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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Jan. 14 for Daniel A. Dochterman, 58, last known address West Wilson Street, Salem, charged with breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly making entry into a residence in Salem on Jan. 6. The victim said no one should have been there and he wanted to press charges. A pretrial was set March 24 for Matthew Miller, 35, Taylor Road, Negley, charged with domestic violence for allegedly being verbally and physically abusive to a woman, grabbing, hitting or pinching her on her arms, ...

POLICE

East Liverpool — A driver was issued a warning for a headlight out following a Dec. 23 traffic stop on Market Street. — Officers on Dec. 23 advised a female at an Ambrose Street residence to contact them before a male into the residence to gather his belongings if he comes back. — An officer was sent to assist Hancock County on a traffic stop that ended in East Liverpool’s jurisdiction on Route 30 on Dec. 23. The officers stood by while Hancock County finished their traffic stop. — Officers arrived at a Thompson Avenue residence on Dec. 23 after receiving a ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of ramming another vehicle with a van last June and then fleeing from a Rogers business with a child still inside the van entered guilty pleas to multiple charges Monday in a plea deal involving two separate cases. James D. Laughlin, 34, state Route 518, pleaded guilty to one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, a third-degree felony of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, and misdemeanor endangering children for the June 29, 2025 incident in Rogers. He also pleaded guilty to assault, a ...

POLICE

East Liverpool — A driver was issued a warning for a headlight out following a Dec. 23 traffic stop on Market Street. — Officers on Dec. 23 advised a female at an Ambrose Street residence to contact them before a male into the residence to gather his belongings if he comes back. — An officer was sent to assist Hancock County on a traffic stop that ended in East Liverpool’s jurisdiction on Route 30 on Dec. 23. The officers stood by while Hancock County finished their traffic stop. — Officers arrived at a Thompson Avenue residence on Dec. 23 after receiving a ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Mberwa Murjani Mberwa, 23, Pittsburgh, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution. He was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website of an adult mother trafficking her minor daughter and arranging for sexual activity with both females in exchange for $100, then arriving in East Palestine on Oct. 24 for the meeting with the phone used to ...

POLICE

Sheriff Reports — A deputy assisted with traffic control at 5:26 p.m. Saturday at the scene of a multiple-vehicle accident at state Route 45 and Georgetown Road in Perry Township. — A deputy was dispatched at 9:51 p.m. Friday to Mill Street, Salineville for a property report, with Brandi Jo Glover, Mill Street, Salineville charged with criminal mischief, the sheriff’s report said. — Killian P. McHenry, 21, North Market Street, Lisbon, called dispatch at 6:48 p.m. Friday and advised he had an active warrant out of Columbiana County and needed picked up and taken to jail. He ...