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POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies responded to a business in the 7600 block of state Route 45 in Center Township at 8:02 p.m. Friday for a report of suspicious activity. The caller advised they had received a phone call from someone falsely claiming to be the owner and asking how much money was in the drawer and how much money they have access to. — A business in the 1600 block of Columbiana Lisbon Road in Fairfield Township requested a report on file that juveniles were trespassing on the property and that they would be posting no trespassing signs at 7:08 p.m. Saturday. — A ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON—A New Waterford man faces potential felony charges for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home and fleeing from officers at high speeds. In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing and pretrial were set April 6 for Ryan Kost, 28, New Waterford, charged with second-degree felony kidnapping and burglary, fourth-degree felony failure to comply, and a misdemeanor charge of theft for allegedly ripping out the screen of a side window and entering a woman’s home without permission, grabbing her and dragging her into another room in the house before ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Brian C. Pike, 41, Pittsburgh, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for failure to comply/fleeing, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanors of driving under suspension and use of unauthorized plate for allegedly fleeing from an attempted traffic stop on state Route 11 in Elkrun Township on Jan. 23, leading a trooper on a high speed chase for several miles, then crashing and fleeing on foot and being taken into custody. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set April 1 for Marcus Lee White, 43, Mulberry ...

POLICE

St. Clair Township — A driver was given a verbal warning for no license plate during a March 12 traffic stop on state Route 170. — Officers spoke to a male in an Irish Ridge Road parking lot on March 12, who told them he had been there for hours waiting for a female who was sitting in a vehicle with her two kids to leave. He noted the female did not have a license. Officers spoke to the female who told them the male flattened her tires, and she had no way of getting them fixed. The female was advised to call a friend and have them come get her and the vehicle or it would be ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Julia A. Wack to Zachary and Christyn Miller, home on Slater Road; $258,000 Marian J. Earley (trustee) to Allegheny Wesleyan College, home and other residential structures on Burtview Place; $270,000 Columbiana Larry B. Stevens to Rickey and Dona Dawson, home on Bell Avenue; $270,000 East Liverpool Connie M. Neal to Andrew M. and Leah C. Balser, other residential structures on Anderson Boulevard; $35,000 First Choice Property Acquisition to Jacob M. Russell, 12.391 acres agricultural vacant land on Kingsridge Road; $41,500 Conor J. Faloon to Logan A. Ford ...

POLICE

St. Clair Township — Officers were sent to Echo Dell Trailer Park on March 11 in response to a male making statements about harming himself. The male told officers he never made those comments and was trying to sleep for work the next morning. The female who made the call reporting his comments and he were apparently arguing at the time. — A driver was released with a warning for no taillights following a March 11 traffic stop on St. Clair Avenue. — Officers investigating an alarm at a Calcutta Smith Ferry Road location on March 11 found the location to be secure. — Mason ...