sherwood Avenue, East Liverpool, and Keith Shupp Jr., Clark Avenue, Wellsville; dissolution sought. Maria Anne Stoffel, Wayne Bridge Road, Lisbon, and Charles Richard Stoffel II, Spillway Road, Lisbon; dissolution sought. Huntington National Bank, Columbus, vs. Zachary S. Hicks, Creek Road, New Waterford, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. Docket Entries KCS Transportation LLC, et al.; vs. estate of Robert D. Rea; ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Daniel A. Kaufman II to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, home on Georgetown Road; $65,100 Suzanne Denny to Luke R. Bardo, 4.024 acres on Georgetown Road; $11,000 Center Township Daniel A. and Sandra A. Gruszecki to the Village of Lisbon, .049 acres commercial vacant land; $3,000 Columbiana Roberta R. Lower to Robert and Kathy Young, home on Beverly Drive; $301,000 Gregory J. and Madison Woolman to Alijah Walker, home on Lisbon Street; $165,000 Ethan and Gina Parks to Gregory and Madison Woolman, home on Metz Road; $335,000 Daniel E. and Jill A. Thompson to ...