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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 ...

THE COURTS

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 ...

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Municipal LISBON—In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a Lisbon man was sentenced to jail for threatening officers while being released from an OVI charge. Seth Johnson, 35, Guy Road, Lisbon, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, two years of probation, 40 hours of community service, and fined $1,415 for menacing amended from aggravated menacing, OVI and reasonable control for threatening officers while being released for an OVI charge in the Lisbon Police Department parking lot on Sept. 24. Jeffrey Laroche, 56, East March Street, East Palestine, was ...

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Chester — Marlena James, of East Liverpool, was arrested on charges of DUI and Driving While License Suspended. — Ronnie Colvin Jr., of Salem, was arrested on a charge of DUI. — Michael Selester, of Chester, was arrested on charges of neglect, creating a risk of injury or death, and animal cruelty. — Betty Salerno, of New Cumberland, was cited for charges of striking an unattended vehicle and no insurance. — Emma Guterman, of Oregon, Ohio, was cited for destruction of property. — Conner McCoy, of Chester, was cited for charges of shoplifting and contributing ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Zachary Edward Perry, 30, Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly throwing chicken wings at the wall, grabbing a steak knife and pointing it at another man and making a lunging motion toward him on Jan. 3 in East Liverpool. The police affidavit said the victim grabbed the knife in self-defense, then the defendant allegedly grabbed a solid glass world globe and threw it at the ...