SALEM A house where Salem Township police arrested a woman wanted on felony drug counts last month was the subject of a drug raid Wednesday. The county Dr
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This is the residence at 1599 Grant St., Salem, in Perry Township, where agents seized suspected methamphetamine and items of paraphernalia during a warrant search Wednesday morning, with charges pending lab results. (Photo provided by Perry Township Police)
PERRY TOWNSHIP A house where township police arrested a woman wanted on felony drug counts last month was the subject of a drug raid Wednesday.
The Columbiana County Drug Task Force, assisted by Perry Township Police, Sheriff Brian McLaughlin and the county Sheriff’s Office converged on the property at 1599 Grant St. with a search warrant just after 7 a.m.
The search yielded suspected methamphetamine and numerous items of paraphernalia found throughout the residence. Items were being sent to a lab for testing, with further charges pending.
Feb 19, 2021
LISBON In county Municipal Court, Matthew P. Soldo, 40, Grant Street, Salem, was bound over to the grand jury for an obstructing official business charge for allegedly telling Perry Township police Amanda Hines was not in the home, refused to come back to the door and was found hiding with Hines in a bedroom next to the door on Feb. 11.
Diego B. Gonzalez, 32, Youngstown, was bound over to the grand jury on a receiving stolen property charge for allegedly driving a stolen black 2020 Ford Fusion with North Carolina registration on Feb. 9. Gonzalez was credited with seven days served, sentenced to an additional eight days in jail and fined $600 for driving under suspension, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY COURT NEWS
LISBON An Operation Big Oak defendant, Micheala Sue Reardon, 27, Cleveland, pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to attempted engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony; corrupting another with drugs, a second-degree felony; aggravated trafficking in heroin, a second-degree felony; aggravated trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony; and two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, both a fourth-degree felony. Reardon was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $7,500 after requesting immediate sentencing. In a separate case, Reardon pleaded guilty to illegal conveyance of a drug of abuse onto the grounds of a specified government facility and was sentenced to a year in prison with credit for 29 days already served and consecutive to the time she is serving in the Operation Big Oak case. Reardon had brought marijuana and tobacco to the county jail on July 7, 2019.