Police
County Sheriff
– Chris Bowman, County Airport Road, Wellsville, reported possible shooting in the area at 12:02 a.m. Monday. Deputies checked the area but did not locate any gunshots.
– George Gilbert, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, reported at 9:12 p.m. Sunday while he had been asleep Douglas Brayshaw Jr. took his keys out of his pocket. Gilbert awoke to a loud bang as his vehicle struck the trailer. When he went outside he saw his vehicle crash into another vehicle. His 9-year-old had also ran outside and saw Brayshaw get out of the car and run up the hill. Brayshaw reportedly admitted to moving the vehicle and was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
– Elizabeth Root, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, reported a domestic dispute at 10:04 a.m. Friday. Paul Clauson and Root told deputies they have lived at the home for about a year, but they have been arguing. Clauson wanted the keys to the house from Root and reached for her purse, but she pulled it away. She claimed he would not let her leave for work and wanted deputies to help her leave. They agreed she could live there until she found another place to stay and they would stay away from each other.
– The mother of a 9-year-old boy reported Friday morning that at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday she had dropped her son at the Little Beaver football practice, but when he got out of the vehicle a fifth grade boy ran across the field, jumped on him and started to punch him. One of the coaches yelled, came over and began pulling the older boy off her son, but the older boy’s mother yelled at the coach. There was a lot of arguing after the incident and eventually, the older boy was sent home by the coach. The mother was uncertain whether or not to press charges.
– David Yaggi, Hartley Road, Beloit, reported at 9:12 a.m. Sunday sometime overnight someone vandalized his mailbox.
– Joan Schaefer, Georgetown-Damascus Road, Butler Township, reported at 12:48 p.m. Sunday someone vandalized her mailbox.
– Erica Kaurich, Case Road, Beloit, reported at 10:55 p.m. Saturday she came home to find her mailbox broken.
– A fight was reported by Dana Duffield at Pondi’s at 2:07 a.m. Saturday. Two bartenders, Courtney Shiver and Leeanne Stear, told deputies a man named Travis began to mess with the draft system for the bar. Bystanders told him he should not do that and he became irate and confrontational with them. Travis then kicked the front glass door, shattering it. He left in a big black pickup with Texas plates, according to witnesses.
– Robert Ray, Newton Falls, reported at 12:05 p.m. Friday someone took a .38-caliber Hi-Point semi automatic pistol from the table at his stand at Rogers Sale. The gun had a magazine in it and was in a holster. It was in a wooden box along with six other magazines and some ammunition. Everything was still in the box except the gun and holster.
– Dana Duffield, Center Avenue, Lisbon, reported at 2:48 p.m. Thursday her live-in, Floyd Gilmore, locked her inside the trailer. He had left before deputies arrived and she was speaking through an open kitchen window. Deputies offered to stay so she could get some belongings and leave, but she declined the offer.
Lisbon
– A man who lives on Jerome Street walked into the police department at 12:33 a.m. Wednesday with a bloody mouth and scrapes on his arms he said were from a fall. The man asked to speak with an officer and said he needed to go into detox. He was told to contact the Family Recovery Center and Columbiana County Mental Health Center for possible treatment programs.
– Police were asked to check on the well being of an elderly woman who lives on Garfield Street at 8:48 a.m,. Sept. 23. Police Chief Mike Abraham entered through the garage man door and knocked on the interior door. The woman came to the door, saying she had slept in.
– Police stood by at Apple Grove at 3:11 p.m. Sept. 30 while an ambulance took a resident to a local hospital for mental evaluation.
– A barking dog complaint was received in the area of Cherry and East High at 7:52 p.m. Sept. 30. Police were unable to locate the dog.
– William G. Henthorne, Pritchard Avenue, was turning from Pritchard Avenue onto Chestnut Street at 8:02 a.m. Thursday when his vehicle was struck by a car driven by Betty J. Chuck, East Chestnut Street.
– A caller reported there was a possible impaired driver in a green truck entering onto North Green Street at 10:44 a.m. Saturday. The truck was later found parked on Green Street and unoccupied.
– A social service worker from North Carolina called Sunday afternoon to have police check on two children whose mother lives on Sherman Street. Their mother had left the children with a caregiver two months before and never returned. Police went to the house and found the girl sleeping, while the son was off fishing with his father. Meanwhile, police determined there was a warrant for the mother, who was taken into custody at the residence.
East Palestine
– At 7:14 a.m. Monday students and staff at the East Palestine High School reported a large dog was running around the school. Police attempted to catch the dog but it finally ran home. Its owner, David Dubbert, West Martin Street, was warned for allowing the dog to run loose.
– Frank Carelli, age and address not listed, was arrested for felony OVI for having three prior offenses within the past five years, and was also cited for failure to control following a traffic stop on South Pleasant Drive sometime Saturday.
Columbiana
– A woman reported at midnight Sunday a car was stopped at the entrance to Southern Terrace and it appeared the occupants were having a dispute. Police found the vehicle and learned there were no problems but they were talking too loudly.
– Dustin Davis, Seventh Street, reported at 2 a.m. Sunday his grandmother was bitten by a dog while she was visiting a friend on Seventh.
– A man reported at 3 a.m. Sunday people were messing around in a vehicle in the Pizza Hut parking lot. Police found the vehicle and told them to move along.
– Agustin C. Resendiz, 27, Bonita Springs, Florida, was arrested and cited for OVI and expired registration following a traffic stop on state Route 14 at 3:44 a.m. Sunday.
– Richard Shetler reported at 1:41 p.m. Sunday there was a dog in the basement of his neighbor’s home on West Friend Street and he didn’t think anyone had been home for a few days and it was starting to smell and he wasn’t sure if they left food and water. Police checked the home twice and found no one home.
East Liverpool
– Employees of Giant Eagle on Bradshaw Avenue reported Sunday a man had taken about $100 worth of meat the previous day and then returned Sunday, wearing the same clothing and was recognized from the theft the day before. Phillip R. Cline, 41, Carolina Avenue, Chester, W.Va., was charged with theft and issued a criminal trespass notice for the store as well as an outstanding warrant. Cline reportedly told officers he has a drug problem and traded the meat for drugs.
– Officers responded Sunday morning to a Lisbon Street home to remove a woman and reported finding Julie A. Carl, 42, Fisher Avenue, hiding underneath the porch. They reported Carl smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech. She was charged with public intoxication.
Salem
– Matthew Joing, of Butech Bliss, 550 S. Ellsworth Ave., reported Monday morning that a part called a gland ring made of bronze, weighing 380 pounds and measuring 50 inches in diameter was taken from an outside fenced location three weeks ago. They noticed the chain and lock missing from the fence, which they replaced two days later, then they noticed the part was missing. The shop’s scrap records were checked to make sure the part wasn’t given back to the owner and the part was not moved to another area. The theft is under investigation.
– Joy Shawver, 45, of 2557 Lexington Ave., was charged with disorderly conduct/persisting, resisting arrest and criminal damage after an incident at her residence at 2:12 a.m. Monday. She had called police at 2:01 a.m. to report a stolen vehicle. When an officer attempted to gather information for the report, he was unable to do so allegedly because she was intoxicated and screaming for police to leave. She yelled several obscenities and wanted the sheriff’s office. The officer complied with her request and left to diffuse the situation. Another officer arrived to assist and while he was speaking with the original officer, the woman approached them yelling profanities and refusing to comply with their commands to stop. She was charged with disorderly conduct, then resisted attempts to place her into handcuffs, resulting in the resisting charge. While enroute to the police station, she allegedly caused damage to the rear of the patrol car and was charged with the criminal damaging. The first report said her car was later located in the Walmart parking lot, secured in place, with the keys given to her.
– A clerk at Smith Oil, East State Street, reported at 6:05 p.m. Sunday that someone driving a red S-10 pickup left without paying for $44.48 in gas.
– A woman in the 1300 block of South Lincoln Avenue reported at 12:36 p.m. Sunday that an unknown company called US Funding Sol took $127.64 from her checking account without her permission. She closed her account and opened another account and they still took money without permission. She wasn’t sure why they were taking the money.
– A Walmart asset protection associate reported at 5:08 p.m. Sunday that a female left with a cart of merchandise and failed to pay. An employee approached the suspect near her vehicle and the suspect fled, leaving behind a large amount of stolen merchandise in the cart. After reviewing surveillance video, it was determined that numerous people had participated in gathering items inside the business which were placed in the cart the suspect pushed out to the car, which had out-of-state plates. The report said $558 worth of merchandise was stolen, with $458 worth recovered from the cart. Additional items had been placed in a tote. The theft is under investigation.
Perry Township
– A caller from Louisiana at 12:05 p.m. Sunday reported the alleged theft of an item via eBay. The person was told to contact an attorney and eBay, with an investigation pending. A local address of Liberty Street was on the report.
– A resident on Pembrooke reported at 7:13 p.m. Saturday that they’re receiving phone calls daily from a man stating he’s willing to give them $2.5 million and a car if they give him their address and bank information so the money can be deposited directly into their bank account. The phone number he’s calling from is located in Jamaica. The victim was provided information and options for resolving the problem.
– Charles E. Tice II, 50, of Fisher Road, East Liverpool, was cited for failure to display and fictitious plates after a traffic stop at 10:32 a.m. Friday on state Route 45.
Goshen Police District
– Rory L. Lieder, 49, 1253 E. Third St., Salem, was charged with OVI after a traffic stop for left of center at U.S. 62 and state Route 165 at 11:16 p.m. Friday.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A woman on South Union Avenue reported at 2:37 p.m. Monday that someone charged $118 on her checking account for some apps she did not purchase. She changed her account number and wanted it documented.
– A woman on East Third Street called at 1:48 p.m. Monday to request removal of an unwanted person from her property. The male agreed to leave.
– A caller at 1:04 p.m. Monday reported an open door on a residence in the 500 block of South Lundy Avenue. The address given was not found and no residence matched the description.
– A caller at 12:19 p.m. Monday reported people shooting BB guns near Prospect Street and New Garden Avenue. Police found the people in a back yard on New Garden shooting at a can with a BB rifle. They were told to stop and made aware of city law.
– A man in the 200 block of North Ellsworth Avenue reported at 12:08 p.m. Monday that when he let his dogs outside, the neighbors’ dogs came over onto the property. He was concerned and just wanted the neighbors to keep the dogs on their property. An officer will talk with the neighbors.
– A woman on East Eighth Street called at 12:07 p.m. Monday to report finding a suspicious item. An officer determined it was contraband and destroyed it.
– A flip cell phone was found in the street at West Pershing Street and Howard Avenue and turned over to police at 11:38 a.m. Monday.
– A reckless vehicle was reported at 11:27 a.m. Monday on Arch Street and found in a parking lot. The driver didn’t believe he was operating recklessly.
– A man in the 100 block of South Lincoln Avenue reported at 9:31 a.m. Monday that he had not seen his adult son in 11 days. He operates a business in the same building where they both reside. He was entered as missing. The son got word that officers were looking for him and contacted police later, telling them he was fine.
– A disturbed person was reported at 8:46 a.m. Monday in the area of South Lincoln Avenue and Franklin. The male was having medication issues. Fire department first responders and KLG responded and KLG transported him to the hospital.
– An unattended child in a stroller was reported at 8:23 a.m. Monday in front of a residence in the 200 block of North Ellsworth Avenue. The mother of the child told an officer she was in the doorway with her other child getting her out the door for school. The child appeared okay.
– During a traffic stop at 1:26 a.m. Monday for an equipment violation in the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue, the operator gave consent to search the vehicle. No weapons or contraband were found.
– A caller at 9:47 p.m. Sunday reported loud noise coming from a construction project at the rear of a residence in the 1400 block of East State Street. An officer spoke to the homeowner who was working on the project. He and his wife were told about the complaint and the city ordinance concerning noise.
– Residents in the 500 block of Cedar Street called at 8:48 p.m. Sunday to report hearing what sounded like someone trying to break into the rear of their residence. No one was found. One resident reported seeing at least one figure jumping over a fence in the back yard and running, but no one was found.
– An officer on patrol saw a suspicious person behind a business on Continental Drive at 7:49 p.m. Sunday. The person said employees of the business had given permission for the person to be there. The officer told the person to leave.
– A caller at 6:52 p.m. Sunday requested a person removed from a West Fifth Street property. The person was leaving when police arrived.
– Police responded to Waterworth Memorial Park at 6:42 p.m. Sunday for several dogs not on leashes running and chasing after the geese. Officers arrived and all dogs in the area were on leashes and accompanied by owners.
– Police responded with the fire department to the area of Fair and Maple at 6:20 p.m. Sunday for an open burning complaint. Firefighters told the owner of the property to only burn dry seasoned firewood inside the city limits. Wood not permitted to be used was taken out of the fire by the fire department. The person was told if they’re called back, a citation for open burning will be issued.
– A reckless driver was reported at 5:05 p.m. Sunday on West Wilson Street, but was not found.
– A man came to the police station at 4:37 p.m. Sunday to report a reckless driver in the area of South Lincoln Avenue and East Perry Street. The vehicle was not found.
– A parking complaint was reported at 3:50 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Vine Avenue where a vehicle was parked in a posted no parking zone. The owner was contacted and moved the vehicle.
– A resident in the 1000 block of East Third Street reported at 10:21 a.m. Sunday that someone ripped the outside screen from a window on the house with a piece of wood. A large wooden piece of the neighbor’s fence was found under the window.
Perry Township
(no names provided)
– A woman on Prospect Street reported at 12:44 p.m. Sunday that she left her cell phone at a gas station and while trying to call it later, she discovered someone was using the device to access her voicemail and make phone calls. She was told to contact her phone company.
– A juvenile was reported missing at 8:47 p.m. Saturday by a man in the 1500 block of North Lincoln Avenue. The juvenile had left the residence at 1 p.m.
– A domestic complaint was reported between a parent and child in the 1500 block of North Lincoln Avenue, called in by another family member at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. An officer interviewed five children and two adults, with information to be forwarded to Children Services for review.
– A resident in the 1600 block of North Lincoln Avenue reported at 10:44 a.m. Saturday that unknown persons removed two traffic cones from their driveway overnight and damaged a decorative yard ornament in a flower bed. A book was left behind by the road by the suspects. Damages were estimated at $50.
– Police assisted KLG with a man who fell and injured his leg at 1:34 a.m. Saturday. He was taken to Salem Regional Medical Center.
– Police were called at 6:29 p.m. Friday to the 1100 block of Prospect Street in Salem Acres where a 7-year-old child allegedly punched a 3-year-old child in the mouth while outside playing with other children. An officer spoke with the children and parents/guardians about bullying, right and wrong, how to treat others and who to call if being mistreated or bullied.
– A resident in the 1100 block of Stewart Road called at 1:15 p.m. Friday to report a cable service man knocking on the door asking questions about their Internet service and walking away without asking any further questions. A cable service technician in the area was contacted and said he knocked on the wrong residence, which was confirmed by a work order.
– A woman on Elberon Avenue reported at 12:42 p.m. Friday that a neighbor was draining their pool in the area of Andrew Avenue and the water was running down into her yard. When contacted, the neighbor wasn’t aware of the problem and agreed to correct it and apologize.
– A resident on East Pine Lake Road called at 12:22 p.m. Friday to report a neighbor cutting down trees on someone else’s property. Officers told all parties it’s a civil issue.
– Police responded to Hunt Road at 9:15 a.m. Friday after a resident complained about a vehicle parked on the road and vehicles driving through their property to get around it. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and moved it.
Chester
(no names provided)
– A woman in the 600 block of Sixth Street reported at 8:09 p.m. Sunday that she came home to find that her vehicle had been struck. Someone left a note on the car with a name and phone number.
– A man in the 100 block of Indiana Avenue called police at 1 p.m. Sunday to say that the tenants in the neighboring apartment were playing their music too loud. The assistant chief responded and told all parties involved to keep it down.
– Someone reported at 12:12 p.m. Sunday that a motorist in a silver Volkswagen was driving recklessly down Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30) and passing vehicles. The registration came back to a 1997 tan Jeep belonging to an East Liverpool resident. The assistant chief report that he was unable to make contact with the vehicle.
– The neighbors of a complainant in the 400 block of Dunn Street were having a party and being too loud at 3:34 a.m. Sunday. The homeowners were advised of the complaint, but there was no loud music at the time.
– A woman in the 500 block of Louisiana Avenue called police at 8:14 p.m. Saturday to say she received a tip that her stolen wheelchair was seen in the alley behind 540 Knowles Lane. Police checked but only found a rusted wheelchair that did not fit the description.
– Police responded to a two-vehicle accident at the bottom of Fairview Road at 10 a.m. Saturday.
– Police responded to Connie’s Corner, 256 Carolina Ave., at 6:42 a.m. Saturday about a report of a stolen purse. The suspect took off on foot and was later found in the apartment above Connie’s. All items were returned. The woman said she did not want to press charges.
– Someone reported a disturbance in the 200 block of Indiana Avenue at 4:04 a.m. Saturday, with people yelling and calling names. No contact was made.
– A woman in the 500 block of Carolina Avenue said she would like extra police patrols of her garage.
– An officer gave a trespass warning to a man who was accused of assaulting and harassing a complainant in the 400 block of Fifth Street Friday evening. The caller did not want to press charges.
– A man in the 1000 block of Phoenix Avenue reported that his 2012 Nissan Frontier was broken into between 11 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Friday. He will provide an inventory of stolen items to police.
Police
County Sheriff
– William Arnold of Alliance reported being bitten by a dog while working on a home at 248 Homeworth Road in Knox Township at 6:23 p.m. Saturday. Arnold was bitten in the thigh and stomach by a St. Bernard. The homeowner’s mother was home at the time but the dog had gotten loose. The county dog warden was contacted.
– Harold Reith, Beech Street, Hanoverton, reported Saturday receiving harassing calls from Ed Swartz over $10 he allegedly owed him. Reith reportedly kept telling the deputy he needed to pay attention and began yelling and screaming at him before the deputy ended the conversation.
– A loud music complaint on Thomas Drive, Wellsville, was received at 8 p.m. Saturday. Deputies spoke with Mark Higgins, who had been listening to the radio while in the process of moving out of the trailer park. He was advised to keep the noise down.
– Alexis Smith, West 10th Street, Salem, reported Saturday her car and house keys were stolen from the employee break room while she was working at the Auburn Skilled Nursing facility on Valley Road in Butler Township.
– Terry L. Mullins reportedly backed his minivan into a car belonging to Richard Prasco in the McDonald’s parking lot just outside Lisbon at 10:26 a.m. Saturday.
– A deputy was called to the dead end of Crosser Road in Center Township at 4:36 p.m. Saturday in regard to a trespassing complaint. The property owner, Ralph Killing of Berlin Center, said his son and a friend were trespassing on the property in ATVs. Killing said they seemed surprised to see him before riding off.
– Russell Jerome, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported Sunday his wallet was stolen from his blue jeans while they were in his bedroom.
Highway Patrol
– Joyce M. Allender, 52, of Canton, was cited for assured cleared distance after she drove into the rear of a stopped car driven by Edward E. Latshaw, 81, Spillway Road, Lisbon, on U.S. Route 30 in Center Township at 2:15 p.m. Saturday.
– Dominic P. Sandine, 96, of Youngstown, pulled over on U.S. Route 30 in Madison Township after his Cadillac DTS began smoking at 4:35 p.m. Saturday. The West Point Fire Department responded and found an oil leak and no oil left in the motor. Sandine said he just had the oil changed in the past two weeks.
– Patricia A. Boyd, 65, Y & O Road, Wellsville, was cited for failure to yield after she reportedly ran a stop sign and was struck by a vehicle driven by Patricia A. McMurray, 71, of Youngstown, on Columbiana-Waterford Road in Fairfield Township at 11:40 a.m. Saturday.
– Robert B. Zuch, 56, state Route 170, Negley, was attempting to pull into his driveway when he crossed into the other lane to do so at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Behind Zuch on a motorcycle was Shaun A. Suralie, 39, Wheathill Road, East Palestine, who also pulled into the other lane to avoid a collision with Zuch and then tried to squeeze between Zuch and the guardrail before striking some rocks. Suralie was treated by EMTs. The trooper issued no citations since both were at fault.
– Glenn S. Anderson, 32, Oak Street, Lisbon, was cited for failure to control after he went off the road and into some trees in his Explorer while driving on Lisbon Road in Center Township at 3:55 a.m. Friday.
