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East Liverpool —A female came into the police department on July 28 wanting to make a theft report. She suspected her son of possibility taken a credit card from her vehicle. Officers then spoke to the female about issues she was having with her son and advised her to obtain a protection order or a no-contact order through the courts. —A male came to the police station on July 28 to file a report of two males in a red Pontiac driving past him while he was at the dispensary on Dresden Avenue and throwing quarters at him. The male said they drove back by him again and threw ...

Courts

Common Pleas New Cases Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, Virginia Beach, Va., vs. Raistlin Curtis, Prospect Street, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Prospect Street, Salem property. Chad Rose Sr., McCracken Road, Salem, vs. Chappell & Zimmerman Inc., Salem, and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; appeal sought of claim denial. Adam Fill, Canfield, et al. vs. Nina Ricker, Woodville Road, Leetonia; damages sought for claims from 2024 traffic crash. Bruner Land Company Inc., Byesville, vs. Derrick Coram, Buffalo, N.Y., et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court on Monday, a man with a case pending in Common Pleas Court for breaking into the home of two public officials appeared for an alleged vandalism involving a swastika painted on a Trump sign last month. Nathan Johnson, 29, West Railroad Street, Columbiana, was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in jail for criminal mischief and also ordered to pay restitution of $487.99 for damage to the sign. The county sheriff’s office took a report on July 11 for a report of an unknown male who spray painted swastikas on a Trump sign at the ...

REAL ESTATE

East Palestine Beth VanKirk (trustee) to Barbara A. and Bruce L. Veon, condo on Claybrook Drive; $200,000 William G. and Theresa A. Thompson to Ericka Smith, home on North Avenue; $190,000 Hanover Township Paul E. and Anita L. Morgan to Ian C. Catlett, mobile home on Ziegler Road; $240,000 Knox Township Robert W. Bowersock to Harold Carpenter, home on Wildwood Drive; $140,000 Perry Township John E. Christopher to Raymond and Donna Symons, home on Goshen Road; $190,000 Salem Robert M. and Marcie A. Green to Julie A. Wack, condo on Lincoln Avenue; $149,000 Kenneth L. ...

THE COURTS

Grand Jury LISBON — A New Waterford woman accused of threatening to cut a woman on June 12 and then shooting at the woman’s residence with a gun two days later was indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for multiple counts, including felonious assault. Rebecca Lynn Simpson, 53, state Route 7, was one of 21 people openly indicted this week by the grand jury, which met for two days. The grand jury issued 22 open indictments (one person was indicted twice) and 40 secret indictments. Secret indictments aren’t made public until the defendants are served. Simpson was charged ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 5:02 p.m. Tuesday to King Road, Butler Township for a domestic violence report. A refusal was signed by both parties involved.