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POLICE

Sheriff Reports — A deputy was dispatched at 5:24 p.m. Wednesday to Fairmont Road, Elkrun Township for a domestic violence report. Both parties signed a refusal. — A deputy at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday spoke with two women in Butler Township at the Deer Run Mobile Home Park who initially reported a neighbor was at their trailer yelling and calling them names. It was later discovered the man was attempting to retrieve property, specifically a book that belonged to a relative, which led to the verbal altercation. He left the scene shortly after. The two women did not articulate that any ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Ridge Road; $300,000 Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Valley View Court; $210,000 Columbiana Jacqueline L. Lickliter to Caitlin L. Crowell, home on Apache Lane; $330,000 Russell K. and Brittany Ford to Barbara E. Farrand, home on South Vine Street; $171,380 Cardinal Lots LLC to The Ryno Organization LLC, .258 acres on Eldon Court; $40,000 Cindlee Corp to Schaedler/Yesco Distribution Inc., commercial warehouses on state Route 14; $850,000 East Liverpool Scott D. and Michael ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a status hearing was set Oct. 23 and a court trial was set Oct. 30 for Robert Allen Riggs, 55, East Ninth Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly placing his hands around a woman’s neck and beginning to strangle her, making it hard for her to breathe on Sept. 22 in East Liverpool. A fifth-degree felony strangulation charge was dismissed after probable cause was not found. A pretrial was set Oct. 16 for Julie Marie McClain, 42, Old Fredericktown Road, East Liverpool, charged with criminal ...

POLICE

Sheriff Reports — An alarm was reported at 6:37 p.m. Thursday at Elkton Auto Corral, Elkrun Township. Deputies found all buildings secure. — A man on Waynewood Drive, New Waterford reported at 6:19 p.m. Thursday that there’s an ongoing issue with his neighbor revving his vehicle engine all the time. — Fraud was reported by a caller on Westville Lake Road, Knox Township, with a deputy returning the call at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and advising them how to proceed. — A woman on Harvey Avenue, Center Township reported at 2:13 p.m. Thursday that she’s receiving phone calls and ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Oct. 14 for Frederick E. Kruger, 34, Shelby Road, Lisbon, charged with additional charges of third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and domestic violence for an incident that occurred Oct. 4 in Center Township. He’s already facing charges of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and domestic violence for the same incident. He was accused of allegedly threatening to kill a woman and putting both hands around her neck and choking her and putting his ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Lisbon man facing drug charges entered a guilty plea Monday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. David R. Johnson, 37, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanors of possessing drug abuse instruments and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Sentencing was set for Dec. 15. A charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs will be dismissed. Johnson was accused of possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk, along with syringes and drug ...