– David A. Driscoll, 62, of Pittsburgh, was driving on state Route 14 in Unity Township when he went off the road and into a ditch at 9:10 a.m. Friday.
– Christopher R. Moore, 35, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, was driving on Teegarden Road in Salem Township at 12:45 p.m. Friday when his Eclipse caught fire and he pulled over.
Lisbon
The security alarm at the Dollar General store was going off at 2:19 a.m. Wednesday, but police found the building to be secure.
Columbiana
– An officer patrol found some people hanging around a vacant property at 28 W. Park Ave. at 2:43 a.m. Saturday. The house was found to be secure and no one appeared to be inside.
– James M. Pendleton, 45, of Columbiana, was cited for driving without a license and expired registration following a traffic stop on state Route 344 at 2:54 a.m. Saturday.
– Cindy Goist reported at 11:25 a.m. Saturday someone came at her with a broom after she refused to leave the end of his driveway on Columbiana-Lisbon Road. Both parties were told they need to get along.
– Al Ferrall reported at 4:16 p.m. Saturday following a flatbed on state Route 46 and then onto state Route 14. The driver was going fast and then slamming on the brakes. The flatbed was stuck in traffic by the time police caught up with the driver, and no traffic offenses were observed.
– Police responded to a report of a car on fire in the Columbiana Manor parking lot at 8:53 p.m. Saturday.
Salem Township
– Township road employee James R. Entrikin, 65, was mowing a ditch along Grafton Road at 12:10 p.m. Friday when Wanda F. Hofmann, 63, Longs Crossing Road, tried to pass him and in doing so struck the left rear tire of the tractor, which was stopped at the time. The only damage was to Hofmann’s Encore.
East Palestine
-An officer issued the following zoning violation citations, mostly for high grass: 130 W. Main St., owner Kenneth P. Rukenbrod; 299 Park Ave., owner Doreen M. Kaz; the old Train Station on West Taggart Street, which is the responsibility of the street department; 101 Thomas St., owner Lisa A. Harmon; 582 W. Clark St., owner Floyd E. Sorrell; 101 S. Market St., owner John W. Holman; 113 S. Market St., owner Theresa L. Antoniazzi; 365 Lyons Ave., owner Edward J. Zins;
– Betty A. Frederick, West Street, reported Saturday there were tree limbs piled up beside a tree on her neighbor’s property. Upon further investigation, police found it was Frederick who cut down the limbs and left them piled there. A zoning notice will be sent to her.
– Police responded to a report of shoplifting at the Dollar General at 7:32 p.m. Saturday, with the suspect identified as a 42-year-old village woman. The matter remains under investigation.
– A 13-year-old boy was cited for possessing tobacco products after a brief pursuit on Taggart and Sumner at 12:09 a.m. Saturday.
– Donald E. Smith, 75, Claybrook Drive, was reportedly bitten Friday by a dog owned by Jonathan W. Dunham, 25, Alice St. Dunham was able to provide proof the dog had a license and had been vaccinated. The matter was still forwarded to the health department.
– A report was received of dogs running loose in the area of Park Avenue and Everett Street on Sept. 23. Police found a white bulldog running loose but were unable to get close enough to catch the canine. The dog warden was contacted instead.
Salem
– A city man reported at 12:06 a.m. Sunday his 13-year-old daughter has been sending nude photos via Facebook to a 23-year-old man in Madison, Ohio. The case is under investigation.
– Corey A. Snay, 609 S. Union Ave., was cited for possession of marijuana after a traffic stop on West Second at 1:18 a.m. Saturday. Additional charges are pending laboratory results. An occupant was charged with possession of a contraband item. The occupant’s name was not provided.
– Robert A. Mulqueen and Anna M. Sinsabaugh, both of Canton were arrested after alleging shoplifting several items from Walmart Saturday night. They were taken into custody at Pershing and Park. Mulqueen was charged with theft, possession of criminal tools and driving under suspension. Sinsabaugh was charged with theft and possession of criminal tools.
Salem
(names not provided)
– Police responded to the 200 block of E. 5th Street at 1:27 a.m. for a report of juveniles running around the area and making a lot of noise. Police were unable to locate anyone.
– Police assisted the Columbiana police on station at 4:56 a.m. Sunday with an OVI test that proved to be over the legal limits and the results were forwarded to the Columbiana police.
– At 1:50 am. Sunday, police in the 600 block of E. State Street located two juveniles who said they left the house because they heard someone trying to break in. After attempting to make it to another family’s residence they were walking back home. Both were charged with curfew violations and released to family members.
– Police in the 200 block of E. Pershing Street at 3:49 a.m. Sunday observed a man and woman walking and one appeared to hide behind a closed business. They said they were there to smoke and the female was under a curfew violation and was processed and released to a family member.
– At 2:57 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the 1100 block of E. State Street and spoke to a man who said he didn’t know who the passenger was in his vehicle. Police identified both and no warrants were found on either one.
– At 2:25 a.. Sunday, police on patrol found a swing set in the street at Hawley Avenue and E. 4th Street It was removed from the street.
– Police responded to the 300 block of Rose Avenue at 2:18 a.m. Sunday where a woman advised a window was broken. Police were unable to locate anyone in the area.
– Police responded to the 300 block of Newgarden Avenue at 10:01 p.m. Saturday to assist Perry Township police in locating a missing juvenile. Police were unable to locate the juvenile at the residence in question.
– At 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 400 block of S. Lundy Avenue where a juvenile complainant advised he’d been walking with friends when a man yelled at them and chased them. Police checked the area but were unable to find anyone.
– At 9:17 p.m. Saturday police responded to Newgarden Avenue and Liberty Street after the Columbiana County sheriff reported a possible intoxicated driver in the are. Police checked the area but were unable to located anyone.
– Police responded to the Newgarden Avenue and Liberty Street area at 6:08 p.m. Saturday for a report of a vehicle being operated in a reckless manner. Police checked the address the vehicle was registered to but were unable to make contact.
– At 4:20 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 700 block of N. Lincoln Avenue where the complainant advised of having problems with the neighbor’s kid calling their son names. Police spoke to the other juvenile who denied it saying it was the other juvenile causing the problem. Both were advised to stay away from each other.
– Police responded to the 900 block of Franklin Avenue at 4:14 p.m. Saturday for a report of graffiti, including profane words, on a vehicle. The resident said they were aware of it and were in the process of cleaning it off.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– A Crestview High School student reported at 2:14 p.m. Thursday her white Samsung Galaxy S4 Verizon cell phone with a black case went missing from her backpack sometime between third and fifth period.
– Courtney Gamble, Richey School Road, Hanoverton, reported at 3:47 p.m. Thursday she received a fraudulent check from Care.com for $3,000 for babysitting services.
– Connie Wade, Madison Drive, East Liverpool, reported at 10:57 a.m. Saturday her neighbor’s alarm was going off. A deputy arrived at the house to find the home owners were testing the alarm.
– Rose Phelps, Alderlick Road, Salineville, reported at 11:01 a.m. Saturday pine cones were thrown about her barn supposedly by her neighbors.
– Ty Trumpower, Homeworth Road, Alliance, reported at 11:43 a.m. Saturday two people at the Sleepy Hollow Golf Course where he works heard shooting while on the course, but weren’t sure where it might have come from. A deputy sat and listened but did not hear any shots.
Highway Patrol
– Andrew T. Longshore, 52, Georgetown, Pa., was stopped in traffic at 8:50 a.m. Friday as he was heading west on U.S. Route 30 in Center Township when he was rear-ended by Benjamin R. Kibler, 37, Main Street, Hanoverton. Longshore was waiting for a vehicle in front of him to turn left onto Freeman Road. Kibler was cited for assured clear distance.
– Douglas L. Myers, 72, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, was traveling west on U.S. Route 30 in West Township at 10:25 a.m. Friday and was slowing down to turn into a parking lot when he was rear-ended by Brenda L. Sommers, 48, Sandy Creek Road, Minerva. Sommers was cited for assured clear distance.
– Dakota L. Hart, 17, County Home Road, Lisbon, was traveling east on state Route 517 in Fairfield Township around 6 p.m. Friday when she struck Linda L. Johnson, 60, Morris Road, Lisbon, who was traveling west on state Route 517 and attempted to turn left onto Fairfield School Road. Hart was treated at the scene for a minor injury. Johnson was cited for failure to yield.
Columbiana
-A man reported at 2:13 p.m. Friday a couple pickup trucks were hanging over the sidewalks at a business at South Vine Street and West Park Avenue, which obstructed the view of traffic heading east on West Park Avenue. The owner of the vehicle was advised of the obstruction and was going to have them moved.
– Susan Berger, South Cross Street, reported at 4:41 p.m. Friday her son gave his cell phone to a friend to hold and could not locate it.
– Hannah Hostetler was cited for assured clear distance following an accident at 6:06 p.m. Friday where she rear-ended Marilyn Kuntz, New Waterford, who in turn rear-ended Duane Helman, Lisbon. Kuntz and Helman were stopped in traffic as they were traveling east on Route 14.
– Police observed at 8:07 p.m. Friday several of the top landscape stones were knocked off on the east side of the circle in the center of town. A note was left for the city crew.
– Jason Fullum, Cherokee Lane, was cited for dog at large at 9:02 p.m. Friday after a neighbor reported his dog came out after her.
– Corbin C. Detwiler, 32, Rogers, was cited for driving under suspension and two headlights during a traffic stop at 11:49 p.m. Friday on state Route 14.
– A male hitchhiker was reported at 11:54 p.m. Friday on South Main Street near the Columbiana Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac lot.
Salem
– Police responded to the 2800 block of East State Street at 4:31 p.m. Friday for a report of two men and two women acting suspicious in a jeep. Officers spoke the two men who said they were from out of town visiting family and were not with the two women. They were advised to move along. The two women were found inside a store. They also said they were from out of town and had stopped to buy a phone. They too were advised to move along.
– Officers responded to a Cedar Ridge Drive home at 5:59 p.m. Friday in reference to a fight, but found both people calm and civil toward each other. They said they had been in a verbal altercation but had worked it out.
– Barbara J. Drohn, 58, 451 Empire St., Leetonia, was arrested for theft after allegedly stealing $49 in merchandise from a 2800 block East State Street business.
– An officer responded to a Columbia Street home at 9:58 p.m. Friday in reference to a suspicious vehicle with its lights on parked behind the residence. The driver was found to be the home’s resident who had not yet exited his vehicle.
– Police responded to a report of loud juveniles in the area of North Broadway Avenue and East Third Street at 10:12 p.m. Friday but were unable to find anyone.
– Officers responded to the 500 block of East Third Street at 11:20 p.m. Friday where a resident said two men had punched him in the face after he attempted to chase away a large group of people creating a commotion in front of his home. Witnesses confirmed the resident’s report. Emergency medical personnel treated the resident on scene. The officers were unable to find the suspects.
– A patrolling officer at 2:13 a.m. Saturday observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business in the 400 block of South Ellsworth Avenue and found the occupants intoxicated. The officer stood by until they found a safe ride home.
– A patrolling officer at 2:46 a.m. Saturday found a vehicle illegally parked at Filbert Avenue and Franklin Street and the driver asleep at the wheel. The driver said he did not remember how he got there nor where his car keys were and requested his vehicle be towed home.
– An officer responded to a Fair Avenue home at 3:58 a.m. Saturday where the resident reported someone had stolen her lawnmower from her back porch during the night. The officer found the suspect who returned the mower. Charges are pending.
– An officer responded to the area of Hawley Avenue and East Third Street at 12:21 p.m. Saturday in reference to a man taking off his shirt during an argument with another man at a corner residence. The resident told the officer that the other man’s son had been bullying his son, so he sent the boy home. The other boy had been crying so the father returned to to find out what happened and the verbal altercation ensued, but the father left without any further problems.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Melody Gaza, Newton Falls, reported at 8:17 p.m. Thursday her silver 2010 Dodge van was parked in the lot at Damascus Friends Church and someone struck the rear passenger quarterpanel and bumper. The vehicle left, but two witnesses gave her a license plate number and the description of a suspected pickup. Deputies spoke to Vanessa Mason, who stated her 17-year-old daughter Keilah Mason took the vehicle to church. When she brought it home, her parents noticed the rear driver’s side fender flair was missing from the pickup. Gaza will contact the Vanessa Mason to make arrangements to pay for the damages.
– Ben Ackerman, Metz Road, Columbiana, reported at 3:40 p.m. Thursday his neighbors’ dogs are barking and he questioned how they have the dogs after the Humane Society took their dogs out of the home two weeks ago.
– Courtney Gamble, Richey School Road, Hanoverton, reported at 3:47 p.m. Thursday she received a fraudulent check from Care.com for $2,755 and deposited it into her boyfriend’s account. Then she got money grams for the sender’s mother’s care giver so they could pay bills. She went to Walmart in Alliance and sent $1,200 to Tom Beach in Florida. The total cost of the transaction was $1,295 with the transfer fees.
– Heidi Tomalka, South Elm Street, Columbiana, reported at 12:38 a.m. Friday her boyfriend flipped out while she was driving him. She stopped the vehicle on state Route 154 near Camp Fredrick, told her he would kill himself by lying on the tracks and walked away. She was searching for him. Two deputies joined the search of the area, but he was not located.
– Kay Biegenwald, Chain School Road, East Palestine, reported at 11 p.m. Thursday a suspicious vehicle, moving slowly in the area and then the driver dropped off a woman on the side of the road. Deputies checked, but did not find the woman nor the vehicle.
– A 17-year-old Depot Road, Lisbon, boy reported at 2:47 p.m. Thursday his ex-girlfriend threatened to have him beaten up by her new boyfriend. Deputies spoke to the girl’s mother, who said the ex-boyfriend has been harassing both of them. Both sides were told to leave each other alone.
East Liverpool
– Desiree Browning, Summit Lane, reported John N. Thompson, no address listed, was knocking on her door and harassing her. Thompson told police he just wanted to see his children and also said a man who was inside with Browning met him at a location and punched him. Thompson was taken to a relative’s and told to stay away from Browning’s home.
Liverpool Township
– An officer on patrol reported seeing a Jeep northbound on Shadyside Avenue with a cracked windshield, riding the brim of the roadway. He stopped the vehicle, and reported the driver, Tiffany Keyes, said the vehicle had been pulling badly and she needed to get it checked. The officer reported the vehicle smelled of marijuana. During a pat-down search of passenger Shari J. Welther, 21, South Meadowbrook Circle, officers reported she admitted having marijuana and a small baggy was found in her pocket. St. Clair Township K-9 office Axel was brought to search the vehicle and reportedly alerted on the passenger side, where a bank envelope was found in the map pocket containing 48 pills with Welther’s driver’s license. She denied ownership of the pills, telling officers she only smokes weed, according to reports. Welther was charged with no seat belt and possession of marijuana, and officers reported she began crying, saying she saw “nothing wrong with smoking weed” and that the police “always hassle the wrong people.” After Welther reportedly said she wanted to kill herself, a Tri-County ambulance was called to transport her to East Liverpool City Hospital. Keyes, whose address was not reported, was given a verbal warning for the cracked windshield and marked lanes violation.
– An officer pulled over a vehicle for a loud exhaust and the driver, Christopher W. Bach, 23, Globe Street, advised he had no license and no insurance. Asked if he had anything illegal in the vehicle, Bach reportedly told officers he had a marijuana pipe, which he pulled from his pocket. He was charged with driving under suspension and possession of marijuana.
St. Clair Township
– Officers were called to a Cherry Lane residence for a man causing a problem regarding a custody dispute. No other details were reported.
– A residence at 16321 Annesley Road was reported entered Wednesday and several firearms taken. The homeowner’s name was not reported.
– A shed was reported broken into on McCoy Avenue, with no other details reported.
– A vehicle at 50169 Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road was reported entered with items stolen.
– Officers were called to The Wildlife Education Center on Echo Dell Road regarding someone trying to open the doors. They found a vehicle occupied by Zachary Greathouse, no age or address listed, and two juvenile females, all of whom said they were just hanging out, talking. Greathouse was found to have an outstanding warrant and was taken into custody. The girls were returned to their parents at the Echo Dell Trailer Court.
Highway Patrol
– A vehicle was stopped Friday for no visible license plate, and the driver, Timothy P. J. Hart, 48, Steubenville, reportedly advised there was a marijuana pipe inside the vehicle. The pipe was located in the passenger seat pouch in a wooden box that also contained marijuana residue, according to reports. Hart was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.
– Morgan W. Young, 18, Bethesda Road, Hanoverton, was driving on Roses Run Road in Wayne Township when the 2000 Alero went off the road, struck an embankment and overturned, landing on its wheels. The accident occurred at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, and no citation was issued because the brakes failed, which was verified by the trooper.
Lisbon
– Police responded to an accident at Willow Grove Sand & Gravel on state Route 154 about 10 a.m. Friday that resulted in an employee being injured. Chief Mike Abraham said the employee, who was not identified to him, was operating a loader when he suffered severe burns to both arms from hydraulic fluid that caught fire. Abraham said the hydraulic line began leaking onto the battery, igniting the hydraulic fluid, which sprayed on the worker, who was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
Columbiana
– Columbiana Tire was broken into Wednesday night and some aluminum wheels and change were stolen.
– A sprinkler valve was reported stolen Thursday from inside the Holloway Insurance building.
– Chelsea Figley, South Main Street, reported Thursday being threatened by another resident in the apartment complex.
– A caller reported Thursday there was a junked motor vehicle at 126 E. Friend St. The vehicle was registered to Kailee Engle.
East Palestine
– A caller reported someone was throwing out trash on North Pleasant Drive at 9:04 p.m. Thursday. The driver was stopped by police on East Taggart Street, and he said he had picked up a bag of leaves, which were inside the vehicle.
– Christopher D. Craft, 31, of Midland, Pa., and Sarah E. Nemes, 20, East Main Street, East Palestine, were charged with marijuana possession following a traffic stop on South Market Street at 8:34 p.m. Wednesday. They were arrested after Toney the police dog detected the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
– John Stewart, West Main Street, reported Thursday a resident of the American Health Care facility in town was making phone calls to two females. He said the calls were sexual and violent in nature.
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County Sheriff
– Rob Marra from the Southern Local High School bus garage reported at 1:33 p.m. Wednesday bus driver Julie Pitts parked her bus to wash it and forgot to set the parking brake. The unattended bus drifted forward and struck two parked cars belonging to other bus drivers, Tiffany Hamilton and Carry Crosser, both of Salineville. Both vehicles were damaged.
– Dave Scott of Scotty’s Lift Truck, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, reported Wednesday sometime over the past week someone stole four deep cycle batteries from a man lift on the lot. The batteries were white with red caps and had the name U.S. Battery Co. printed on them along with the model number U2200 in large red print. The batteries were described as a couple of inches taller than a car battery.
– Jack Parr, state Route 558, New Waterford, reported a domestic dispute at 5:22 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies found Parr had kicked a woman out of his home. She was sitting at the end of the driveway with her belongings waiting for her daughter to come from Salem to give her a ride. Deputies left, but were called back after the woman reportedly made threats to harm herself. She was unwillingly taken to SRMC for evaluation.
– Raedel Stallworth, Maple Grove Lane, New Waterford, reported at 5:38 p.m. Wednesday she received a Facebook message from John Seeger which claimed she had better stop telling people his son called her son a racial slur. The message continued she had been seen taking photos of his son and she had better “knock it off” or they are going to have an issue.
– Deputies were called at 5:58 a.m. Wednesday to the home of a Kensington man having seizures and being uncooperative with EMTs. His wife told deputies he was having a reaction to his medication. He was taken to Aultman Hospital by Bartley Ambulance.
Highway Patrol
– Garrett W. Bryson, 22, Buzzard Road, Wellsville, struck a deer while driving on state Route 45 at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday.
– Richard B. Casteel, 64, of Akron, was driving on state Route 11 in Fairfield Township at 3:40 p.m. Sept. 19 when his 2000 LeSabre caught fire. He managed to pull off to the side of the road.
– Robert B. Marshall, 73, state Route 172, Lisbon, was cited for making an improper lane change at the intersection of state Route 45 and Saltwell Road in Center Township at 3:17 p.m. Monday. Marshall reportedly struck a vehicle driven by Sheryl A. Lawrence, 48, North Nelson Avenue, Lisbon.
