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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a woman accused of having a knife out in the open while on the grounds of the Utica Shale Academy will face a preliminary/pretrial hearing Jan. 21. Britania B. Brown, 44, with addresses listed in Toronto and on Haiti Road, Salineville, was charged with fifth-degree felony illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone and misdemeanor criminal trespass. Salineville police officers were called to the school on East Main Street, Salineville on Wednesday for a report of a woman with a knife and ...

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Sheriff’s Office — An alarm was reported at 6:28 p.m. Thursday on Rochester Road, West Township. A deputy responded and checked all the doors and windows at ground level, finding them all secure. — A man on Bayard Road, West Township, reported at 4:48 p.m. Thursday that the dumpster on his property was moved and he believed the neighbor moved it, but he did not see him move it. — A woman from Leesburg called at 4:43 p.m. Thursday to request a welfare check on her boyfriend’s 5-year-old son, who lives with his mother on Pine Hollow Road, Middleton Township. She requested ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Truth For Life Word Ministries, Main Street, Wellsville; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Main Street, Wellsville property. Michael A. Coburn, Lodge Road, Leetonia, and Amanda Coburn, Maple Street, Salem; dissolution sought. Ally Bank, Detroit, Mich., vs. Maranda L. Toothman, Minerva Street, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $19,504 debt. Twin City Rentals, LLC, South Fulton, Tenn., vs. William Reynolds, Y & O Road, East Liverpool; recovery sought of car hauler trailer and collection sought of alleged ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on state Route 45, Center Township, reported at 10:56 p.m. Jan. 8 that she was hearing loud noises outside her residence, but did not want a deputy to respond until she figured out where the noises were coming from. — A deputy was dispatched at 12:34 p.m. Sunday to Knox School Road, Knox Township, for a welfare check on a woman due to her telephone going straight to voicemail. The deputy spoke to the woman, who was fine. — A man on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that his 15-year-old daughter was being harassed on her ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Douglas A. Davis, 54, last known address Walnut Ridge Road, Salineville, were bound over to the county grand jury for a first-degree felony charge of failure to verify change of address and misdemeanor falsification for allegedly falsifying his address on the sex offender registration on Nov. 3, 2025, with the sheriff’s office learning on Jan. 7 that he had not been living at the address for several months. Grant Michael Goodballet, 27, Bank Street, East Liverpool, was fined $300 and sentenced to 120 days in ...

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East Liverpool — Officers went to a Laura Avenue residence on Dec. 31 to speak with a resident who said a neighbor had entered her apartment without permission and hurt her cat. Officers asked if she had proof of her claim against the neighbor and she told them she had received messages on Facebook Messenger of the neighbor admitting to entering her home without her consent, but she was unable to produce the messages when the officers requested them. Officers also did not observe any injuries to the cat. The officers provided her with officer contact information and told her to send ...