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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Daniel J. Monte, 50, Independence Square, Wellsville, was bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, for allegedly acting as if he was going to strike another man and then stomping on his face during a fight in Wellsville on Oct. 14. Cases against Matthew D. Porter, 36, Vesper, Wisc., were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony compelling prostitution and fifth-degree felony possession of criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for ...

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Sheriff Reports — A deputy at 2:28 p.m. Nov. 13 returned a call regarding a trespass complaint on Chamberlain Street, Middleton Township. The deputy attempted to reach the caller numerous times, but did not make contact. — Deputies were dispatched at 10:26 p.m. Nov. 12 to Hadley Road, Unity Township, for a domestic violence report. — Deputies responded at 4:35 p.m. Nov. 12 to Twin Springs Golf Course, state Route 172, Hanover Township, regarding found property. The people involved were told how to proceed. — A theft was reported at 9:29 p.m. Nov. 10 on Steubenville Pike ...

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Court News LISBON — A Wellsville man accused of stealing a woman’s credit card, using it and messing with her CPAP equipment was sentenced to 10 days in the Columbiana County jail. Andrew Erwin Martin, 50, Hammondsville Road, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court on charges of third-degree felony burglary, fifth-degree felony theft, two counts of misdemeanor misuse of credit cards and misdemeanor criminal mischief. He was placed under community control for three years and ordered to make restitution of $2,612. He was accused of illegally ...

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Highway Patrol — Melissa Miles, of Johnson Road in Lisbon, was cited at 12:29 p.m. Nov. 15 in Madison Township for failure to control, after her vehicle went off the left side of Glasgow Road and struck a pole. — Michelle Marcan, of Foraker Street in Rogers, struck a fallen tree in the middle of state Route 7 at 2:33 a.m. Nov. 10 in Fairfield Township. — Thomas Skipper, of Wilmington, N.C., was cited at 10:33 pm. Nov. 10 in Madison Township for failure to control, after his westbound vehicle traveled off the left side of state Route 518, struck an embankment and overturned. ...

THE COURTS

Court News — Robert C. Cochran, 37, West Pershing Street, Salem, was sentenced to a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center until the program is complete for fifth-degree felony charges of possession of drugs, aggravated possession of drugs and two counts possession of cocaine, along with forfeiture specifications for money from a drug case. He was ordered to forfeit $869. On Sept. 13, 2023, he possessed cocaine. On Feb. 5, 2024, he possessed cocaine, alprazolam and methamphetamine, along with the $869. — Amanda D. Ryan, 32, St. Jacob-Logtown Road, Lisbon, was placed on a ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Stephen James McRae, 43, Davidsville, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanors of engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and obstructing official business for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website of two women and arranging for sexual activity with them in exchange for $30, then arriving in East Palestine on Oct. 31 for the meeting. He allegedly started to delete the texting application he was ...