– Hannah E. Vollnogle, 21, Crestview Road, New Waterford, was cited for assured cleared distance after she drove into the rear of vehicle driven by Rebecca A. Butler, 28, Taylor Road, Negley, who had hit the brakes after the truck in front of her stopped abruptly. The accident occurred on state Route 7 in Fairfield Township at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday.
Lisbon
– Shan Johnson, North Jefferson Street, reported Wednesday he received mail sent to his former address and it had been opened. Johnson suspects his former girlfriend may be responsible.
– A woman who lives on North Market Street came to the police department on Wednesday to ask someone to speak with her daughter, who was being uncooperative and swearing at her. An officer spoke with the girl, telling her about the importance of being polite and not using vulgar language.
– Louise Wellman, 72, Maple Street, was cited for failure to control after she struck a parked car while driving on East Chestnut Street at 1 p.m. Saturday. Wellman said she swerved to miss a bicyclist when she struck the parked vehicle, which is owned by Cara Burt Orr, Columbiana-Waterford Road, Columbiana.
Columbiana
– Jackie Klein reported at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday she was behind a reckless driver she had followed from state Route 11 into town on state Route 46. Police were unable to locate the vehicle.
– An unidentified caller reported at 7:48 p.m. Wednesday he was behind a possibly impaired driver at the intersection of state Routes 7 and 14. Police initiated a traffic stop and found the driver was not impaired.
– Shawn Peddicord reported Wednesday there was a hole in the alley behind the Subway restaurant that someone could fall in. Police determined the hole was fine and the cones placed there were adequate.
– The highway patrol reported at 10:29 p.m. Wednesday they had received a call in regard to a possibly impaired driver heading toward town on state Route 344. Police observed the vehicle and there was no sign of impaired driving.
East Liverpool
– Vaneesa Argabrite, no address listed, reported her food stamp card had been mailed to her mother’s on Jennings Avenue and was taken and then used at several local stores. She told officers she believes a family member is to blame.
– Joe Adams, Fairview Street, reported he had obtained a temporary restraining order against a man who then came to his home and made threats.
– Officers responded to a fight at Berdine’s Bar on West Sixth Street that resulted from songs being played on the jukebox. One woman reported being assaulted. No charges were filed.
– Deborah Frye reported leaving her phone in a friend’s car and, when she asked for it, the friend said it was missing. The phone was then used in Wellsville.
– Melissa Giordano reported a man sitting in an employee’s car at Wee the People Day Care on West Fourth Street. When she yelled, the man exited the vehicle and walked away. He was located by officers, ducked down in an alcove of a building. Glenn T. Galloway, 31, no address listed, was taken into custody on two outstanding warrants.
– Called to a fight on Elizabeth Street, officers said three people each claimed to have been assaulted by the others. They were told to stay away from each other and to contact the law director if they wanted to file charges.
– Matthew P. Lopes, 27, Wilbert Avenue, reported he had been in a fight with his girlfriend and went for a walk when a vehicle pulled up and three people asked to use his cell phone then began beating him up. He declined medical treatment.
– Jerica S. Mattern, no age or address listed, reported a man has been taking picture of her home and showing up at her place of employment.
– Donna McCune, East Eighth Street, reported her ex-boyfriend kicked open the door and ransacked her home.
– Beulah M. Morrison, West Fourth Street, reported her home health nurse wrote herself a $100 check while paying Morrison’s bills. She was advised to contact the law director about filing charges.
– Robert Riggs, East Ninth Street, reported finding the rear panel of his vehicle dented and with what appeared to be blood on it. Officers said it looked as though it had been punched with a closed fist.
– Christina Penn, Pennsylvania Avenue, reported she came into her living room to find a woman sitting in a chair. A $10 bill that had been near the chair was missing, but the woman denied taking it and then left the residence.
– Clifford Plummer, Allison Avenue, reported his house broken into and several items missing.
– Brian Cramer, Marcus Street, reported a window broken on a door, which was then unlocked to gain entry to his home. An Xbox, games and controller were taken.
Salem
– Police responded to the North Ellsworth and East Sixth at 12:10 p.m. Thursday and found a small, black and tan dog with tags tied to a stop sign with no one around. It appeared to be tangled with its leash and police learned a woman had observed it in the street and tied it to the sign. It was taken to a shelter where an attempt will be made to contact its owner.
– Laura C. Blake, 760 E. Pershing St., was seen walking on East Pershing at 12:45 p.m. Thursday and taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from the county.
– Travis L. Thomas, 12205 Goshen Road, Salem, was cited for driving under an OVI suspension after a traffic stop at Jennings and West State at 12:46 p.m. Wednesday.
Leetonia
– Police investigated vandalism reports on Madison and Front Sept. 14; a possible scam from someone pre-tending to be with Comcast on Sept. 17; and a report of an intoxicated woman who had fallen on the sidewalk on Front Street at 12:39 a.m. Wednesday. No names were provided.
Perry Township
– Jamie L. Bagley, West State Street, was cited for failure to yield after pulling from a driveway near the intersectionn of U.S. 62 and Indiana Boulevard and colliding with a vehicle driven by Lisa Mitchell, Seachrist Road, at 9:53 p.m. Monday.
– Gregory A. Horner, lka Harrisburg Westville Road, Alliance, was found to be driving with an expired registration and fictitious plates. The vehicle was towed.
– Ashton-Brooks Benwa Snodgrass, Orchard Street, East Liverpool, was driving a vehicle under suspension and cited. The vehicle was towed.
Goshen Police District
– Jonathan D. Shellenberger, 24, Goshen Road 117, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence at 10 p.m. Tuesday. His girlfriend said he grabbed her by the throat and shoved her onto the hood of a car during an altercation involving a past girlfriend.
Salem
(no names provided)
– Police responded to the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge Drive where the complainant was moving to the city after having lived in a trailer park in Perry Township. The other person was denying her access to her property as she had moved out. An officer went to the trailer park and the issue was resolved.
– Police responded to Buckeye Circle and West 14th Street at 12:25 p.m. Thursday where a Saint Bernard dog was at large. Police were unable to locate it.
– Police responded to the 100 block of West State Street at 8:33 p.m. Wednesday where a gas station employee and a customer observed a truck hit a light pole near South Howard Avenue and drive off. A partial license plate number was obtained.
– Police responded to the 800 block of New Garden Avenue at 10:46 p.m. Wednesday for a report of possible shots fired. An officer checked the area but was unable to locate a source.
– Police responded to the 700 block of North Lincoln Avenue at 11:39 a.m. Wednesday where a large garbage bag containing diapers, cans and trash was left there since Sunday. The complainant placed it in their own trash.
– Police responded to Hawley Avenue and East 4th Street at 3:07 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a fight with several juveniles. Upon arrival, police observed a large group running in different directions. A group of females advised the fight was between two male juveniles who fled on foot. Information was obtained and police will follow up with school officials.
– Police responded to the 1100 block of East 3rd Street st 6:18 p.m. Wednesday for a person to be removed. A mother wanted her daughter, who did not reside at the residence, removed. The daughter advised she had a ride on the way.
– Police responded to the 200 block of North Union Avenue at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday where the complainant advised an inflatable lawn ornament, valued at $20, had been damaged overnight.
Perry Township
(no names provided)
– Police received a report at 6:32 p.m. Monday of items stolen from a home in the 1700 block of state Route 344. An investigation is pending.
– Police spoke with a male complainant at 5 p.m. Monday in reference to a civil dispute. The complainant said they had worked out the matter prior to speaking with police.
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County Sheriff
– Rick Kyler at the East Palestine Country Club reported at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday sometime overnight someone entered the property with a truck and turfed the lawn (did doughnuts), causing damage to several places.
– Deputy Willie Coleman reported at 1:53 a.m. Wednesday he was southbound on Route 164 when a deer came up over the embankment in front of his patrol car. The deer was struck, damaging the left headlight, grill, hood and left front fender. Coleman was still able to drive the car back to the office.
– Lee Hatton, no address listed, reported at 9:43 p.m. Tuesday his daughter returned to the house where she is house-sitting on U.S. Route 62 and found the side door open and all the lights on upstairs. Deputies checked the house and did not find anyone. The daughter did not see anything out of place.
– Christinia Minich, South 15th Street, Sebring, reported at 6:52 p.m. Sept. 15 her 17-year-old son was assaulted and his vehicle damaged late at night on Sept. 13 while he was at the Duke and Duchess on U.S. Route 62. He reportedly was inside the store when a man in his early 20s came into the store, attempted to start a fight with him, then followed him outside and began punching and kicking her son’s vehicle.
– June Clark, Salem Grange Road, Salem, reported at 4:22 p.m. Tuesday her ex-boyfriend used her utility trailer to move out and never brought it back. Steven Carson was found at a Teegarden Road address. He claims the trailer is really his, but is titled in her name. He agreed to have his cousin deliver the trailer to her home within an hour.
-Hollie Tulgetske, Lowmiller Road, Minerva, reported at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday she and her husband had been at their son’s football scrimmage and began arguing about their relationship. When they returned home the argument continued, she told her husband she was leaving, grabbed their youngest son and left. There was no violence or threats of violence.
-Deborah Hawkins, Homeworth Road reported Tuesday they got a letter from Geico Insurance ad-dressed to a relative. They contacted Geico about the letter, but they would not speak to them about it without an account number.
– Randy Manning, Bayard Road, Homeworth, reported at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday he and his wife are going through some marital problems and he was worried about her. Deputies checked on her.
– Debbie Durst, U.S. 30, Kensington, reported at 10:03 p.m. Monday there was a possible burglary at another house. Deputies checked the house, but everything seemed secure.
– Robert Blackmon, Kevin Drive, Alliance, reported at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday a neighbor banged on his trailer window and woke him up.
East Palestine
– David Jones, North Pleasant Drive, reported at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday neighbors were shooting a BB gun in their yard.
– Linda Meadows, East North Avenue, reported at 3 p.m. Tuesday three cars and her home were egged sometime during the night.
– The manager of the Sparkle Market on South Market Street reported at 11:45 a.m. Monday two women were outside the store begging for money and a ride and it was not their first time doing that, despite being warned. Police checked but did not see the women. Shortly after someone else reported the women were doing the same thing at McDonald’s. Police went to the restaurant but they were not there either.
East Liverpool
– The manager of the Heights Manor housing complex, North Shadylane, reported Tuesday that Ryan S. Cooper, 22, Bedford, had been in a van on the property when he is on the no trespass list. An officer saw the van return to the property and found Cooper inside as a passenger. He was charged with criminal trespassing.
– While on patrol Tuesday afternoon in a heavy drug area on West Ninth Street, Patrolman Shawn Long reported seeing a pickup truck with two people inside parked against the flow of traffic. As he approached, the woman inside, Sheena M. Gibson, 23, New Cumberland, W.Va., told him she thought she had an outstanding warrant. Asked to step out of the vehicle, Gibson reportedly told Long she had pills in her pocket. Also found in her makeup case were a syringe and a crack pipe, according to reports. Gibson was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments. The pills will be sent to a lab for analysis, with other charges possible, according to police.
St. Clair Township
– Officers responded Tuesday night to a Cherry Lane residence where they were advised that Arizona K. Miller, 22, no address listed, was upset about a breakup with his girlfriend. He reportedly took 12 pills and ran into a cornfield, where officers found him. When told he was not in trouble but needed to go to the hospital, Miller reportedly refused and became agitated and began cursing at officers. He was charged with public intoxication and transported to the hospital by ambulance.
– Deloris J. Boyd, no address listed, reported her purse taken from her car while it was parked at Walmart. The purse had $200 in cash, her driver’s license and other paperwork.
Columbiana
– John Shasteen reported at 10:48 a.m. Monday he didn’t like how a salesman treated his mother at Columbiana Ford when she tried to take a car back that she bought there. Shasteen told police he was going to take the car back himself and didn’t want any problems at the dealership.
– Ron Brown, Union Street, reported at 11:44 a.m. Monday someone threw a stone through one of his storm windows. Police checked and found there was a hole in the storm window on the west side of home and the stone was still inside between the panes of glass but was not reachable.
– Marilyn Swope, Fairfield School Road, reported identity theft at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Columbiana
– Gary Leonard, East Friend Street, reported at 5 p.m. Monday kids were playing on the tracks near Fitzpatrick stacking up wood on the rails. Police found the kids and told them railroad property was not to be played on.
– Ray Abercrombie reported at 8:13 p.m. Monday someone in a silver GMC Pickup was driving recklessly on state Route 14 and going left of center at varying speeds. Police found the driver was an elderly woman who was lost and escorted her back to state Route 14 in the direction of her home.
– A woman reported at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday there was a crash somewhere on state Route 7 south of the city. Police found the crash just before Metz Road and set up signal flares until the highway patrol arrived.
– A Canfield business requested at 12:14 p.m. Tuesday police check on an employee who lives on Fairfield Avenue that had not been to work for several days. Police went to the home and found the man had died. A dispatcher said Wednesday afternoon the death does not appear to be suspicious.
Salem
(no names provided)
– Police responded to the 400 block of South Broadway at 12:21 a.m. Wednesday for a man to be removed and was advised by dispatch enroute that he left. Police contacted him outside and advised him not to return to the establishment.
– Police received a complaint from a resident in the 900 block of South Union Avenue at 4:14 p.m. Tuesday. She advised she responded to a job ad on Craig’s List. The person who posted the ad said she could do inappropriate things if she wished. The complainant was no longer interested in the job and that was not in the city and wanted a police report on file. She was advised to contact police if she received unwanted messages.
– Police responded to the 200 block of South Ellsworth Avenue at 4:16 p.m. Tuesday for a reckless operation report but were unable to locate a vehicle matching the description and advised Perry Township police.
– Police on patrol in the the 400 block of Euclid Avenue observed a man and woman in a dispute on the sidewalk and arguing over the man leaving. Police advised both to be quiet in public and for each to stay away from the other for the evening.
– Police responded to the alley between South Union and Washington avenues at 7:44 p.m. Tuesday where two men reportedly were in a garage with possible illegal contraband. Police searched the area and were unable to locate anything.
– Police responded to the 100 block of Washington Avenue for a domestic dispute at at 8:38 p.m. Tuesday where a complainant could hear shouting. Police were unable to hear any shouting and no one appeared to be home.
– Police responded to the 500 block of Hawley Avenue at 9:41 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a suspicious person. An unknown person knocked on the door and the complainant did not answer. It was requested the area be checked. Police were unable to locate a man matching the description.
– Police responded to the 600 block of Woodland Avenue at 2:21 p.m. Tuesday where a siding contractor apparently took two lines down and failed to put them back up.
– At 10:26 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to the 1100 block of East 6th Street for a suspicious person call and were unable to locate any suspicious activity.
– At 2:32 p.m. Monday, police responded to the 100 block of North Lincoln Avenue where bike was left at the business approximately a week ago. The bike was taken to the police department storage.
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– Darwin Underwood, Madison Drive, East Liverpool, reported at 2 p.m. Monday he was in the woods looking for mushrooms when he found a gun safe laying near Dunn Road. Deputies took it to the sheriff’s office.
– Beth Everly, Black Road, Lisbon, reported Monday sometime overnight someone egged her vehicle. It has happened several times.
– Walter Mobley, Buffalo Road, Kensington, reported Monday he has been receiving calls from Edward Sparks, who claims Mobley owes him money. Sparks reportedly left a message which was vulgar and threatening. Deputies called Sparks, who hung up.
– Christina Hicks, U.S. Route 62, Damascus, reported Monday her bank card has been used to make two fraudulent purchases totaling $75, soon after she used it at the Valley View gas station in Lisbon.
– Heath Lamp, at his brother’s home on state Route 170, Negley, reported a domestic situation at 11:46 p.m. Saturday. Lamp said s he and his brother, William Lamp, argued but there had been no threats of violence. Deputies spoke with the brother, who gave the same story. Heath Lamp wanted to leave his brother’s home, but could not afford a cab. Deputies gave Heath Lamp, Billie Snyder and James Starr a ride to Wellsville.
– Marcus Morlan, County Airport Road, Madison Township, reported at 9:48 p.m. Sunday Shane Bogle had been drinking heavily, came into Morlan’s bedroom with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle with the magazine inserted. Bogle gave the gun to Morlan and told Morlan shoot him. When Morlan attempted to remove the magazine they began to wrestle, then Bogle obtained the rifle, ejected the magazine and threw it to Morlan. Morlan began removing the rounds from the magazine and they began to wrestle again. Then Morlan left with his dog and met deputies. Deputies spoke to Bogle, who was intoxicated. He was charged with weapons while intoxicated and aggravated menacing.
– Hannah Thomas, King Road, Salem, reported at 6:35 p.m. Saturday she could hear a woman yelling for help. Prior to that she heard a male voice screaming and it was followed by banging noises. Deputies spoke to numerous people in the area, but could not find the source of the screaming.
– Claire Guesman, state Route 154, Rogers, reported at 11:56 p.m. Friday there was a suspicious vehicle in the area.
Lisbon
– A bay door for unit one at The Storage Place, West Chestnut Street, was reported open at 9:16 a.m. Sunday. Police found the unit was only three-fourths full of items. A police office had dispatchers call the storage company and shut the door.
– Mary Shaulis, Maple Street, Lisbon, reported at 12:19 a.m. Monday a Jeep belonging to Kevin Criss, parked on her property, had been vandalized. She said someone “ice picked the tires.” The vehicle had a flat tire.
– A dumpster fire was reported behind Bad Frogs on Washington at 6:52 a.m. Monday.
– A fight was reported in the East of Chicago lot at 2:55 a.m. Sunday, but police did not find anyone.
– A fight was reported at the Save A Lot lot at 2:47 a.m. Sunday, but police were unable to locate the fight.
– Someone backed into a fence belonging to John and Kelly Wolf, East Lincoln Way, at 9 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle, described as an older red Ford, took off.
– A woman at Circle K reported at 3:53 a.m. Sunday she believed someone was in her trunk. Police had her open the trunk and did not find anyone, just a lot of junk. They told her possibly she was hearing the junk was shifting when she was driving.
– Casey Reynolds, West Lincoln Way, reported at 8:16 p.m. Friday she received a text message from her ex-boyfriend Mike Wendel, whom she had a protection order against. Police informed her the protection order had not been served yet. Reynolds reported 7:12 p.m. Saturday Wendel was at the apartment next door but the protection order had not been served yet. Wendel reported at 10:35 a.m. Sunday he was served his served a protection order on Saturday. Reynolds then contacted him via Facebook, leaving him a threatening message, which Wendel showed police.
– Christopher Shear, no address listed, struck a vehicle in front of him driven by Diana Lacey, no address listed, while the two vehicles were on North Beaver at Pendleton at 4:09 p.m. Thursday. Shear said he looked down to change his radio station and saw her vehicle when he looked back up. He swerved, but still hit the car, leaving a scuff mark.
– Vicky Waite, Saltwell Road, reported at 12:39 a.m. Friday she heard someone outside, then claimed dispatchers were laughing at her and hung up. Police checked the area and found nothing. They also checked on Waite and told her no one is laughing at her at the police department.
– Police assisted a man with a disabled vehicle in the intersection of Pendleton and North Beaver at 9:23 a.m. Friday. His battery had died and a friend came to jump start his vehicle.
– Someone reported a red and yellow go-cart driving around near the Juvenile Justice Center and Washington Street at 4:28 p.m. Friday. Numerous people reported the go-cart was entering traffic. The go-cart was found parked in the lot and the owner, Corey D. Cope, was warned to keep it off the public roads or they would impound the go-cart and he would be cited, because his license is suspended..
– A possible drunk man yelling at vehicles was reported at 6:54 p.m. Friday. The man identified as Christopher McLard told police he was in town for the Appleseed Festival and was staying at the fairgrounds. He was cooperative and police gave him a ride.
– Mary Bowser reported her vehicle was backed into at the Circle K at 7:55 p.m. Saturday. Police checked the license plate number of the vehicle, which was reported by a witness. The plate came back to a red Dodge truck, but Bowser’s vehicle was reportedly struck by a white four-door Geo Tracker, which left the scene.
Salem Township
– Frederick Gauding, Vincent Road, reported he found the door to his shop open one day last week. When he went to get one of his chainsaws Monday, he discovered both were missing as well as new chains for them and his shotgun.
