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LISBON – After losing his right to a preliminary hearing in the Columbiana County Municipal Court case against Mark Schmucker, 42, of Bristolville, he was bound over to a county grand jury on third-degree felony forcible prostitution and fifth-degree felony prostitution. .

Schmucker was traveling to East Palestine for a meeting on January 12, 2023, responding to a classified ad on a known prostitution website advertising a 16-year-old boy and soliciting sex in exchange for money.

John P. Bartos III, 40, Borman, was charged with theft from the state of Pennsylvania after failing to complete the installation of doors at Lighthouse Baptist Church in North Beaver. Cost of work in progress $3,850. In a separate case, he was charged with burglary in Columbiana County.

On March 27, 2007, Christopher Hightower, 40, of West Seventh Street, East Liverpool, was charged with obstructing official business, unlawful use or possession of drug paraphernalia and three separate incidents of theft. The latest was on March 18 when he ran into police who tried to arrest him on a warrant in East Liverpool. He is said to have had a glass pipe in his pocket after being taken to East Liverpool City Hospital following the attack on March 16. Theft charges include Hightower hiding $66 worth of merchandise in his pants at Family Dollar in East Liverpool on March 4.

A pretrial hearing was set May 25 for throwing a woman against a wall, punching her in the face and head and pushing her to the ground on March 18 in Lisbon, Canfield Road, Lithonia. Lithonia address

Pretrial/pretrial hearing March 27, 2007, for Sehe Rahim McCurdy, 41, Sharon, Pa., charged with third-degree felony tampering with evidence and possession of criminal tools, engaging in the act of prostitution and driving under suspension. McCurdy is suspected of taking suspected crack cocaine out of a vehicle window in East Palestine on March 20 after arriving at an undercover sex recruitment meeting.

Divya Patel, 29, Grove City, Pa., fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail. He was ordered to perform 20 hours of community service and complete a 12-hour education course. Patel responded with a classified ad on an escort website and arrived in East Palestine for the meeting on October 7, 2022, in exchange for sex with a woman for $180.

Joseph Burley, Hampstead, MD, 35, was charged June 5, 2007 with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for responding to a classified ad on a known prostitution website and having sex with a woman for $100. They arrived in East Palestine for the meeting on March 19.

A preliminary hearing was set for June 8. Gary Lance Heberling, 65, of Canfield, was charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for responding to a classified ad on a known prostitution website and soliciting a massage. “The Beautiful Ending” In exchange for $120, he arrived in East Palestine for a meeting on March 17.

Ryan Gatto, 48, Plum, Pa., was fined $750 for engaging in the act of prostitution and was sentenced to 90 days in jail for possession of criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and a 12-hour education course. Gatto responded to a classified ad on a popular prostitution website and arrived in East Palestine for the meeting on October 30, 2022, in exchange for $200 to have sex with a woman.

Russell Paul Miller, 41, was fined $750, engaged in prostitution and sentenced to 90 days in jail for possession of criminal tools. He was ordered to perform 20 hours of community service and complete a 12-hour education course. Miller allegedly facilitated the sex act by posing as an adult mother and daughter and exchanging money with the agent when he arrived in East Palestine for a meeting on January 1. The voyeurism charge against Miller was dismissed because it contained three videos in which a woman appeared naked.

Daniel Crow, 45, of Broadway Avenue, Wellsville, was fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail for engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and a 12-hour course. Crowe traveled to Salem for the meeting on March 17, demanding sex from an undercover agent in exchange for $140.

Sentencing was set for March 27 for David J. Wood, 28, East Fourth Street, Salem, who pleaded guilty to domestic violence and was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Wood He is accused of punching a woman in the nose on March 19 in Salem.

March 27 for Nicole Jeffries, 32, East Fourth Street, Salem, charged with domestic assault March 19 in Salem.

Richard Stoddard, 53, Grove Alley, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to 20 days in jail, credit for two days served, disorderly conduct by yelling for help, yelling at neighbors and honking between them. March 18 and 19 in East Liverpool. The witness said he was visibly impaired.

A pretrial hearing was set for June 5 for Steven D. Wright, 43, of Main Street, Wellsville, who is accused of following and yelling at a woman on Sept. 24, 2022, who said she was being harassed and was afraid to leave her apartment. Because of the defendant.

Dustin James Brooks, 36, Vine Street, East Liverpool, fined $200 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, 88 days suspended and given credit for two days served, for criminal damage. He was ordered to perform 20 hours of community service. Brooks used a large rock to damage an East Liverpool Police Department cruiser parked in front of the police department on Jan. 1. An extradition hearing is set for June 1.

A preliminary arraignment was filed against Michael Welsh, 49, Youngstown, on March 17 charges of being on property without permission on Carmel Achor Road and possession of eight different rings that did not belong to him, possession of stolen property and criminal trespass. Identified by the owner.

A preliminary hearing was held for Bryce Cooper, 25, West Middletown Road, Salem, who was charged with disorderly conduct for urinating in a public parking lot on March 18 in Salem.

Jared Sir, 27, Sharon, Pa

Bailey Riddle, 21, Firestone Avenue, Columbiana, also of West Pershing Street, Salem, was fined $250 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 29 days suspended and one day credit for disorderly conduct. Riddle was ordered to complete 60 hours of community service. Riddle is accused of throwing things around the yard on Jan. 2 and urinating in a front yard on Firestone Avenue, Columbiana, later that same day.

Sentencing was set for April 11 for James Vint, 22, West Pershing Street, Salem, who pleaded no contest to criminal damage and was ordered to stay away from the victim. Vint is accused of kicking a man’s vehicle and breaking his teeth on March 18 on West Pershing Street, Salem.

A preliminary indictment was filed against Shayne Beagle, 32, Broadway Avenue, Wellsville, on charges of failure to file a city income tax return for the 2021 tax year and four counts of failure to pay city income tax to pay city income taxes from 2017 to 2020, all for Bombshell Beauty Salon in East Liverpool. .

Three counts of trespassing and trespassing were dismissed against Ryan Pratt, 41, of Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, who was accused of failing to remove the walls, windows and ceiling of a property at 2022 Lisbon Street, East Liverpool.

A March 27 pretrial was set for Jonathon Lagon, 21, Glasgow Road, Salineville, charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, no valid license, improper/expired registration, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

Brian Morlan, 30, Graham Street, Lisbon, was fined $925 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI first offense and speeding. His driver’s license was suspended for one year. He was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service.

Preston English, 30, Monroe Street, East Liverpool, no license and expired registration, fined $105.

Shelby Jewell, 29, Plymouth Place, Salem, was charged June 6 with OVI first offense, OVI breath first offense and license plate light.

Brian Trey, 46, state Route 164, Lisbon, was fined $1,025 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 177 days suspended and three days credit in the driver intervention program for OVI and left of center, driver’s license suspended. Driving privileges are granted for one year. He was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service.

Christy Keglor, 48, Lake Milton, was fined $150 for driving while suspended.

Carl Schroed, 52, of Amsterdam, left of center, was fined $100 and had an OVI charge dismissed.

Leslie Dawn Wilson, 57, Bell Avenue, Columbiana, charged with driving under suspension, pretrial set for May 1.

Sante Bumgarner, 25, of Densmore Street, East Liverpool, was fined $250 for driving while suspended.

James Snowden, 38, of Youngstown, was fined $50 for traffic control devices and a marked lanes charge was dismissed.

Randy Lee Mushweck Felton, 21, of Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was booked into a pretrial hearing June 5 for failure to stop and control after an accident.




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