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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, preliminary/pretrial hearings were set June 30 for Brandon E. Hacker, 32, Jimtown Road, East Palestine, charged with first-degree felonies of aggravated burglary and felonious assault, third-degree felony having weapons under disability and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and menacing by stalking. Hacker was accused of allegedly going to a woman’s apartment in Perry Township and threatening her, saying he had a gun and was going to kill her, threatening to shoot her in the ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A caller at 6:34 a.m. Thursday on Y & O Road, Madison Township reported a rug on their deck was moved and bunched up in another location. The rug was in the correct position when they went in for the night, but when they awoke, the rug was moved. There were no suspects in this case, although the caller believed it was a person known by the sheriff’s office to be in prison. The caller did not want to make a written statement or for anyone to respond. — A deputy was dispatched at 12:06 a.m. Thursday to state Route 11 southbound near state Route 170 for a ...

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Court News LISBON — A former Wellsville man accused of assaulting a jail employee in January was sentenced to nine months in prison, to be served following his current 11-month sentence for a probation violation. Thomas Holman, 44, now listed as homeless, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court where he entered a guilty plea to fifth-degree felony assault for knowingly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to a man who was an employee of a local correctional facility on Jan. 22. At the time of the incident, Holman was an inmate at the Columbiana County ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Kayla Johnson, West Egypt Road, Minerva, and Brian Barber, West Egypt Road, Minerva; dissolution sought. Michael Kulick, Dyke Road, Negley and Carolann Kulick, Cicero, N.Y.; dissolution sought. Docket Entries PNC Bank vs. Carl Buhn Jr.; judgment entry corrected, $11,113 judgment granted to plaintiff. Midfirst Bank vs. Samantha Frampton, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Ohio Avenue, Salem property. Capital One, N.A. vs. James Morehead; $15,591 judgment granted to plaintiff. Marriage Licenses Shane Logston, 29, New Cumberland, W.Va., Hancock ...

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Municipal Ronald Roach, 55, state Route170, East Liverpool, was fined $1,200 and sentenced to two consecutive terms of 180 days in jail, with 180 days suspended and 180 days to be served under electronically monitored house arrest for five counts of violation of a protection order and one count of resisting arrest, all dealing with events in East Liverpool. He was ordered to have no contact with the three victims. The most recent event was March 17 when he contacted a man who had a protection order against him. On Dec. 19, 2024, he called the man and left a message for him. On Nov. 17, ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 10:42 p.m. Thursday that her 17-year-old grandson has been getting harassed for more than a year now by another teen from West Township. — A woman on Brookfield Street, Center Township reported at 5:12 p.m. Thursday that a man from Center Township was harassing her through social media messenger and was going to come to her residence. She was advised how to obtain a protection order. — Deputies at 3:39 a.m. Thursday checked the area of a 911 open line call near Scroggs Road and state Route 154, but did not ...