East Liverpool
– While making a right-hand turn from Dresden Avenue onto Moore Street, a vehicle driven by Cathlyn D. Adkins, 24, Minerva Street, reportedly sideswiped a parked vehicle owned by Alex E. Farnsworth, Lisbon Road, Wellsville.
– A parked vehicle owned by Shirley A. Montgomery, Wellsville, was occupied by Angelica Scarabino and Rachel Drysdale, ages and addresses not listed, when it was reportedly struck by a vehicle in the Hot Dog Shoppe parking lot Monday. Tthe other vehicle was driven by Kimberly A. Elsman, Goshen Road, Salem, who left the scene.
– A westbound vehicle driven by Ronni S. Dickey, 35, 3rd Avenue, failed to negotiate a turn at Elizabeth Street Saturday, running off the road and striking a fence at the East End Lumber Co. Dickey was taken by Tri-County ambulance to East Liverpool City Hospital and was cited for failure to control.
– While stopped at a stop sign on the off ramp of state Route 11 Saturday, a vehicle driven by Delbert D. Furbee, 48, state Route 213, Irondale, was rear-ended by a vehicle that fled the scene. The other vehicle was described as a newer blue Buick being driven by a white male.
– While attempting to park in the Rite Aid parking lot on Bradshaw Avenue, Chaz M. Dowsett, Ephraim Street, struck the side of the building when his foot slipped from the brake, according to reports.
Liverpool Township
– Officers responded to 1098 Dilworth Avenue home for a barking dog complaint, where they knocked on the door but received no answer. Patrolman Justin Wright reported he had responded to the house several times for the same type of complaint with no response from anyone, and he had left copies of the ordinance about barking dogs. The dogs had no food or water, and a message was left for the county dog warden to check on the situation.
– Michael Bevington, Broadview Circle, reported his unlocked vehicle was entered and both his and his mother’s wallets were stolen. The wallets contained personal documents, his mother’s checkbook and his brother’s Social Security cards. Three days later, a woman doing garden work along Gardendale Street found several loose documents, including one containing Bevington’s phone number, and she called him. The items were the personal items taken from Bevington’s vehicle, according to reports.
– Michael C. Talbott, Park Boulevard East, reported he took his dog for a walk at 10:30 a.m. and, when he returned home at 11:05 a.m., found the back door had been kicked in. A .32-caliber snub nose revolver was the only thing taken. Talbott told police that, since he is confined to a motorized wheelchair, he takes his dog for short walks. He said the people he suspects of breaking in may have seen him leave the house and also are aware he has guns since one of the woman he suspects worked for him at his business, while the man he suspects was a former tenant until he was evicted.
St. Clair Township
– An officer sitting at Giant Eagle’s parking lot was notified by a passerby of suspicious activity taking place in a pickup truck. The officer located the vehicle and pulled it over. A man inside, later identified as Gregory J. Stephens II, 33, Toronto, exited and appeared to stumble. Asked if he had any syringes inside, he reportedly told the officer he did and was handcuffed and detained but not arrested at that point. When other officers arrived, the vehicle was searched and a torn pop can with a burned bottom and white residue, as well as a capped syringe and bag of unused syringes, were reportedly found inside the vehicle. A clear plastic baggy with folded up paper inside was found underneath the truck, and officers reported that Stephens admitted it contained heroin. Stephens was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments and driving under suspension, with additional charges possible once lab test results are returned.
Highway Patrol
– On patrol on Annesley Road, a trooper was following a vehicle which reportedly crossed the center line and was pulled over. The driver, Brianne M. Flaherty, no age or address listed, was unable to produce a license or insurance documents, and while trying to gather those up, the officer reported seeing a syringe in the car door compartment. Her passenger, Adam M. Gallimore, 27, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, reportedly said the syringe belonged to his grandmother, a diabetic but also told officers he is recovering from a heroin addiction, showing injection marks in both arms and saying he had suboxone in the vehicle for which he has a prescription. Officers found two unopened boxes of suboxone in the vehicle as well as an appointment reminder card for a clinic. Contacted, the clinic confirmed Gallimore is a client, according to reports. Flaherty also had injection marks in her arms, reports noted. Gallimore was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and Flaherty with driving under suspension. The syringe was seized as evidence.
Steubenville
– City police arrested Joshua L. Hackney, 34, Wellsville, Monday on charges of petit theft and possession of a hypodermic needle.
Wellsville
– Jedidiah Wilson and Jason Jones were both charged with domestic violence on Sunday. The brothers had been drinking and gotten into a fight. Police had received a report of a man, Jones, was vandalizing a vehicle. Jones said it was his own.
– Mark Kireta was charged Sept. 12 with public intoxication after an officer saw a man stumbling and staggering in the area of Clark and 19th. He also was charged possession of drug paraphernalia after a blue pill and one-inch straw were found in the cruiser after they arrived at the station. Kireta said the items must have fallen from his pocket. He said the pill was his prescription valium.
– Cameron Betz was charged Sept. 11 with drug abuse and a seat belt violation after a traffic stop at 10th and Main. He had a small bag on marijuana on him.
– Ray Guy Jr. was taken into custody Sept. 9 after his wife reported they were arguing while in the car and he struck her in the back of the head.
– George Hackman was cited for driving under suspension, tail lights emitting a white light and expired registration after a traffic stop on state Route 7 Sept. 4.
Wellsville
(no names provided)
On Sept. 19, a 9th Street man reported that someone in a Dodge pickup truck crossed into his lane on Clark Avenue, striking the mirror on his General Motors SUV. He provided police with the license plate number of the Dodge. Police contacted the owner of the Dodge, who stated that it was owner of the GMC who was at fault for the incident.
On Sept. 19, a Center Street resident reported someone had damaged the front door lock of a Center Street residence. Police advised that officers would keep an eye on the residence.
On Sept. 18, a Clark Avenue man reported that sometime between 5:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. someone had stolen copper wire and other miscellaneous copper fittings from the back of his truck while he was at work. Police advised they would increase patrols in the area.
On Sept. 18, a man reported a hit-and-skip in the area of Clover Street near 12th Street. The man advised he had parked in the area earlier that day and sometime between noon and 9:30 p.m. someone had crashed into the his vehicle’s driver’s side door. The damaged area was approximately 12 inches wide by 8 inches high, running across the bottom of the door. The man was advised to contact his insurance company regarding the damage.
On Sept. 16, a woman came to the station in regard to a domestic incident. The woman advised that, two days earlier, her husband had come to her residence wanting to take their children. Fearing for the children’s safety, the woman advised her husband that he could not take the children. The woman told police her husband then came inside the residence and chased her into the kitchen where he pushed a bar stool into her thigh causing a bruise. The woman said she did not call police at the time for fear of retaliation from her husband. A report was filed and sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
On Sept. 15, a Commerce Street woman came to the station and stated that, sometime between 5 p.m. and 5:46 p.m. the previous day, her CF Bank debit card was lost or stolen. Someone took the card to store in East Liverpool and bought two cartons of cigarettes. The woman advised she had contacted her bank and canceled the card.
On Sept. 15, a Commerce Street woman called to report a theft. The woman reported that sometime during the previous night someone had entered her car stealing a golden bag containing numerous items, including her checkbook. The woman stated that the car had been parked in front of her residence with the doors unlocked.
On Sept. 15, a Chester Avenue man advised that sometime overnight someone had entered his unlocked vehicle and stolen change and possibly his check book.
On Sept. 13, police spoke with a Broadway woman in reference to a stolen vehicle. The woman advised that her father saw the vehicle, a black 2004 Chevy 2500, parked in front of the residence at midnight. When the woman went outside the next day, at noon, she notice the vehicle was missing. The incident is under investigation.
On Sept. 6, police responded to an alarm drop at an Aten Avenue Extension residence. Upon arrival police checked the residence and found it to be secure. When the homeowner returned, police entered the residence with her and observed the back door alarm was on the floor, but no entry had been gained. A neighbor advised that a white Chevrolet Envoy had been parked in the driveway of the home and left quickly.
On Sept. 5, a Main Street police were dispatched to a Main Street residence to speak to a woman regarding a theft. The woman told police that a man had come to her residence asking if he could assist her and her boyfriend with moving. While helping the couple pack, the man grabbed the woman’s boyfriend’s wallet, struck her in the face and fled in a gray, four-door Pontiac Grand Am. The woman advised that the man appeared to flee toward East Liverpool.
On Sept. 5, a Chester Avenue man came on station to report a possible theft. The man advised that the previous week he noticed his Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley Hunter 44 magnum handgun was missing. He told police that last time he saw it was around the first of the year. A report was filed.
Salem
(no names provided)
– An officer responded to a Lexington Avenue apartment at 4:52 p.m. Monday for a report of a dispute and found a verbal altercation between two people there. They were advised to stay away from each other.
– Officers following up an incident at a 2800 block business at 5:05 p.m. Monday were made aware of another theft that occurred at the business several days ago. Store employees were able to identify the suspect due to the suspect being arrested for theft from the same store several days prior.
– Police responded to a complaint of noise from an ATV in the 600 block of South Union Avenue at 5:27 p.m. Monday. The owner was warned not to ride during hours that will disturb neighbors.
– Officers responded to a 2900 block East State Street home at 7:17 p.m. Monday where a Lisbon woman reported she had found her missing utility trailer behind the home. The homeowner said that a friend had asked him to store the trailer there.
– Police responded to and East Third Street home at 9:46 p.m. Monday where the resident reported an adult had been missing since Sunday morning and didn’t have their medication.
Police
County Sheriff
– Shadyside Home, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, reported at 7:19 a.m. Monday a developmentally disabled resident had walked away sometime in the early morning. Homeworth Fire Department members located the woman on Bowman Road. The caregiver told deputies the woman had told someone at about 3:30 a.m. she wanted to go out and smoke. At about 6:50 a.m. it had been discovered she had left. The woman told deputies she was trying to walk to her sister’s home in Niles.
– Robert Henderson reported at 11:53 p.m. Friday his mother, Laurie Henderson, and her live-in boyfriend, Ralph Libert had argued about a phone, which led to a scuffle for the phone and Laurie getting struck in the back of the head. She told deputies everything was fine and did not want anything done. When deputies asked why she was being uncooperative, she told deputies Libert has all the money for them to live on and he would not give it to her. He shrugged his shoulders when asked about the allegations and was charged with domestic violence.
– Nancy Waters, state Route 9, Hanoverton, reported at 12:16 a.m. Saturday two people were at the Huntington Bank ATM in New Garden cutting the machine apart attempting to steal the money from inside. The matter is under investigation.
– Robert Held, Mahoning Avenue, Alliance, reported at 11:11 a.m. Sunday he found an open window and footprints under the open window at his son’s home, also on Mahoning Avenue in Knox Township, where some construction is in progress. Nothing was missing.
– Jared Adams, West Main Street, Salineville, reported at 9:04 a.m. Friday his grandfather died about three weeks ago and the farm was left to Adams. Adams moved out of the farmhouse due to mold inside. However, about two weeks ago his uncle showed up and moved into the farmhouse. Adams went on Friday to feed the animals there and his 400-pound pig was missing. He believes his uncle may have taken the pig.
Highway Patrol
– Danielle M. Burbick, 26, Endley Road, Lisbon, was northbound on Rollercoaster Road in Elkrun Township at 7 a.m. Wednesday and hit a deer.
– Vickie L. Graham, 58, Valley Road, Salem, and Sharon A. Karnofel, 55, Crestview Road, Leetonia, were stopped at a sign on Westville Lake Road at the U.S. 62 intersection in Knox Township at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and Karnofel began backing and struck the front of Graham’s vehicle. Karnofel was cited for improper backing.
– Brian J. Moran, 28, Alliance, and Joshua E. Owen, 17, Homeworth Road, Homeworth, were northbound on Westville Lake Road in Knox Township at 8:15 p.m. Thursday and Moran stopped at a mailbox partially off the right side of the road and was struck by Owen. Owen was cited for assured clear distance.
– Ronald L. Klazon, 70, Poland, was westbound on Lisbon Road in Salem at 4:35 p.m. Saturday and went off the right side and overturned. He was cited for failure to control.
– Kathy Elliott-Perkins, 68, Myers Road, Kensington, was eastbound on U.S. 62 in West Township at 9:24 p.m. Saturday and Dalton M. Hodge, 18, Lincoln Street, Minerva, was northbound on Lynchburg Road and failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by Perkins. Perkins was taken to Mercy Medical Hospital with minor injuries and Hodge was cited for right of way.
East Palestine
– A real estate agent reported at 12:59 p.m. Sunday a car was parked on the private property she was showing to someone on North Walnut Street and it was blocking access to the door of the home. Police spoke with the neighbors who said they did not know who owned the vehicle either and the realtor was told she could have the car towed but she opted not to do so.
– Steven Flowers, 36, Spaite Drive, was arrested on a warrant through the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office at 7:12 p.m. Sunday.
– Someone reported at 5:41 p.m. Sunday kids were throwing rocks at the welcome to the park sign on Park Drive.
– Melody Gustafson, West Clark Street, reported at 12:12 p.m. Saturday someone dumped some sort of oily liquid on the walking trail at the village lake. Police found one of the street department’s mowers had broken down.
– A woman reported at 12:57 p.m. Saturday someone was dumping brush on the railroad property on West Taggart Street without permission. Police found a man there and warned him for trespassing on railroad or other private property.
– A woman reported at 4:59 p.m. Saturday an elderly woman in a green Ford Explorer at the East Palestine High School is made to sit in the car while her family goes into the football games. Police checked the area but did not see the vehicle.
– Timothy J. Gibson, 26, South Street, was cited for dogs at large at 2 p.m. Saturday after a woman reported finding it running loose.
– Police responded to a fight at the Rock N Horse Saloon at 9:43 p.m. Saturday. No other information was given.
– Dolores A. Tilbrook, North Market Street, reported at 8:49 p.m. Saturday her vehicle was vandalized while it was parked on East Grant Street.
– Arthur Jamie Gingher, 44, West Clark Street, was arrested for criminal trespass on West Clark Street at 2:11 a.m. Saturday.
– A Moore Lane resident reported at 3:34 a.m. Saturday someone was knocking on their door. Police checked but found no one.
– Leslie R. Young, 47, West Clark Street, was charged with OVI and left of center following a traffic stop on North Market Street at 12:53 a.m. Saturday.
– Steve Amos was warned for dogs at large at 10:50 a.m. Thursday after they were found running down the middle of West Clark Street.
– Zoning violation notices were sent Saturday to 475 W. Martin St. for high grass and junk on the front porch and 234 W. Grant St. for two junk/unlicensed motor vehicles.
Columbiana
– A Fairfield Avenue girl reported at 1:25 a.m. Sunday someone attempted to gain entry into her home. Police checked but were unable to find anyone in the area.
– A woman reported at 1:10 p.m. Sunday she saw someone drinking a beer while driving into town on Pittsburgh Street. Police checked but did not see the vehicle.
– Police attempted to contact the key holder STG communications after several alarms went off at the business Sunday but were not successful.
– Rob Roush, Southwest Street, reported at 11:14 p.m. Sunday someone tried to enter his vehicle. No damage was reported.
– Scott D. Kaltenbach Jr., 37, Lisbon, was cited for driving under suspension and no brakelights required following a traffic stop on North Main Street at 11:49 p.m. Sunday.
Salem Township
– A Lisbon-Canfield Road resident reported neighbors were riding ATVs on his property and also shooting. No names were provided.
– A state Route business, which was not named, reported Thursday someone has been stealing flowers and pumpkins.
East Liverpool
– While on patrol on Dresden Avenue Sunday, an officer picked up Javen D. Call, no age or address listed, on an outstanding warrant. While doing a search, the officer reported finding Call had a small bag of marijuana in his pocket. He was charged with possession of marijuana.
– A woman reported Sunday evening seeing two young men use a ladder to climb onto the roof of a building at 227 Market Street then pull the ladder up after themselves. Officers responded and entered an unlocked door but found it did not lead to the area where the men were located. They called for the fire department to bring a ladder, at the same time a keyholder for the building arrived on the scene. Officers were able to grab the two men exiting the building and charged Nicholas A. Anderson, 20, St. Clair Avenue, and Joseph A. Virden, 39, Steubenville, with criminal trespassing.
– Employees of the Giant Eagle on Bradshaw Avenue reported seeing Shannon R. Herron, 38, West Sixth Street, putting several items into her purse and leaving without paying for them. Officers charged Herron with theft and served her with a no trespass notice.
– Officers responded Saturday to a West Ninth Street residence for an intoxicated man knocking on doors and windows. They reported finding Bud N. Hull 34, Allison Street, highly intoxicated, knocking on the door with his shirt twisted around his head. He was charged with public intoxication.
St. Clair Township
– Officers charged Dwayne A. Burkett, 30, Carmel-Achor Road, Rogers, with disorderly conduct/fighting Thursday after Eric L. Goempel, no address listed called to report he was in the parking lot of the VA Clinic standing near his vehicle when a truck drove past. Goempel did not like the manner in which the driver, Burkett, was driving and yelled at him. Burkett parked his truck a short distance away and Goempel walked over to the truck and works were exchanged, according to reports. Burkett reportedly pushed Goempel, who fell to the ground, then got up and called police. He insisted they arrest Burkett, according to reports.
– Loss prevention officers at Walmart reported Sunday that Jeffrey D. Powers, 30, and Randy L. Cook, 27, both of Newell, W.Va. were in the store, trying to return cell phones. Both had previously been banned from the store after having been charged with thefts, according to police. Both were charged with criminal trespassing.
Saline Township
– Jeff Dawson, 48, Irondale, was charged with OVI and failure to comply with order of a police officer on Sunday.
Perry Township
– Police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Snyder and Depot roads at 11:19 a.m. Sunday in which a driver’s foot slipped off the brake while stopped at the stop sign causing his vehicle to bump the one in front of him. No citation was issued. The drivers’ names were not provided.
Salem
(no names reported)
– An officer responded to an Ohio Avenue home at 8:05 a.m. Sunday where the resident reported someone in a dark colored truck overnight had caused significant damage to her side yard, a large bush and a small tree. The driver was located and determined to have struck the tree and gotten stuck while attempting a left turn onto Oak Street, before fleeing the scene.
– Officers responded to the 1300 block of East State Street at 12:02 p.m. Sunday for a report of a man going door to door attempting to gain entry. A neighbor said that the man, a resident of the area, was intoxicated at the time but had made it home all right.
– An East Liverpool resident reported at 6:15 p.m. Sunday receiving unwanted threatening messages on Facebook. He was told to file a report with the department where he lives.
– Police responded to a fight in the 300 block of North Lundy Avenue at 6:28 p.m. Sunday in which witnesses said several people had been in a verbal dispute and one man had left. The man was found at a West State Street business and told officers that he had been trying to recover personal belongings when the verbal dispute erupted. He was told not to return to the home.
– Police responded to a report of a broken door at a closed business in the 900 block of South Ellsworth Avenue at 6:54 p.m. Sunday and found that a window in the entry door had been broken. Officers checked the interior of the building and found it secure.
– An officer responded to a suspicious vehicle in the 500 block of East Sixth Street at 8:34 p.m. Sunday which a resident said the driver pulled onto the sidewalk next to her residence then exited the vehicle, leaving it illegally parked. The vehicle was gone by the time the officer arrived.
– Police responded to a report of a distraught person at a Southeast Boulevard home at 8:32 p.m. Sunday. The resident was transported via ambulance to the hospital.
– Officers responded to a 600 block Prospect Street home at 5:54 a.m. Monday where a resident reported someone had opened a screen door at the home and shoved on a window air conditioning unit. Officers searched the area but were unable to find anyone.
– An East Fifth Street resident reported at 8:35 a.m. Monday receiving an Ohio Edison bill in his name and old address for dates after he had moved out. He said that someone had opened an account in his name without authorization around Aug. 26.
– An officer responded to the 1700 block of Salem Parkway West at 10:51 a.m. Monday where a man reported someone over the weekend had broken out a window on his truck parked at a business and stole several assorted tools.
– Police responded to a North Lincoln Avenue apartment at 11:34 a.m. Monday where the resident said a man had been knocking at the door the past several days or weeks saying that he had no where else to go, but that her name is the only one on the lease. Officers searched the area for the man but were unable to find him.
Perry Township
(no nmes provided)
– A patrolling officer at 4:32 p.m. Friday observed solicitors in the area of Overlook Drive and West Perry Street. The officer warned the solicitors that there was no soliciting permitted in the township.
