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Municipal LISBON — A Lisbon man is facing felony charges for charges related to possessing obscene material of minor children. William Kiehl, 66, West Spruce Street, is charged with second-degree felony pandering obscenity involving a minor and fifth-degree felony minor in nudity-oriented material/performance. A preliminary hearing has been set July 28 in Columbiana County Municipal Court. Kiehl allegedly uploaded an image of an adult performing a sex act on a child appearing to be under the age of 5 on April 10 and when questioned admitted to uploading the image as well as other ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Leslie Road, Madison Township, reported at 4:55 p.m. Friday that her neighbor was on her property taking pictures. A deputy spoke with the neighbor and advised her to stay off of the woman’s property, per the woman. — A woman on Guy Road, Madison Township reported at 4:32 p.m. Friday that her uncle was on her property. A deputy spoke with both of them and they were advised this was a civil matter due to both claiming it’s family property. — Deputies stood by at a residence on state Route 45, Center Township, with a staff member from the ...

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Court News — Ashley Bable, 38, Sophia Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to terms of 18 months and eight months in prison, to be served consecutively, for a total prison term of 26 months in prison for two counts of complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, fifth-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, possession of heroin and two counts possession of drugs and fourth-degree felony trespass in a habitation. The trespass charge was originally a second-degree felony charge of burglary for entering a ...

POLICE

St. Clair Township — Officers responded to a burglary alarm at a Greenfield Drive residence on July 4 and spoke to neighbors who told them there were two men in the rear of the residence. The officers checked the rear of the residence and spoke to a neighbor who told them there were men there putting in a pool liner who had left. — A male was removed from a Grimms Bridge Road residence on July 4 and told if he came back, he would be charged with trespassing after a female resident called and told police she didn’t want him there.

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Douglas H. and Joyce L. Covert to Jeffrey C. and Shannon J. Weber, home on Winona Road; $435,000 Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Ridge Road; $92,000 Center Township Robert P. and Shirley A. Crosser to Edward J. and Catherine R. Deville II, 12.644 acres on state Route 30; $100,000 Columbiana Brandon and Sara Papa to Hunter and Megan Spitz, home on Homestead; $815,000 Martin W. Tellman to Witmer Family Properties LTD, condo on Timberline Drive; $260,000 Robert J. and Alisha L. Auer to Derek James Bable, home on South Vine Street; ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set July 24 for Jared Malmsberry, 31, Thomas Road, Lisbon, charged with domestic violence and weapons while intoxicated for allegedly pointing a gun at the victim, the dog and television and then discharging a round into the ceiling after drinking and arguing on July 17 at a residence on East Liverpool Road in St. Clair Township. Elliott McMurray, 35, Empire Street, Leetonia, was fined $450 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for misdemeanor fleeing and eluding amended from a felony, disorderly conduct ...