– Police responded to a domestic dispute between spouses at a Cider Mill Road home at 6:44 p.m. Friday. The husband said his wife had left following a verbal dispute in which nothing physical happened.
– Police responded to a Benton Road business at 9:37 p.m. Friday to remove juveniles riding bicycles in the parking lot.
– Police responded to the 1100 block of Prospect Street at 9:53 p.m. Friday for a report of a suspicious woman arguing with neighbors. The woman left upon police arrival, but witnesses said that her voice had been raised and was disturbing fellow neighbors.
– A complaint was filed at 6:58 p.m. Saturday regarding the theft of multiple pieces of small machinery including a chainsaw and circular saw in the 1700 block of state Route 344.
– A state Route 344 resident reported at 7:27 p.m. Saturday receiving multiple anonymous phone calls that when answered are unresponsive. The resident was told that the calls were probably computer generated from a call center and to register on the “Do Not Call” list.
– An officer responded to the area of the 1200 block of Elberon or Andrew Avenue for a report of a barking dog at 4:25 p.m. Sunday. The source was found on Andrew Avenue and the owner was advised of the township’s noise ordinance.
Police
County Sheriff
– James and Misti Chuey, 10117 Elkton Road, reported at 9 a.m. Sunday an X-Box, Play Station and 10 games, a screwdriver and fireproof safe containing several important items and documents were missing from the home. Mr. Chuey said the screwdriver was last known to be laying by the door and that the door was bent and the latch on the doorknob appeared to be damaged.
– Dana Duffield, Center Avenue, Lisbon, reported at 12:20 p.m. Saturday that while camping at the lock off Luck Lock Road she became scared when she saw a gun in a vehicle she was a passenger in that was being driven by James Green. A deputy stopped the white 2003 Ford vehicle on Brookfield Avenue near state Route 45 and spoke with Green. During the stop the deputy discovered the vehicle was bearing fictitious and expired registration and contained a Hi-Point 9 millimeter located in a blue nylon bag within a small red gym bag in the middle of the dash. The handgun was seized for evidence and the car was towed by Baker Towing after being inventoried. Green was cited for fictitious registration and expired registration and given a Sept. 25 county Municipal Court date. Additional charges are pending.
– Jamie Marino, Cunningham Road, Salem, reported at 1:49 p.m. Sunday his ex-girlfriend Jessica Davis was at his home to get their child and began “flipping out” and assaulted him. Davis told a deputy Marino had damaged her vehicle and was spitting at her after she went up to the home to get the child. She and Marino did not wish to press charges against each other and there was no evidence any physical violence occurred. Deputies did discover Marino did not have any paperwork set up by the court for visitation and he was advised to contact an attorney to set up the proper paperwork for his visitation rights. He and Davis were also told to exchange the child at a mutual location.
– Ruth Alzes, Buck Road, reported at 8:17 a.m. Sunday that while walking the property she saw a red Chevy car parked at the barn and when she began to approach the vehicle left down the driveway, and after it was gone she found two window frames damaged on the old farmhouse and all the screen doors open. Alzes said she did not believe entry was gained to the farmhouse and nothing was missing from the property.
– A deputy went to lot No. 3 of 48385 Carmel Achor Road at 11:12 a.m. Sunday to speak to the resident about riding four-wheelers on the road. The resident was not home.
– Kathy Allason, Riffle Road, Rogers, reported at 2:45 p.m. Saturday she was harassed and threatened by her two neighbors, Tiffany Beverly and Tina Gailey. Allason said she was cutting grass when Beverly came out of her house over to her fence line, then got up onto the fence and began threatening to come over the fence to harm her, at which point Gailey also came out of the house and began to yell threats.
– Deputies went to 18038 Fife Coal Road at 2:58 a.m. Saturday for a domestic called in by a girl, who reported her mom and stepfather were fighting. Shortly after, the girl called back claiming she meant to call a friend. Once deputies arrived at the home they found Kimberly Hays sitting on the passenger side front seat of her vehicle and the girl and an infant sitting in the rear seat of the SUV. Hays told a deputy she and Ian Wellington were arguing over him being on the computer and not with her on the couch. She did not report any violence took place. Wellington told the deputies Hays said when he joined her on the couch she began accusing him of cheating and lunged at him, striking him in the right eye, at which point he said he grabbed a phone book to call the police but Hays grabbed the phone to prevent him from calling. He also said that sometime during the struggle, in which Hays was holding the infant entire time, he ended up on the floor of the bathroom in a clothes basket and Hays took his phone and put it in her purse, and that when he attempted to get it back he broke the strap to her purse. Hays and Wellington did not wish to press charges against one another but Hays was charged with domestic violence based on the evidence supporting she had struck Wellington and prevented him from calling police, since there was a phone book in the bathroom with the emergency contact page ripped.
– Terry Faulk, state Route 154, reported at 12:13 p.m. Saturday he got into a yelling match with Ed Hough at his home on Church Hill Road because Hough was accusing him of stealing a gun from his home.
– Loretta Base, Frances Drive, Wellsville, reported at 9:13 a.m. Saturday her 12-year-old son went to a football game with his friend Friday night and never came home and he was supposed to call if he stayed at his friend’s home. A deputy checked on the home where she believed he was and found the boy.
Salem
– Ashley E. Ayres, 22, 250 State St., Leetonia, was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device at 7 p.m. Friday. He was westbound on West State and failed to stop for the light at Dodge Drive, striking a vehicle driven by Victoria E. Bezeredi, 40, Salem.
– Felix C. Pastor, 31, 332 N. Broadway, Salem, was cited for no license after a traffic stop for a turn signal violation on New Garden at 2:21 p.m. Saturday.
– Officers responded to a business in the 800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at 11:04 p.m. Saturday where a security guard said a man had been there claiming that he worked there, but left prior to the officers’ arrival. The business was not identified.
– An officer responded to a the Salem hospital at 11:34 p.m. Saturday where a juvenile reported her child’s father pushed her to the ground during an argument at Centennial Park.
– A patrolling officer at 6:27 a.m. Sunday observed a man with a duffel bag sitting in a lot in the 1100 block of East State after seeing him earlier that morning. The man didn’t have anywhere to go, so the officer contacted a city resident the man knew who agreed to let him stay at his home. No names were provided.
– Police responded to a Cleveland Street home at 3:31 p.m. Saturday where a resident reported someone had thrown several plastic garbage bags into his yard.
– An officer responded to a Vine Avenue home at 5:53 p.m. Saturday where a resident reported his daughter was refusing to some home from the park. The daughter returned the officer was speaking to the father and she was warned against her actions.
– Officers responded to a report of loud music in the 500 block of East Third at 2:45 a.m. Sunday and saw three people flee on foot. The three people were stopped and two of them were found to be juveniles- one charged with unruly and the other with unruly and delinquent offenses. The third was found to be 21 and released.
POLICE
Columbiana
– A missing woman was reported at 12:37 a.m. Friday at Whispering Pines. The woman was found in another patient’s room.
– A zoning violation was sent at 8:50 a.m. Friday to Teresa Champoux, Spring Street, requesting property maintenance for high weeds.
– An employee from Rite Aid reported at 11:44 a.m. Friday she believed another woman was being scammed in trying to buy a Green dot card.
– Hannah Flynn, East Palestine, was traveling west on state Route 14 at 3:28 p.m. Friday when she struck Charles Holdren, who was attempting to cross state Route 14 from Springfield Road and failed to yield from a stop sign. Flynn was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries. Holdren was cited for failure to control.
– A man from Southern Terrace reported at 7:47 p.m. solicitors at his residence, and he wanted them off the property.
– Police were called at 9:34 p.m. Friday to a tenant-landlord dispute at a Duquesne Avenue residence.
Salem
– A West Fifth Street resident reported at 1:54 p.m. Friday that she lost miscellaneous cards, including her driver’s license, within the past two weeks.
– Police responded to the area of East State Street and Hawley Avenue at 4:14 p.m. Friday for a report of a young boy walking alone. Officers searched the area but were unable to find either the boy or the complainant who said she was standing by with the boy.
– Michelle D. Santini, 17, Salem, was cited for failure to yield following a two-vehicle crash on East State Street at 5:36 p.m. Friday in which she was northbound on South Madison Avenue attempting to turn left onto East State Street when her view of traffic was blocked by another vehicle and she struck a westbound vehicle while turning. No injuries were reported.
– Police responded to a Cleveland Street home at 7:15 p.m. Friday after the Stark County Sheriff’s Office reported several people had been in a physical altercation at the home earlier that day and now no one could be reached. Officers were unable to find anyone at the home, but were called back an hour later when someone claimed another person should not be at the home. The person in question was found to be a resident.
– An officer responded to an East Sixth Street home at 8:14 p.m. Friday where a resident reported his son was harassing him and he wanted him to leave since he did not live there. The son said his father was intoxicated and he was only checking on him, but agreed to leave.
– Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle in the 700 block of Superior Avenue at 10:27 p.m. Friday and found a 16-year-old driver who said he had recently moved out of town and had returned to visit friends. A small amount of contraband was found in the vehicle and the matter was turned over to the juvenile officer.
– Officers responded to a Monroe Street home at 11:20 p.m. Friday for a report of a stolen vehicle, although the resident said it may have been repossessed.
– A patrolling officer at 12:59 a.m. Saturday observed a girl in the area of Continental and Bentley drives who matched the description of a girl who had run away from a group home in Goshen Township. The officer confirmed the girl’s identity and turned her over to Goshen police.
– Andrew M. Hostetter, 21, Deerfield, was charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated and marked lanes following a traffic stop on East 10th Street at 2:47 a.m. Saturday. His passenger, Tyler C. Brooks, 20, 1190 Fairview Ave., Salem, was charged with underage consumption.
– A Whinnery Road resident reported on station at 10:02 a.m. Saturday that someone since August had removed close to $400 from her bank account. She later reported that the man who had removed the money had agreed to pay it back.
POLICE
County Sheriff
-Virginia Mills, Buffalo Road, Kensington, reported at 11:26 p.m. Thursday her boyfriend took her 2001 pickup, but he then returned it. He also allegedly told her if she did not give his mother’s keys back to him he would kill her. His mother had let her borrow a vehicle after the boyfriend took Mills’ truck. Mills was intoxicated and talking in circles. Deputies told her to file a report after she was sober.
– Mills called deputies again and reported the boyfriend had come home and she felt threatened. Deputies spoke to the boyfriend who was pleasant and said he did not threaten her life. They both agreed to go to bed. Jane Febo of Salineville called deputies at 2:28 a.m. Friday reported Mills had called her and she could hear the boyfriend yelling in the background. When deputies arrived at the home for a third time, the lights were off and all was quiet. Mills came to the door and explained she called her sister and at that point the boyfriend yelled at her that he would kill her if she left him. She agreed to go to sleep and make a written statement in the morning.
– Larry Giles, Boyd Road, Wellsville, reported at 11:02 a.m. Thursday someone at about 2:30 a.m. shot paintballs at his home. One dented the front door frame. He washed the paint from the house.
– Amber Gardner, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, reported at 9:40 p.m. Thursday while she was parked at an address on Center Road, Lisbon, someone struck her vehicle, damaging her driver’s side headlight, hood and front bumper.
– Alicia Travis, Darner Road, Lisbon, reported at 9:10 p.m. Thursday someone called her home and asked if they were home. She was concerned someone was watching the house and saw a vehicle sitting in the driveway south of her house. Deputies checked the area, but did not find anyone.
– Fern Osterling, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, reported at 5:47 p.m. Thursday her son, Dennis Dotson, used her vehicle without permission. He also twisted her hand when he took the keys from her. Osterling asked deputies to remove her son’s girlfriend, Renee Snyder from her son’s house. Deputies told her she would have to file an eviction to have her removed. Osterling declined to pursue charges.
– Irene Dowd, Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon, reported at 8:38 p.m. Thursday she believed someone was on her property because her motion lights were going on and off. Someone also moved a plant, which was on the back steps from the left side of the steps to the right side. Deputies checked the area, but did not locate anyone.
– Elizabeth Moore, Carmel Achor Road, Negley, reported at 10:31 a.m. Tuesday she had four charges made to her Home Savings checking account, which she did not make. The first was to $2 in California. The second was a $97 charge in Texas. The third and fourth were for $2.95 and $4.25 to California and Florida.
– Hoopes Fertilizer, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, reported at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday there was a suspicious truck at the side of their building with a flat tire and a whole load of scrap. There were two people in the truck, Brooks Posey of Canton and George Swogger of Canton, who told deputies he was given the scrap by his cousin Gary Swogger at a place in Kensington. He then took deputies to a house on Main Street and said that was where he took the items out of Gary Swogger’s truck and placed it in his own. The scrap metal was photographed and both people were warned about returning to the Hoopes Fertilizer property before they were sent on their way.
East Palestine
– At 7:24 a.m. Friday police arrested Austin Boots, 16, for making threats against school staff the day before. Boots was allegedly overheard saying “somebody should murder the teachers.” He was taken to the Tobin Center.
– Police warned a female student for disorderly conduct at the high school at 7:50 a.m. Friday.
Lisbon
– Police went to Lincoln Way at 11:24 a.m. Thursday for a report a semi hit a culvert in front of the juvenile court. The truck was found parked on Lincoln Way facing east and a witness told police the driver came off South Lincoln Avenue and hit the culvert causing it to collapse. The driver, Ronald Louis Bashaw, Palm Coast, Fla., verified the witness’ account.
– Matthew Backhand, address not listed, was driving an Ohio Department of Natural Resources vehicle through the car ports at the car wash on North Market Street at 4:40 p.m. Thursday and the riding mower he was pulling hit the top of the car port causing damage.
– Police told people going door to door on Sherman Street and Thomas Road selling vacuums they needed to apply for solicitors permits.
– Scott Rudder, North Market Street, reported at 11:22 p.m. Sept. 11 he was bitten on the pants by a dog from the apartment building. The dog’s owner told police Rudder kicked at the dog, and that’s why it but his pants.
– Collin Baker Houlette, 19, state Route 154, Lisbon, was stopped in traffic in the northbound lane on North Market Street at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 and was struck from behind by Glenn C. Orr, 43, state Route 45, Lisbon who failed to slow down. He was cited for assured clear distance.
– Krista M. Perline, 26, North James Street, 26, East Palestine, was stopped at the stop sign on state Route 164 and failed to yield the right of way and struck Ashley M. Burden, 28, Windham, Ohio, who was west on state Route 517. Perline cited for right of way.
Columbiana
– Lisbon police requested at midnight Thursday an officer check 916 Fairfield School Road for Enemias Rodriguez who allegedly was involved in a domestic and assaulted his wife in Lisbon. Police went to the home and spoke with a woman who said they had the wrong address. Steve Reed then came to the door and would only shout “Am I under arrest?” before slamming the door. Lisbon police later reported that Reed had begun texting Rodriguez’s wife. An arrest warrant for Rodriguez was later received.
– A woman reported at 12:17 p.m. Thursday she was coming into town from Wellsville and following a white vehicle whose driver was possibly intoxicated. Salem police later located the vehicle at Home Depot.
– Brandi Cope of Lisbon was cited for driving under suspension at 1:13 p.m. Thursday on South Main Street.
– Joseph Beary reported at 3:45 p.m. Thursday he was threatened by a bicyclist with a knife on North Elm Street. He did not wish to press charges, and the bicyclist was not found.
– Amy Clark reported at 6:35 p.m. Thursday a Kirby sweeper salesman dropped off another salesman on her property, and she wanted him to leave. Police stood by until he was picked up.
– Jamie Bertolette reported at 10:21 p.m. Thursday his ex-girlfriend Tammy Fetterhoff was calling him, and he wanted it to stop. Police talked to Fetterhoff who said that he had been calling her. They were told to stop contacting each other.
Salem
– Police responded to a Sharp Avenue home at 12:56 p.m. Thursday where a woman said she received a call on Monday from someone regarding a loan application so she gave the person her personal information. When she didn’t hear back, she called the number, but it sounded like a foreign country. She said she contacted the loan company who told her she was not on record.
– Police responded to a Lexington Avenue home at 1:55 p.m. Thursday where the resident reported her neighbors were walking by and waving at her through her front window.
– Police responded to a fight in the area of Roosevelt Avenue and High Street at 2:04 p.m. Thursday and found a child custody dispute.
– Robert J. Halfhill Jr., 32, 3251 New Waterford Road, New Waterford, was charged with theft after attempting to leave an East State Street business with merchandise that he had tried to pay for with an invalid gift card.
– A Franklin Street resident reported on station at 3:20 p.m. Thursday that he needed to file a report against his brother regarding menacing following a court settlement.
– Officers responded to a Maple Street home at 4:27 p.m. Thursday where the residents reported missing property that had been next to their residence. They said someone they know may have taken it.
– David S. Halverstadt, 55, 1070 E. Ninth St., Salem, was charged with disorderly conduct after arguing with officers investigating a suspicious person report in the area of Waterworth Memorial Park and Sunset Drive at 6:01 p.m. Thursday.
– Officers responded to a South Lundy Avenue home at 8:26 p.m. Thursday where a resident reported two men had attempted to steal items off her porch but dropped them and ran away when she yelled. Officers were unable to find the men.
– Police responded to a South Broadway Avenue bar at 1:30 a.m. Friday where a woman said she had been shove down, injuring her knees, when she attempted to intercede during a fight between two men.
– A city resident reported on station at 9:29 a.m. Friday possible abuse at a neighboring home in which one family member is taking care of another family member and they are fighting all the time.
Goshen Police District
– Police responded to a two-vehicle crash at state Routes 165 and 45 at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in which Cheyenne L. Hoops, 19, Salem, was northbound on state Route 45 and attempted to turn left onto state Route 165 when she was struck by an eastbound vehicle and then fled the scene. No injuries were reported.
Police
County Sheriff
– Eric Cline, Canton, asked deputies to check on his 12-year-old child at 4:19 p.m. Wednesday after he has been unable to reach his ex-girlfriend, Angela Strosnider, for his visitation. Deputies found she no longer lives at the address Cline gave them, but were able to reach her by phone. Strosnider told deputies she did not wish to talk to Cline and was ignoring his calls.
– Vincent Gromley, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday his mother used his personal information to open up credit card accounts and other accounts in his name without his knowledge. He only learned it happened after he received court papers and debt collector notices in the mail. She also took money from his bank account without permission.
– Wanda Clark, Buck Road, Alliance, reported at 3:51 p.m. Wednesday that when her mail came, her bank statement from Chase Bank had been resealed with scotch tape. She was concerned someone had tampered with her mail.
– Steve Chestnut, Depot Road, Lisbon, reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday Audrey Wendel had a verbal agreement with Amanda Speigle for payment of a vehicle. Wendel signed over the vehicle to Speigle before payment was received. Now Wendel had gone to Chestnut’s home to retrieve the vehicle. Deputies arrived, but the two women had come to an agreement.
– Michael Lowe, Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool, reported at 7:43 p.m. Wednesday his girlfriend borrowed his vehicle and he wanted it back. Lowe then made arrangements with her and did not require any assistance.
– Lance Roudebush, Buffalo Road, East Rochester, reported at 3:04 p.m. Wednesday Brian White came to his home and yelled obscenities from the end of the driveway.
– David Treharne, Fredericktown Clarkson Road, Lisbon, reported at 3:56 p.m. Wednesday Jeremy Brown took his red 2004 Chevy truck and would not returned it. Treharne had the notarized title. When deputies called Brown, he claimed he gave Treharne money to purchase the truck. He agreed to return it and left it at the end of his grandfather’s driveway on 18th Street Heights so Treharne could retrieve it.
– Sylvania Haught, Walnut Street, Rogers, reported at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday she went to the store in Rogers and when she came home her 32-inch flat-screen TV was missing.
Highway Patrol
– Marvin Yoder, 69, Clarks Mill Road, Salineville, hit a deer while driving on state Route 39 in Washington Township at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
– Jason S. Wood, 32, Maple Hill Road, Salineville, hit a deer while driving on state Route 164 in Wayne Township at 9:50 p.m. Monday.
Lisbon
– Police went to the CARTS garage on Jackson Street at 5:24 p.m. Tuesday for an alarm drop and found the building secure but that a bus came back and the driver did not have a key to the office and the keyholder was not able to respond.
Columbiana
– Police euthanized a sick deer on Fairfield Avenue near Fairfield school Road at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday.
– Barbara E. Dern, 71, Crestview Road, was southbound on state Route 46 at 5:27 p.m. Wednesday and stopped in traffic when she was struck from behind by Timothy K. Saunders, 46, Columbiana-Canfield Road, who was also southbound. Saunders was cited for assured clear distance.
– Dwayne Bitner reported at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday a truck from Pennsylvania was turning on East Metz Road near Fairfield Avenue and twisted the stop sign on the side of the intersection at Metz Road. The street department was contacted to correct the sign.
– Police responded to Whispering Pines at 6:42 p.m. Wednesday to assist EMS with a patient who made threats toward a caretaker. The man was transported by EMS and there were no further problems.
East Palestine
– Rhonda Albert, West Main Street, reported at 6:39 p.m. Wednesday someone was on her property cutting trees without her permission.
– Jake William Kibler, 23, Enon Valley, Pa., was charged with driving under suspension and speeding following a traffic stop on North Pleasant Drive at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
East Liverpool
– Marcie L. Postlethwaite, 43, Grant Street, Irondale, was cited Wednesday with assured clear distance after her vehicle reportedly struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Jonathon D. Trevor, 28, Alpha Street, who had stopped for a traffic light on 8th Street.
Salem
– A boy suffered facial injuries when he wrecked his bicycle on Sugar Tree Alley near North Lundy Avenue at 7:23 a.m. Thursday. KLG took him to the hospital.
– Brenda Tomlin, of state Route 517, Lisbon, and Michael Hover Jr., of Fair Avenue, Salem, were each charged with possession of drug abuse instruments after police were called at 10:03 a.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of East Pershing Street for a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot. A man was found in the driver seat and as the officer walked up to the driver side a woman came up from the right passenger side that appeared to have ducked down. The report said the two had drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Perry Township
– Ignacio Alberto Rodriguez Archilla, age and address not listed, was cited for a temporary instruction permit violation, a seat belt violation and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday on Franklin Avenue.
– Cheryl A. Thorne, 47, last known address was Maple Street, Washingtonville, was taken into custody on a warrant out of the county for failure to appear during a traffic stop at 11:13 a.m. Wednesday on Stewart Road.
– Gail Kataro, of East Pidgeon Road, reported at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday their mailbox was damaged during the night. A vehicle had traveled off the right side of the road, struck the mailbox and a utility pole, causing moderate damage to the pole.
Perry Township
(no names provided)
– Police assisted the Ohio State Highway Patrol at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday with a notification in the 500 block of Ohio Avenue.
– A resident in the 1100 block of West Perry Street spoke with police at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday regarding a fraudulent charge on her checking account at a local bank. The company was out of New York and it appears to be some sort of collection scam.
– Police were called at 8:22 a.m. Wednesday to the 100 block of Lake Avenue for a report of a suspicious vehicle near a storage facility with out-of-state plates. The female driver told an officer that she and her husband were waiting for a moving truck, which showed up while the officer was speaking with her.
Salem
(no names provided)
– An officer responded at 12:45 p.m. Thursday to the 500 block of Prospect Street to assist the health department in dealing with a sick animal. The animal was put down at the request of the health department.
– A white Pontiac was reported operating recklessly at 12:29 p.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of East State Street. The vehicle was found pulling into the Home Depot lot. The driver was okay and said she had been lost.
– A wallet left at Giant Eagle, 2401 E. State St., was turned over to police at 10:11 a.m. Thursday. The owner was picking it up.
– A dispute was reported at 9:39 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of East Fifth Street where both parties said it was verbal only. An ex-husband and wife who are living together had an argument. He gathered some things and was going to stay with a friend.
– An alarm was reported at 5:26 a.m. Thursday at Giant Eagle, 2401 E. State St., but the business was found secure.
– An officer responded to the Perry Township Police Department at 2:11 a.m. Thursday to witness a test on a male placed under arrest for operating a vehicle under the influence.
– A vehicle stopped for a traffic violation at 2:01 a.m. Thursday on Franklin Avenue and South Union Avenue was checked with the owner’s consent with no contraband found.
– An officer on patrol at 11:21 p.m. Wednesday noticed the trunk on a vehicle parked in the American Standard lot was partially open. The vehicle was checked and the trunk closed.
– An anonymous caller at 10:26 p.m. Wednesday reported an intoxicated driver leaving a business in the 300 block of West Fourth Street. The vehicle was located and a traffic stop initiated. The driver was handicapped and said he did not take his cane with him inside the business. He tripped and fell near his vehicle when he left. He said he had one beer about an hour before that but an officer checked and found negative indication of the driver being intoxicated.
– Police were called at 9:44 p.m. Wednesday for people hitting rocks with a stick in the 500 block of South Broadway. A group was located at the rear of an establishment in a fenced-in area and said they were playing a game hitting an empty can with a stick. They said the can never left the fenced area, but were told to be cautious not to hit the can into anyone or anything.
– An anonymous caller at 9:08 p.m. Wednesday reported several people possibly spraypainting in the area in the 500 block of North Lincoln Avenue. Police located the people crossing Lincoln Avenue and found no paint, but a tea beverage that looked sort of like a paint can. The area was checked and no graffiti was found.
– A silver truck was reported going left of center in the 300 block of West State Street at 8:29 p.m. Wednesday, but could not be found.
– An officer assisted Perry Township Police with a traffic stop at 7:52 p.m. Wednesday on South Ellsworth Avenue and Franklin.
– A woman on North Ellsworth Avenue reported at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday that her juvenile son and daughter left the residence without permission. She found them walking on the south side of Salem and told them to get inside her vehicle and they both refused and continued walking away. Officers said they would watch for them.
– A theft was reported at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of North Madison Avenue where a contractor evaluating a home owned by a bank found the hot water tank and copper piping missing. It was unknown if the previous owner took the items or if they were removed while the home sat empty.
Police
County Sheriff
– JoAnn Ferry, Crestview Road, Leetonia, reported at 3:13 p.m. Tuesday someone attempted to sell her an extended warranty on her car using her Farmers National credit card. She canceled the card with her bank.
– Ashley Poteet Davis, Gromley Road, Salem, reported at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday her boyfriend came home and found her front door open. Two flat-screen TVs, a Hi-point 9 mm handgun and miscellaneous jewelry were stolen.
– Alan Cornell, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, reported at noon Tuesday he and his wife left at 8 a.m. and when they returned home they found a gray 2008 Honda Accord coupe with Pennsylvania plates in the driveway and his 1995 motor home missing from the driveway. Someone also had entered the garage and took a pair of old black Starter tennis shoes, a red flannel insulated shirt, a green raincoat and a 100-foot yellow extension cord. Someone rummaged through his 1937 Plymouth and took the registration and insurance card. Additionally, Cornell found a pair of black Air Jordan basketball shoes, a blue/green and gray plaid shirt and a black buckled camouflaged belt with a star design, items which did not belong to him. Buttons were found on the floor, apparently from the plaid shirt. In the front seat of the Accord was a bag of plaid shirts and various other items and dog hair was found in the back seat.
Highway Patrol
– Brandon A. Cooper, 18, Marble Road, East Rochester, was northbound on Rochester Road in West Township at 7:45 a.m. Monday and failed to yield to the flashing red light at state Route 172 and was struck by Judith A. Gill, 23, East Sparta. Cooper was cited for traffic control devices.
– Michael N. Lucyk, 55, Detwiler Road, Columbiana, and Jenny Lamp, 51, Macrum Street, East Liverpool, were northbound on state Route 11 in Fairfield Township at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday and Lamp’s windshield was struck by several stones that came from the bed of Lucyk’s truck.
Columbiana
– Kelsey M. Gorcheff, 18, Woodworth Road, North Lima, was stationary in the McDonald’s drive-through at 6:44 p.m. Monday and claimed she was struck from behind by Carol F. Czarneski, 71, Windjammer Drive, Columbiana. Czarneski claimed Gorcheff backed into her. No citations were issued.
– Dan Kyser reported at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday a bag of tools was stolen from the Arsuffi Car Wash.
– A woman reported at 9:29 p.m. Tuesday loud music was coming from the Union Avenue and Columbiana-Lisbon Road area. Police checked but did not hear any loud music.
East Palestine
– Police went to 279 Park Ave. at 4:51 p.m. Sept. 10 for a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival police found Desary Ingledue, the girlfriend of the former tenant, there gathering her belongings as they were being evicted. Police spoke to the property owner who acknowledged that they have been evicted and he intended to secure the home as soon as they had removed the property.
– Police went to the Glenview Cemetery on South Market at 2:43 p.m. Sept. 11 on a report that an employee of Diamond Cut Landscaping was using a faucet to fill his water tank with water. Police told the man the water was for people watering at the cemetery and not for free use and advised that if he was caught there again he would be charged with theft.
– A state Route 170 woman reported at 10:50 a.m. Friday there was a dog on her porch when she arrived home from work the night before and it was still there that morning. The dog appeared to be a partial boxer mix breed and was emaciated and lethargic. The dog was provided with food and water and the county dog warden was contacted.
– Timothy Johnson, Alice Street, reported at 7:18 p.m. Tuesday his phone was stolen while he was playing basketball at the village park. Shortly after, he was notified by a friend that his phone was found and was at his home.
Lisbon
– Tena Lideratia, East Lincoln Way, reported at 8:22 p.m. Tuesday her son’s cell phone was stolen during the summer.
– Police went to 567 E. Washington St. at 6:59 p.m. Tuesday for a report that the resident was bitten by a cat. Patricia Coons told police she was outside and noticed a black and white cat sitting on her patio and she attempted to get the cat to leave and it attacked her.
– Oliver Aeschbacker, Greentree Place, reported at 11 p.m. Sept. 3 someone cashed a check on his account without his permission.
– Shelby Sprouse, Harrison Street, reported at 11:36 a.m. Sept. 5 Mike Gargano violated a protection order she had against him. Sprouse reported Gargano called her home phone and texted her cell phone.
East Liverpool
– An employee of Smith Oil on St. Clair Avenue reported a man she recognized as Gregory S. Cummings, 24, no address listed, pumped $40 worth of gasoline and then left without paying. He was located by officers at his girlfriend’s house on Oak Street and charged with theft.
– Officers responded to the Locker Room on Market Street for a breaking and entering, where they found the door glass shattered and baseball card cases lying on the sidewalk.
– Gregg E. Stowers reported he went to do work on his mother’s rental house on West Seventh Street and found squatters who refused to leave. The couple told officers they believed their friend was still renting the house, which is why they were there. Stowers gave them several hours to gather their belongings and leave the premises.
Liverpool Township
– Officers responded Tuesday evening to a report of a burglary in progress at 1571 Shadyside Avenue, where they saw a man coming from the residence, walking toward a vehicle and identified him as Michael F. Byers, 31, Johnson Road, Lisbon. He advised he was there with Cheri Bredeck, 33, Shadyside Avenue, picking up her belongings, but officers noticed the door frame was busted. When officers yelled for Bredeck, she reportedly came to the door with a bagful of DVDs and a glass tube sticking out of her pocket with a lighter. Officers removed the tube, which she reportedly said was used to smoke crack and was her ex-boyfriend’s. She was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Asked if he had anything, Byers said he had some marijuana he had taken from the house which he said belonged to the home owner, Brian Bryarley, and officers found he had $200 in cash, two small baggies of marijuana and Bryarley’s driver’s license. He was arrested for possession of marijuana and burglary.
St. Clair Township
– Officers responded to the counseling center on Pineview Drive for a domestic dispute, where they reported finding Beverly Temple, 25, Wilbert Avenue, crying in the lobby. Temple told them she was pregnant to her boyfriend, Richard L. Allison, 22, Wilbert Avenue, and they had taken a friend to the center, where Temple was texting a male friend, which caused Allison to begin screaming and yelling. She told officers he broke in the restroom door and took her phone and she followed him to the car to get it back. There, he reportedly took her purse, grabbed and pinched her arm and smashed her leg in the car door then threw her out of the car before taking her car keys and leaving. Officers said Allison came to the police station a short while later and said he didn’t put his hands on Temple but threw her out of the car. He was charged with domestic violence.
Salem
– A child was reportedly struck by a vehicle at 6:31 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Franklin. Police said the child was struck after running into the road without checking for traffic. The child did not suffer any injuries but was taken to SRMC because a parent could not be contacted. The mother was contacted a short time later.
– Onstar emergency called at 2:54 p.m. Tuesday to report a vehicle in the area of West State and Jennings had the emergency button activated. The vehicle was not located but it may have been getting serviced at a dealership.
Perry Township
– Steven Renner, 59, of Carrollton, was cited for failure to yield after he entered the intersection at the bypass and West State, allegedly after the light had changed, and collided with Lance Griffith, 21, of Salem, at 10:28 a.m. Tuesday. Griffith was taken to the hospital by his parents to be checked.
– Richard Lee, 58, of Sebring, was cited for assured clear distance on West State at 8:25 a.m. Monday. He went to stop for traffic and the brake line broke, causing the vehicle to strike one driven by Wendy Taylor, 46, of Beloit. No injuries were reported.
Perry Township
(no names provided)
– A North Lincoln Avenue resident in the 1500 block reported at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday that there were two female juveniles in his back yard and his juvenile sons went outside to talk to them and all four vanished. Prior to police arriving, he called back and said his sons were in the residence, but one of the females had taken his iPod and left. The females were not found.
– A Leetonia man reported at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday that his dirt bike was stolen from a property in the 300 block of Lake Avenue in the township.
– A woman in the 1100 block of Prospect Street at Salem Acres reported at 1:37 p.m. Monday that she believes a family member went through her purse on Sept. 9 and removed $300 in cash. She waited until Monday to report the theft because she wanted to clean the apartment, thinking the money had been misplaced, but it was not found. The family member was confronted, but denied taking the cash.
Salem
(no names provided)
– An officer on patrol at 1:36 a.m. Wednesday saw a vehicle parked in a no parking zone in the Walmart parking lot near the grocery side doors. A female passenger said the driver went inside to use the restroom. The female driver came out carrying a bag of chips and was given a verbal warning about the parking violation.
– An officer on patrol at 10:59 p.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of East State Street saw an article of clothing in the street, recovered it and placed it on the curb area.
– An officer on patrol at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday located an unoccupied vehicle parked at Kelley Park off of Prospect Street. The concession building interior lights were on, but the exterior was secure. No one was found.
– Police responded at 9:51 p.m. Tuesday to the 600 block of East Third Street to speak to a male and female having a dispute. They said they were arguing over food preparation, but nothing physical occurred.
– A domestic dispute was reported at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Franklin Avenue between a male and female walking on the sidewalk. The caller said he saw the female on the ground and saw the male possibly throw an item at her. No one was found.
– A dog was reported in a vehicle in the parking lot at Salem Medical Center on East State Street at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday, but the owner returned and left. The report said the owner was only away from the vehicle for a short time and the windows were down enough to reach inside. The temperature was 65 degrees.
Police
County Sheriff
– Dan Dustman, North Price Street, Salem, reported at 7:37 p.m. Monday he was browsing the Internet when a pop-up claiming to be from the federal government appeared and requested he pay money. He tried to exit the screen and his computer froze up.
– Daniel Peterson, Hartley Road, Homeworth, reported at 6:49 p.m. Monday his stepson is “terrorizing” his mother. Peterson said he has told his stepson to stay off his property, but he keeps returning. Deputies spoke to Alex Virden and warned him not to return unless he is invited.
– Walter Mobley, Kensington, reported at 11:46 p.m. Monday some people who scammed him out of money before called to tell him his wife signed some papers to have some of their body parts removed for money. Deputies explained they are attempting to scare him and he should hang up on them or not answer.
– Elizabeth Conrad, North Shore Drive, Beloit, reported at 1:58 p.m. Monday the neighbor put an old toilet on her property and when she attempted to move it, she broke it. The neighbor, identified as Mr. Kelly, said he did not believe he put the toilet on her property and was disputing where the property line is actually located. The deputy asked him to remove it and he did.
– Christina Schubert, South 12th Street, Beloit, reported at 2:42 p.m. Sunday someone attempted to break into her home sometime early Sunday. The back door was locked when she went to bed Saturday and when she awoke Sunday the door was unlocked and partially open with the chain stopping it from opening all the way.
– Nichalous Steele, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, reported at 3:50 p.m. Monday his ex-girlfriend, Nicole Pettia of Canal Fulton, has been sending him harassing text and Facebook messages. Deputies spoke to Pettia and told her to have no further contact with Steele.
– Layne Lattanzio, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, reported at 10:45 p.m. Monday while he was at work earlier someone entered his home and took a jug of coins, a 50-inch TV and a 30-30 rifle.
– Bradley Bartlett, Walker Road, East Liverpool, reported at 2:39 p.m. Monday someone broke into his storage locker on Strader Road sometime between Sunday and then. He was compiling a list of missing items.
Highway Patrol
– Christopher R. Wright, 36, Birch Road, East Liverpool, and Carolyn R. Taylor, 74, Mick Road, Wellsville, both turned east onto state Route 170 from Dresden Avenue in St. Clair Township at 11:34 a.m. Monday and Taylor attempted to change lanes and was struck by Wright. Taylor was cited for marked lanes.
– Kimberly A. Ford, 51, King Road, Salem, was southeastbound on Yates Road in Salem at 7:50 a.m. Monday and struck Betty D. Good, 47, Yates Road, Salem, who was pulling out of a private drive. Good was cited for right of way.
– Carissa N. Keister, 26, Carolyn Avenue, Minerva, was northbound on Stump Road in West Township at 3:15 p.m. Sunday and Michael Paul Ernest Gill, 26, U.S. 30, Minerva, was southbound and they sideswiped vehicles causing Gill to overturn. Keister and Gill were both cited for child restraints and driving under suspension.
– Michael S. Leedy, 46, Township Highway 301, Hammondsville, was southbound on state Route 164 in Washington Township at 2:45 p.m. Sept. 10 and hit a deer.
Lisbon
– Lindsay Combs, East Washington Street, reported at 10:45 p.m. Aug. 25 she saw two people who had been involved in a theft earlier that day. Combs told police she saw Floyd Gilmore and a woman walking down the street with two fishing poles that were taken from 127 Jerome St. Police spoke with Bob Tinney, who lives at the Jerome Street home, who said Gilmore took the fishing poles and $50 in quarters, some nectarines and TV dinners from his home.
– Police went to Applegrove Apartments at 4:15 p.m. Saturday for a report that resident Vicky Waite was causing a disturbance. Police spoke to Waite, who was upset and yelling, and advised her to calm down.
– Police went to Lisbon Cemetery at 4:48 p.m. Friday for a report a girl was there threatening to cut herself. Police spoke with the girl and her mother and the girl was treated at the scene by KLG Ambulance and released to her mother.
– Police went to Circle K at 11:13 p.m. Sept. 3 for a report of an aggravated customer. Police spoke with John Harrold, Stewart Road, Salem, who said he paid $15 in gas with his credit card and stopped to talk to a friend and when he went to put the gas the machine had reset and he was angry because it could take a few days to refund the $15 to his account, and he wanted a report on file in case the money was not refunded to his account.
– Police checked on a group of people at the Lisbon Veterinary Clinic on Race Road at midnight Sunday and found they were changing a flat tire on a vehicle.
East Palestine
– At 6 p.m. Monday police spoke to two children swinging on the volleyball net at the park at causing it to stretch out and the poles on each side to bend slightly inward. The children’s mother Christina Holley was notified of the damages.
– Police contacted the owner of the cell tower on Kemple Drive at 7 p.m. Monday after finding the gates to the tower unlocked and open.
Columbiana
– A woman reported at 9 a.m. Monday her car stalled in the middle of state Route 164. Police checked but did not find the vehicle.
– Police stood by with a disabled camper in North Main Street at 3:43 p.m. Monday until a two truck arrived.
East Liverpool
– Terry Acker, no address listed, reported he had purchased a house on Erie Street and let his daughter, Dawn Acker and her boyfriend move in. While there getting a rental agreement signed, the boyfriend reportedly broke glass bottles in front of and behind Acker’s vehicle, but he cleaned it up prior to officers’ arrival, according to reports. Dawn Acker told police her father has been stalking her by sitting in his car in front of the residence.
– Jacqulyn Allison reported a woman she knows came to her Green Lane residence to bum a cigarette and later Allison found her purse missing.
– Sonday L. Caceres, no address listed, reported her iPad came up missing while she was at a friend’s on Bradshaw Avenue.
– Randy Brush, West Drury Lane, reported a brick thrown threw his window, hitting him in the head, possibly by a neighbor with whom he has had an on-going feud. He showed no signs of injury, according to reports.
– Amber C. Cramer, Globe Street, reported her unlocked car entered and ransacked, with nothing apparently missing.
– Megan R. Douds, no age or address listed, told police she and a man she knows were on a boat then she went with a friend on another boat, and the man got upset when she returned. He reportedly tried to throw Douds into the river and also struck her in the face and head. She was advised to see the law director about filing charges.
– The Redbox movie machine at Giant Eagle on Bradshaw Avenue was reported damaged, with the screen smashed and falling out.
– Officers were called to Giant Eagle on Bradshaw Avenue where Tyler Fullerton, 20, no address listed, reported being jumped by Busy Bee Muffler but three men upset with his brother. Employees at Giant Eagle said he told them he was assaulted in the store’s parking lot. Fullerton was transported to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boardman.
– A Bank Street mother reported being beaten by her daughter, who agreed to stay with her father for the night.
– Herbert W. Lockhart III, Ohio Avenue, reported he left his residence with two women and returned to find his tower radio missing as well as Ashley Foster’s wallet and MP-3 player.
Salem
– A case worker from the Area Office on Aging who represents a man in the 500 block of Continental Drive reported at 11:13 a.m. Tuesday that he was missing some medication and thought it may have been stolen by someone who had been inside his apartment. The possible thefts occurred in August or September this year.
– The owner of a business contacted police at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to report one of his employees was bitten by a dog while performing services at a residence in the 900 block of West Fifth Street where a 3 1/2-year-old female Rottweiler bit him on the arm, causing a wound which bled. He told the homeowner to contact another electrician to complete the job and left to treat his injury. He called his boss and the boss called police. An officer spoke to the injured worker by phone and then spoke with the homeowner in person, who claimed the dog was inside when the bite incident occurred. She was unable to produce any papers regarding veterinary care and said the son belonged to her adult son. She said the dog had been to Tractor Supply earlier this year for a clinic and rabies shot, but the officer saw no paperwork. She was told to find any paperwork since the city health department would be following up. She was also told to quarantine the dog and keep it on the property. The county dog warden and city health department were both contacted. The victim was also told to contact his family doctor or seek treatment at the emergency room. No names were provided.
Salem
(no names provided)
– Police responded to a medical assist at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Barclay Avenue, where a female was checked by first responders and taken to the hospital by EMT Ambulance.
– Police were called at 8:08 a.m. Tuesday to the 200 block of East Fifth Street for suspicious activity. A home health care aide had the wrong address by accident. The caller claimed the person was knocking for an hour, but the worker said it was only eight to 10 minutes.
– An anonymous caller at 1:13 a.m. Tuesday reported suspicious persons walking in their yard in the 1500 block of Southeast Boulevard. Officers found two people walking a few blocks away. They said they cut through the yard as a shortcut to get out of the rain and get to their destination faster. They were told to stay on the sidewalk and out of people’s yards.
– An intoxicated driver was reported at 11:46 p.m. Monday on North Lincoln Avenue, but was not found.
– Police responded to the 1900 block of East State Street at 10:43 p.m. Monday to speak with a man from Columbia Street about an assault. He believed he was assaulted in the 300 block of South Broadwa early Sunday morning and also provided a name for the person allegedly responsible. The case is under investigation.
– Police responded to the 300 block of West Ninth Street at 9:13 p.m. Monday to check the well-being of a resident after a family member was unable to reach the person by phone. An officer made contact with the resident who said all was fine.
– Suspicious activity was reported at Centennial Park at 8:13 p.m. Monday, but nothing suspicious was witnessed by officers.
– A suspicious female was reported sitting in a vehicle for several hours in a parking lot in the 2300 block of East State Street at 7:50 p.m. Monday. The woman told police she moved out of state recently and was in the area for some appointments. She had been waiting on a family member to call so she could go to their house before going home. She said she would be leaving shortly.
– Police responded to the 1400 block of East State Street for a report at 7:26 p.m. Monday of a man and woman on a sidewalk arguing. Police located them and they said they stopped to roll a cigarette and were talking. They left without incident.
– A caller at 6:14 p.m. Monday reported semi trucks using Southeast Boulevard illegally. None were located.
– Police were called to Reilly Stadium at 6:09 p.m. Monday for a report of several males who appeared to be in a verbal feud, with at least one person trying to provoke a physical altercation. Two people were found and one said another male exited a minivan and tried to start a fight. Police were unable to locate the other person.
– Police were called at 5:31 p.m. Monday for a verbal dispute between a mother and her adult daughter over cell phones. The daughter had two cell phones, but the contracts were in the mother’s name and she wanted the phones back. The daughter said her boyfriend paid for the phones. The mother was told she could call and cancel the phone service, but the officer would not get involved in the property ownership issue. Officers stood by to keep the peace while some of the daughter’s clothing was returned and the daughter returned a house key to the mother.
– An officer on patrol saw a vehicle parked illegally on Hawley Avenue near Cleveland Street at 5:08 p.m. Monday. The driver moved the vehicle.
– Officers were called at 2:28 p.m. Monday for an escalating domestic in progress in the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge where a female was outside yelling and the male was still inside the apartment. He spoke to officers outside and said an argument began and she struck him first then he grabbed her. He didn’t want to file charges against her. She also spoke to officers and had no visible injuries. She just wanted to leave. The matter will be referred to the prosecutor’s office. Both parties left to calm down. Officers agreed probable cause wasn’t established for any arrest.
Police
County Sheriff
– Larry Landsberger, Parkview Drive, Lisbon, reported at 7:29 a.m. Sunday an assault weapon was being shot without a backstop and the shooter may be a convicted felon. Two deputies checked the area on Lisa Lane, but did not see anyone. However, the deputies heard someone cough near a swamp area, walked that direction and said “Sheriff’s office, who’s there.” Two shots were fired and deputies drew their weapons taking cover behind a large tree. The deputies yelled for the person to show themselves and heard a voice say they were coming out. Tim Muscari came from the swamp holding his shotgun in a safe manner over his shoulder and told deputies he was hunting geese.
– Donald Merreot, Metz Road, Columbiana, reported at 6:02 p.m. Sunday his neighbor saw a tan Blazer, which often travels up Metz Road, pull into Merreot’s driveway, back up and strike their mailbox. Dorothy Merreot told deputies this is the third time in 11 years the mailbox has been knocked over.
– Jennifer Persano, state Route 558, Leetonia, reported a possible domestic situation in the Breezeway Mobile Manor at 9:27 p.m. Friday after she heard a woman screaming and saw a man grab her and toss her to the ground. Breanne Little spoke to deputies, telling them she and her husband argued, she attempted to leave and he followed her. When he caught her he threw her to the ground. She refused to pursue charges.
– Margaret Kean, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, reported at 11:18 p.m. Sunday while she was getting groceries someone tampered with an electrical wire for her mobile home. The wire was still arching and could have caught something on fire, Kean said, but she refused an offer to send the fire department and said she had already reconnected it.
– A large fight was reported at Lock 24 by an employee at 11:40 p.m. Saturday. Deputies met with the manager, who reported the people involved had left.
– Christina Bowser, Lisbon, reported at 9:01 p.m. Saturday she was camping at Beaver Creek State Campground when she learned from Facebook someone had entered her house and was leaving with things in her hands. Multiple bottles of shampoo and Prozac pills were taken. A 17-year-old witness told deputies she saw Dana Duffield there, wearing blue sweatpants and a blue sweater. Deputies went to Duffield’s home. She claimed to have been in bed all day. She was wearing a blue pajama outfit. The matter is being sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
-James St. Clair, Gage, Okla., reported an assault at 12:56 a.m. Saturday. He just moved here and was driving on Richardson Avenue in Negley when he saw two men come out of the woods. The men waved for help, but when he stopped, they attacked him. They grabbed him and punched him in the face, while he defended himself by hitting on man in the throat. He managed to get back into his vehicle and flee.
– Melinda Vrable, Columbiana Waterford Road, Columbiana, reported a loud party at 1:03 a.m. Saturday. Deputies spoke to people at the party, all of whom were of legal drinking age. They agreed to turn the music down.
– Cows were reported in the roadway on Trinity Church Road near Gavers Road at 3:07 a.m. Saturday. Deputies found two black cows in the road and stopped at the nearest farm, where the woman said they may belong to the Hoppels. The home was called and the cows retrieved.
– Tamara Ray-Richards, Niagara Falls, N.Y., reported a possible assault on Campbell Road in Hanover Township at 11:39 p.m. Saturday. Deputies spoke to Betty Ray and her son, Robert Ray, who said his sister Tamara was highly intoxicated, became irritable in the home and wanted to drive to a hotel. He would not give her the keys and her mother hugged her, but she became angry with her mother. Betty Ray then pushed her away so not to get hit. Tamara Ray-Richards told deputies her brother took her keys and her mother attacked her. Deputies took her to the Frola Motel so she could sleep it off.
– Amy Harbour, Route 7, New Waterford, reported at 7:36 p.m. Thursday there was a vehicle parked in a field. The vehicle was gone when deputies arrived.
– Michelle Low, Taylor Road, Negley, reported at 8:10 p.m. Friday she has had problems in the past with her neighbor and now the neighbor is videotaping her son riding his bike in front of their house.
– Donna Manning, Bayard Road, Homeworth, reported at 2:21 p.m. Friday she received a call from Home Savings after her bank card was used at BJ Wholesale in New York on Aug. 30 for $104. She had not been to New York and did not know the business.
Highway Patrol
– Zachary T. Barnes, 20, North Beaver Street, Lisbon, and John T. Caplinger, 65, Van Buren, Salem, were southbound on state Route 45 in Center Township at 12:37 p.m. Sunday. Caplinger was stopped in traffic at a red light and was struck by Barnes. Barnes was cited for assured clear distance.
– Janet L. Ketchum, 63, West Main, Salineville, hit a deer while driving on state Route 164 in Center Township at 1:15 a.m. Sunday.
– Samuel R. Densmore, 75, Traverse City, Mich., hit a deer while driving on East Liverpool Road in Madison Township at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
East Palestine
– Police went to 107 Wood St. at 11:26 p.m. Saturday for a report that kids were left alone in the home and a fire had taken place there shortly before. Police picked up the children and took them to their homes.
– Police went to the 800 block of East Taggart at 7:56 p.m. Saturday for a report of a highly intoxicated man walking into traffic and nearly being hit. James Brian Kelly, 44, Weirton, W.Va., was arrested on a warrant through the county Municipal Court.
– Police went to the 200 block of East Martin Street at 5 p.m. Saturday for a report that a girl and her stepfather were in an argument. The man left before police arrived. No charges were filed.
James McGinnis reported at 11:56 a.m. Wednesday a garden was overgrown at 475 Park Ave. The owner was sent a zoning violation notice. At 10 a.m. Saturday he reported there was high grass in the back yard of 392 E. Martin St. Police notified the owner.
– Zoning violation notices were sent Saturday to owners of the following for high grass: 398 E. Clark St., 193 S. Market St., Blake’s Self Storage at 163 S. Market St., 268 W. Main St., a duplex, 187/189 South St., 298 E. Grant St., 95 N. Sumner St.
– Police warned Jerry Douglas, 1027 W. Martin St., at 7:34 p.m. Tuesday for chickens running loose.
– Karen A. Brewton, East North Avenue, reported at 7:23 p.m. Friday she was being threatened by Heather E. Compton, of Darlington, Pa., who was using her ex-boyfriend’s Facebook page to harass her.
– Brianne Trump, 22, East Main Street, was charged with driving under OVI suspension after a traffic stop on West Street at 9:18 p.m. Friday.
Columbiana
– Kayla Berdine reported at 9:57 a.m. Sunday Robert Sadler, the father of her child, was sending her unwanted text messages. Police warned Sadler to stop contacting Berdine.
– A woman reported at 3:37 p.m. Sunday a reckless driver was eastbound on state Route 14. The call was transferred to the highway patrol once the vehicle left the city.
– Troy Smith, Fairfield Avenue, reported at 5:52 p.m. Sunday a blue pickup truck pulled into his driveway with a group of girls wanting to beat up his daughter. Police found the vehicle on Bittersweet Drive and the driver, Austin Wells, 18, of East Liverpool, was charged with obstructing official business after first allegedly denying he had driven the girls there.
East Liverpool
– While on patrol Sunday evening, an officer reported seeing a mini-van making hard right turns from Avondale onto Bradshaw and then into the Rite Aid parking lot, after which all three occupants exited the vehicle and took off running. Two of the men were immediately apprehended, while the third was located and stopped on Walnut Street. Michael Lamp, 36, and David M. Adams, 36, both of Garner Avenue, were both found to have outstanding warrants and were taken into custody. The third man had none and was released. Adams’ bond was paid by his mother, and he was released to her, however, he reportedly returned to the police station, intoxicated, a few minutes after being released and demanded to be taken to county jail. Officers complied, charging him with disorderly conduct/intoxication and transporting him to the jail.
– Ashley M. Eikenberry, 18, Morton Street, was cited for assured clear distance Saturday after the vehicle she was driving reportedly struck a vehicle driven by Johnathon M. Seman, 44, Henry Avenue. Both were merging onto state Route 11 at the time, and Seman had stopped, according to reports.
Liverpool Township
– An officer on patrol reported seeing an SUV with siding sticking from the rear hatch area beyond four feet with no warning flag. He stopped the vehicle and said the passenger, later identified as Peter S. Harasyn of Youngstown, exited the vehicle and began walking back toward the cruiser. He had an unsteady gate and slurred speech, according to the officer, who asked the driver, Jeremy D. Hernan, address not listed, what was wrong with his passenger. Hernan reported he had been drinking and that they were looking for a Fisher Avenue address to do some construction work. An open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle, and Harasyn was charged with open container in a motor vehicle. Hernan was given a warning for the load extension violation.
St. Clair Township
– Officers responded to a state Route 170 location for a domestic dispute, where Lindsay Flesch reported she and her ex-husband, Shaun J. Flesch, 40, Fair Avenue, Salem, had been in an argument because she was video-recording him moving his belongings from the house. During the argument, Mr. Flesch reportedly grabbed his ex-wife by the wrists and pushed her into a wall and showed her a video of him having sexual relations with his girlfriend, then threw something in the bedroom, breaking a picture frame. He also threatened a witness, according to reports. Mr. Flesch was charged with domestic violence.
Salem
– Paul Hayes, of the 600 block of East Third Street, reported at 2:28 p.m. Monday that someone backed into his wooden privacy fence. The suspect vehicle appeared to have backed from a driveway across the alley, but no vehicle was there. Officers planned to attempt to locate the person.
– Sherri Bulina of the 900 block of Park Avenue reported at 12:38 p.m. Monday that she found red spraypaint on her car, trash can and the side of her home when she went outside Monday morning.
– A Walmart spokesman reported at 11:57 a.m. Monday that the business was notified by its bank that several counterfeit bills were in the August deposits. The bank had already notified federal authorities.
– The manager of Circle K, 1125 E. State St., reported at 9:17 a.m. Monday that on Sunday, a man in the store removed a sandwich from the deli case and concealed it in his pocket. The clerk confronted him about paying for the sandwich and he denied having it. After he left the store, she went outside and saw him unwrapping the sandwich at the side of the building. He cursed her, threw the sandwich on the ground and ran. Charges will be filed. The man’s name was not provided.
– Ryan Armstrong, 29, of Depot Road, Salem, was cited for having no operator’s license after police were called at 8:03 a.m. Monday for a disabled vehicle at North Ellsworth Avenue and 13th Street in a ditch. The driver said he missed his turn and was trying to turn around. Upon checking, it was discovered he had no license.
– Police responded at 10:22 p.m. Sunday to a residence in the 700 block of New Garden Avenue for a report of a possible UFO in the back yard. Officers were advised by the male resident that a green and red flashing light in the sky has been in the same spot for several months. He said NASA would not give them any information. Officers advised that it could possibly be a satellite but there wasn’t anything the police department could do about it.
Perry Township
– Hugo Perez, 27, of Salem, was cited for driving without a valid license after a traffic stop at 12:46 a.m. Saturday on Snyder Road.
– Gilberto Gonzalez Lopez, whose address was not listed on the police report, was cited for driving without a valid license after a traffic stop at 3:15 p.m. Friday on South Lincoln Avenue, just south of Snyder Road.
– Elicia Travis, 31, whose address wasn’t listed on the police report, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop at 12:32 p.m. Friday on Butcher Road just east of Cunningham Road.
– Lucas Lorenzo Hernandez, 23, of East Fourth St., Salem, was cited for no operator’s license, failure to display two plates and a child restraint violation after a traffic stop at 8:22 a.m. Friday on Depot Road and Snyder Road.
Salem
(no names provided)
– An unruly and intoxicated person was reported to be causing problems with others in the 500 block of Fair Avenue at 3:07 p.m. Monday. A relative took the person home before police arrived. The person had been yelling at a passing pedestrian and threatened a neighbor before leaving.
– A woman in the 500 block of Continental Drive reported at 2:33 p.m. Monday that her dad obtained personal information from her and spent $192.50 at one company. The case was under investigation.
– Police responded to the 600 block of East Pershing Street at 2:32 p.m. Monday for drug paraphernalia. A spoon and pair of scissors were found next to a tree and taken for proper disposal.
– A woman in the 200 block of Jennings Avenue reported at 2:08 p.m. Monday that she was locked out of the house by other tenants. While police were discussing the matter with her, another female opened the door and said she had been sleeping and did not hear her knocking. The woman alleged it wasn’t by accident and said she was moving back to Virginia.
– Police were called at 2:07 p.m. Monday for a suspicious vehicle on Orchard Avenue. All was okay. The caller said the car belonged to a relative of a neighbor.
– A dog at large was reported at 1:50 p.m. Monday in the 400 block of North Ellsworth Avenue. The dog was inside the residence when police arrived. The owner was told about the complaint and to keep the dog secured at all times.
– Police responded at 6:37 a.m. Monday to a neighbor dispute in the 600 block of East Third Street. Two people had an argument over the heating in the apartment complex. The downstairs resident controls the heat for the upstairs apartment and was turning up the heat on purpose according to the upstairs resident. He was told to contact the landlord to have the heating situation fixed.
– Police checked on an alarm at 6:34 a.m. Monday in the 2400 block of Southeast Boulevard. The exterior of the business was found secure.
– Loud music was reported at 1:47 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of East Fourth Street. The resident was very cooperative and turned the television down.
– An officer on patrol at 12:58 a.m. Monday saw a suspicious vehicle behind Speedway off of South Howard Avenue and made contact with the occupant. The occupant was told to have the licensed owner recover the vehicle as soon as possible.
– A woman on Franklin reported at 11:24 p.m. Sunday that someone removed a debit card, two checkbooks, a $100 bill and her identification from her purse. The last time she saw the items was while visiting a friend on Vine Avenue. Two others had been at the apartment at the same time, including one who was given permission to enter her purse to retrieve a cigarette. She had left the room briefly. She was told to contact her bank about the account.
– Barking dogs were reported at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Whinnery Road. The animals were found in the 1300 block of Jefferson. The owner was contacted and took them in for the night.
– A resident who wanted to be anonymous in the 200 block of East Seventh Street reported at 8 p.m. Sunday that someone used red paint to paint a letter on the side of her home. She was told her options.
– A woman in the 200 block of Continental reported at 7:39 p.m. Sunday that she believed a person known to her had taken something from her room. She was told her options.
– A woman on South Howard Avenue spoke with officers at 6:33 p.m. Sunday about several issues happening in the city. The information will be forwarded to the correct officers.
– An officer at 4:40 p.m. Sunday was flagged down by an anonymous motorist who indicated a concession trailer was parked in a right-of-way access in the 300 block of South Union Avenue. The concession trailer was found parked at the end of what appeared to be a shared driveway between residences and the reported right-of-way into the park. The issue will be investigated.
– A possible water leak was reported at 4:33 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of South Union Avenue. Officers located the source of the water, which was just a resident draining a swimming pool.
– A residential alarm was reported at 4:14 p.m. Sunday in the 2000 block of Edgewood. The exterior was found secure.
– Police were called at 4:06 p.m. Sunday to Centennial Park for a report of a fight. A man said his family rented a pavilion and a male continued to walk through the pavilion He had told him not to walk through and the person started to use inappropriate language towards him. The male told police he only walked through to get his kids and the man started to yell and use inappropriate language towards him. No physical violence occurred. They were both told to stay away from each other while in the park.
Perry Township
(no name provided)
– Police were asked at 3:28 p.m. Sunday to check on target shooters in the 1800 block of state Route 344 to ensure a safe backstop. An officer spoke to the property tenants and saw the range where they were sighting in rifles and found the range to be safe and in compliance with the law.
– Police were called at 8:19 a.m. Sunday to the 2100 block of Goshen Road regarding possible threats and determined there was a family feud over who would be taking a family member to the airport. One party had left and the other party was preparing to go to the airport to go on vacation out of state. Nothing criminal occurred.
– A homeowner in the 1300 block of West State Street reported at 10:39 p.m. Saturday that she heard a noise outside her home and went to look and saw a person standing in the driveway. She yelled out her window at the person and her neighbor heard her yell and came running over. The neighbor then chased the male into the woods. The homeowner said the male was trying to steal car parts that are in the driveway. Police checked the area for the male wearing dark clothing but no one matching the description was found.
– Police were told at 12:55 p.m. Saturday about a possible assault that occurred in the 1100 block of West Perry Street. The matter is under investigation.
– Police were called at 12:55 p.m. Saturday to the 1100 block of West Perry Street for an 18-year-old male threatening to harm himself. Upon arrival, an officer saw the male had already done some harm and was told he was threatening to do more. He was taken by ambulance to Salem Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
– Family members at a residence in the 1100 block of West Perry Street were arguing about family matters and the argument became heated and they wanted some questions answered at 10:14 p.m. Friday. The officer answered the questions and said once a person becomes an adult they are capable of making their own decisions in the eyes of the law.
– Police were called at 10:38 p.m. Thursday to Stephanie’s Salon on West State Street for an irate person after a family member had been asked to leave the salon. They left before police arrived. Police remained until employees closed the business and left.
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– Holly Hughes, Wheathill Road, East Palestine, reported Sunday that she picked up her friend, who was fighting with her husband, and the woman’s husband followed them, blocking her in the driveway. Her friend got out of the car and walked to get away from her husband, and Hughes wanted deputies to check on her friend. Deputies spoke with the woman, who said there was no domestic dispute, and her husband, who said he did not want his wife around Hughes because she does drugs.
– Deputies were asked to check on the welfare of a woman at Barnett’s Motel by a woman who said her son is known to abuse the woman. The woman at the motel appeared to be fine and said everything was OK, according to deputies, who checked the man for warrants, but found none.
– Katie Shaum, Kelly Park Road, Columbiana, reported the family returned home Sunday from church to find the front door pried open and the security chain broken. A cash register drawer was thrown on the floor with about $20 and change taken. A notebook computer, cuff links and $70 cash were also taken. Shaum’s sister reported seeing a vehicle in the driveway just before 10 a.m.
Highway Patrol
– While southbound on Georgetown Road, Theodore W. Guthrie, 56, Hoopes Road, Salem, struck a piece of debris in the roadway.
St. Clair Township
– Officers were called by a newspaper carrier to East Liverpool Road for a trash can on fire in the middle of the road. The carrier reported seeing four kids in a black SUV leave the area and go up Sidehill Road. The fire department was called to extinguish the blaze, and officers checked the area, but did not locate the kids or vehicle.
-A vehicle driven by Jenny R. Sandreth, 41, Densmore Avenue, was stopped at the traffic light on Dresden Avenue when it was reportedly struck in the rear by a vehicle driven by Larry L. Collins, 51, Michigan Avenue. No injuries or citations were reported.
Salem
– Theodore Albright, 69, of Liberty Street, was charged for driving without a license after his eastbound vehicle at 8:17 a.m. Sunday struck a parked vehicle owned by Monica Chestnut, pushing it into a vehicle owned by Katherine Callahan. Albright told police he couldn’t see because of glare from the sun.
– Phillip Pritchard, 21, of Beaver Falls, Pa., was cited for speeding, expired registration and OVI after a traffic stop for speeding at 2:51 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of East State Street. He was taken to jail.
– Daniel D. Nye, 39, of 441 N. Howard Ave., was charged with two counts of obstructing official business after police were called to North Howard to investigate a domestic in progress at 12:17 a.m. Sunday. Both parties were highly intoxicated and one of the them, Nye, failed to obey officers’ commands and was warned several times before being arrested for obstructing official business. The report said no arrest was warranted related to the domestic violence investigation, which will be set for review. While officers attempted to process Nye at the station, he was charged with the second count of obstructing and taken to the county jail, held on a $1,500 bond.
– Lori Snyder, of the 400 block of Continental Drive, reported at 9:25 p.m. Saturday that someone broke into their home and stole a large sum of money.
– Nathan Chase, Cleveland Street, reported at 1:59 p.m. Saturda the GPS was stolen out of his work truck.
– Smith Oil on East Stat reported at 12:58 p.m. Saturday a person in a maroon van pumped $33.21 worth of gas and left without paying.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A caller at 2:21 p.m. Sunday reported an animal in a car in the parking lot at Tractor Supply, 2366 E. State St. The vehicle was checked and everything appeared OK.
– A rosary was found on a sidewalk near South Madison Avenue and Southeast Boulevard and taken to the police station at 1:40 p.m. Sunday.
– An officer at 6:24 a.m. Sunday noticed a strong smell of smoke in the area of Franklin and South Union avenues and saw a light haze. A small smouldering campfire was located in the back yard of a property on South Union Avenue. The resident put out the rest of the fire with a garden hose.
– A resident in the 600 block of Aetna Street at 5:45 a.m. Sunday reported damage to several properties in the area, noting his neighbor’s American flag was removed from the porch and placed into his ground. An officer noted a satellite dish knocked over and a reflective driveway marker thrown into the road. Several solar lights from a property in the 500 block were damaged and an enclosed electric meter in the curb lawn on Aetna Street near South Lincoln Avenue was tipped, but the officer was able to set it upright.
– A woman from Fourth Street came to the police station at 2:29 a.m. Sunday to report she was walking and thought she was being followed. She didn’t provide names or a description of the people allegedly following her. She wanted to wait inside the police station until her ride picked her up. The officer left the station and then saw the woman walking on West State Street near Ellsworth Avenue. He asked her what she was doing out walking by herself if she was scared and she said she was going to meet her ride. The ride then pulled up and she left.
– An officer on patrol at 2:29 a.m. Sunday saw two people running from an alley behind a restaurant on East State Street onto South Ellsworth Avenue and continue running to the rear of Speedway on West State Street. The two males were stopped for darting across the road and found to be running because they were scared. They were checked for warrants, but none were found.
– Police were called at 12:28 a.m. Sunday to check the well-being of a resident on Barclay Avenue. She was contacted and said everything was fine.
– Police were called to remove an unwanted person from a Summit Street residence in the 800 block oat 11:50 p.m. Saturday. The two intoxicated people had resolved their problems before police arrived.
– Loud persons were reported at 11:27 p.m. Saturday at Reilly School. Several juveniles were there with an adult and told about the complaint. They left.
– An officer on patrol at 10:13 p.m. Saturday saw several juveniles outside walking without shoes or proper clothing for cooler weather. The officer walked them back to their home and spoke with their parents, telling them the children needed to stay in their yard and have parental supervision if out late at night.
– An officer on patrol at 10:03 p.m. Saturday was flagged down by a motorist who said an intoxicated male was having trouble walking in the area of East Pershing Street and Ohio Avenue. The person was not located.
– Loud music was heard in the 500 block of Franklin Avenue at 8:35 p.m. Saturday. The homeowner was having a birthday party and agreed to turn down the music.
– An anonymous caller at 8:26 p.m. Saturday reported suspicious activity near the deadend of Superior Avenue in Waterworth Memorial Park. A male was in the area and several cars had driven down and approached the person then left.
– Police were called at 7:52 p.m. Saturday to the 500 block of Jennings Avenue where a resident reported seeing several neighborhood juveniles in the area, with one carrying a dead squirrel on a stick. The resident subsequently found a dead squirrel on her front door doorknob. Officers made contact with the suspicious juveniles and their parents regarding the incident. An older brother of one of the juveniles voluntarily removed the animal from the resident’s doorknob and disposed of it. The parents said they would take corrective action. The juveniles were also told the potential criminal consequences of their actions.
– Police were called at 6:31 p.m. Saturday to the 2300 block of East State Street for a verbal dispute in the parking lot near the shoe store. A woman was backing out of a parking space in front of the plaza when she almost hit a vehicle that was parked on the sidewalk. She told the person that was not a parking spot and the other person started yelling at her and using vulgar language. Police were unable to locate the other person.
-An officer on patrol in the 1400 block of Allen Road at 6:06 p.m. Saturday saw the front gate open on a closed business. The key holder was responding and the gate was secured.
– An anonymous caller at 4:37 p.m. Saturday reported several unregistered vehicles parked on a private property in the 100 block of North Ellsworth Avenue. An officer spoke to the owner and noted the issue will be further researched to assure the proper course of action taken to remedy any violation pertaining to the vehicles.
– An anonymous caller at 4:37 p.m. Saturday expressed concern over juveniles throwing a football in the 400 block of East Sixth Street while standing in the curb lawn near the street. Nobody was found in the area.
– A debit card found in the Radio Shack parking lot on East State Street at 4:06 p.m. Saturday was turned over to police.
– A woman on Sharp Street reported at 3:55 p.m. Saturday that she was concerned about comments posted on Facebook by a neighbor. She had reported her to Facebook and blocked her. She was told since her name wasn’t on any of the posts, it was unknown if the neighbor was referring to her.
– Police were called at 12:06 p.m. Saturday to check the well-being of a female in the 800 block of East Sixth Street. She said she was fine and didn’t realize she set off the alert. The responding officer tried to help reset her new television, with the new television her major complaint.
– A debit card found in an ATM in the 100 block of South Lincoln Avenue was turned over to police at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
– A reckless vehicle was reported at Roosevelt and East Third Street at 10:51 a.m. Saturday, but was not found.
– An officer could hear music coming from a residence on Columbia Street at 10:48 a.m. Saturday and made contact with the resident, who apologized and turned it down.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Nick Amato, Fieldstone Road, East Liverpool, reported at 12:21 p.m. Saturday trespassers on ATVs in the area of McCormick Run and Glasgow Road. Deputies were unable to contact the ATVs.
– Deputies assisted Salineville police regarding an assault reported by Misty Ketchum, Academy Street, Salineville. Deputies attempted to look for Abby Pierson, but could not find her.
– Rachel Deremer, Carolina Avenue, Chester, W.Va., reported at 3:39 p.m. she and her son left Pondi’s Restaurant and realized he left his iPad Mini in a lime green and gray case on the table. When she called the restaurant throughout the day, no one turned it in. She said she then called Apple, which advised her to contact a law enforcement agency.
Lisbon
– Police were called at 3:02 p.m. Wednesday to the area of Beaver Street and High Street regarding a child reportedly left unattended on the front porch. An officer observed the child was with his parents in the backyard.
– A Community Action Rural Transport System (CARTS) bus driven by Tom Hawkins, Kelly Park Road, Columbiana, was parked at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday at the sidewalk of the Counseling Center on state Route 154, and he was opening the driver’s side door when he struck the passenger’s side door of a 2009 Toyota Camry driven by Janice L. Scott, Violet Place, East Liverpool, who came around the bus. A dent was observed in the driver’s side door of the bus, and a dent was seen on the door along with paint damage to the mirror of the Camry.
– Police were called to the Mental Health complex, state Route 154, after alarms went off. A door was discovered opened, and officers checked to make sure no one was inside.
– A noise complaint was reported at 10:02 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex on Moore Street. A resident reported that the upstairs tenants were constantly being loud and turning up the TV. An officer did not hear any loud sounds, but advised the upstairs tenants to keep the volume down if they were being noisy.
– Police were called at 9:40 p.m. Sept. 5 at the basketball court on Cedar Street regarding an intoxicated man and woman, but were unable to find the two in question.
– Renee Ebert, Harrison Street, reported at 10:41 a.m. Wednesday a skunk was bothering residents in the area. An officer found the skunk to be calm and not harmful, and requested animal control to go to Pritchard Street where the skunk went next.
– A North Market Street woman reported at 6:59 p.m Wednesday a possibly intoxicated man sitting in front of the house. Officers spoke with Bill Halligan, who said he only had two hours of sleep and was cutting grass and just wanted to take a rest before heading to his mother’s house on Elm Street. An officer did not notice any signs of intoxication from Halligan, but advised him he could not sit in the yard and had to keep walking, which Halligan agreed.
Columbiana
– Kenny Foor, bus coordinator for Crestview schools, reported at 6:45 a.m. Friday a bus was stopped at the Elm Street railroad crossing with the gates down but no train coming.
– Curtis Carpenter reported at 3:02 p.m. Friday he found a gun between two vehicles at Reichard Industries. The gun was recovered.
– A reckless driver in a silver Lincoln was reported at 7:48 p.m Friday traveling south on state Route 164 very slowly. It pulled into the Sparkle lot. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.
– Kelly Schack, North Main Street, reported at 10:11 p.m. Friday she arrived home and found the back door wide open. Officers checked the residence but found no one inside, and no items appeared to be missing.
– At 4:17 a.m. Thursday police checked on a suspicious vehicle parked in Firestone Park with its lights on. It was found to be a city employee lowering the flags.
– A Tic Toc employee requested at 4:21 a.m. Thursday an officer stand by while she opened the store.
– Police provided an escort for the Moving Wall to the Columbiana County Fairgrounds on state Route 14 to state Route 164 outside of city limits at 7:58 a.m. Thursday.
– Police responded to Heartland Christian School at 8:43 a.m. Thursday for a report of an unruly juvenile. The officer stood by until the juvenile calmed down.
– A solicitor’s permit was issued to Kirby Sweepers at 2 p.m. Thursday.
East Palestine
– Police went to 54 West St. at 2:36 p.m. Aug. 29 for a report of a neighbor dispute. It was determined one neighbor was trying to paint a fence and the other neighbor was driving down the alley making dust blow all over the fence.
-Police went to 524 E. Clark St. at 9:44 p.m. Thursday for a report of a light on in the garage. It was determined the light was left on by the owner and the garage was secured.
– Police went to Village Park on Park Drive at 6:57 p.m. Thursday for a report of a man and woman arguing. Christina R. Holley and Kenneth Holley, Spaite Drive, told police they were having a dispute only and no threats of violence were made.
Salem
– An officer responded to the 800 block of Franklin Avenue at 3:26 p.m. Thursday where a woman reported seeing several male juveniles walking in the roadway after school hours. She was told to call back if it happens again.
– A woman evicted from an East Third Street home reported at 4:35 p.m. Thursday that the landlord had been continuously attempting to make contact with her while she was moving.
– Officers responded to a business in the 2800 block of East State Street at 7:25 p.m. Thursday for a report of three men urinating in the parking lot. They spoke with the men matching the description who said they had only been in the parking lot long enough to walk to their vehicles.
– An officer responded to an Olive Street home at 10:12 p.m. Thursday where a resident reported seeing two men trying to steal two push mowers from his neighbor’s house. The resident said them men fled in a silver car without the mowers when he yelled at them.
– Officers responded a home in the 400 block of Perry Street at 10:43 p.m. Thursday for a reported medical emergency and found a deceased man inside.
– A Summit Street resident reported on station at 1:14 a.m. Friday that his ex-girlfriend had been calling and texting his cell phone. The ex-girlfriend said that the complainant and his friends had been calling and harassing her. They were both told to cease contact.
– Officers responded to a suspicious person sleeping in a van in the 800 block of Summit Street at 5:03 a.m. Friday. The officers found the man to be intoxicated and claiming that he thought the vehicle was his parked at a friend’s house. The man was given a ride home.
– Police responded to a neighbor dispute at 6:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1400 block of East State Street. An officer saw both neighbors yelling and screaming at one another in the driveway they both share, arguing over the property line. Both were told to stop and that it’s a civil matter.
– Nick Senanefes, 61, of West Pershing Street, was cited for a stop sign violation and driving under suspension after a traffic stop at 3:17 a.m. Saturday.
– Police were called for a fight at 12:57 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of East State Street, but found that no fight occurred.
– A caller at 12:48 a.m. Saturday reported a person throwing rocks in the 700 block of Franklin Avenue. The only people officers found were adults who were not seen throwing anything.
– A caller at 11:07 p.m. Friday reported an intoxicated man passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle in the 200 block of East State Street. An officer made contact with the man, who was not intoxicated and said he was taking a nap while waiting to pick up his son who was working in the area.
– Loud persons were reported at 10:26 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of East Fifth Street, but none were found.
– An unruly juvenile was reported at 9:25 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Lexington Avenue where a woman said her daughter wasn’t listening to her and didn’t come home last weekend or Friday when she was supposed to come home. An officer spoke to her about the possible consequences and told her to listen to her mother.
-Police responded at 7:13 p.m. Friday to the 600 block of East Fourth Street for an assault. A man reported hearing a knock at his door and when he answered it, a male acquaintance punched him in the face. The suspect left on a green bicycle.
– Police were called at 6:48 p.m. Friday to the 900 block of Southeast Boulevard for a large swarm of bees on a mailbox. A local beekeeper was contacted and responded to take care of the problem.
– A reckless operator was reported at 6:20 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of West Wilson Street. The caller reported a westbound vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and almost struck a child, then pulled into a residence in the 900 block. No vehicle matching the description could be found.
– Susan Bailey, 59, of Short Street, was cited for left of center after the vehicle she was driving on West State Street crossed over the double yellow center line and struck the driver side of a vehicle driven by Amanda Raymond, 61, of North Union Avenue, at 6:05 p.m. Friday. Bailey told police she looked down to grab a cup of coffee when she hit the other vehicle.
– A woman in the 800 block of East Third Street reported at 5:26 p.m. Friday that her ex-boyfriend has been calling her from various phone numbers and came to her residence. She said he’s threatening her and her dog. She wanted it documented and wanted him contacted and told to stop.
– Police were called at 3:20 p.m. Friday to the 2200 block of Merle Road for a suspicious person. The vehicle left before police arrived, but was stopped on Southeast Boulevard. The driver said he was on his phone making phone calls, not taking pictures, while waiting for his daughter.
– It was reported at 3:14 p.m. Friday that someone on Ohio Avenue cut high grass at a residence and blew the grass into the street. No one was there so a notice was left that the grass needed cleaned up, along with the half-eaten food and bags of garbage.
– A woman on Barclay Avenue reported at 1:38 p.m. Friday that a known female had been there and she does not want her returning. Police made contact with the female and told her the consequences if she returns to the property.
– A barking dog was reported in the 500 block of East Perry Street at 9:20 a.m. Friday, but was not found.
– A caller at 12:13 p.m. Friday complained about vehicles parked on the road at Jennings Avenue and 10th Street for a garage sale. The owner was contacted and the vehicles were being moved. Police had been called earlier at 8:47 a.m. for the same thing, several vehicles parked on Jennings Avenue for a garage sale.
Leetonia
– Police responded to a possible neighbor dispute in the 300 block of Columbia Street at 8:38 p.m. Aug. 27.
– An officer responded to a verbal argument in the American Legion parking lot at 1:32 a.m. Sept. 3.
– An officer investigated a complaint in the 300 block of Walnut Street at 1:27 p.m. Sept. 4.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Deputies responded Friday to Lotze Drive in East Palestine for a domestic dispute where Heather Compton, 27, reported Matthew Runkles, 28, same address, had come home and began to go through her cell phone. She reported he found some messages he didn’t like and became upset, grabbing her by the throat and trying to remove her from the car in which they were seated. This occurred in front of her young child, according to Compton, who had visible red marks on her neck, according to reports. Runkles denied touching Compton but was charged with domestic violence.
– Nathaniel Miller, Middle Beaver Road, Lisbon, reported tools stolen from a construction trailer owned by WRM Construction which had been parked at a job site on Middle Beaver Road.
– Len Hartstine, state Route 154, Lisbon, reported receiving a call from someone claiming to represent the Ohio Edison billing department telling him someone was en route to disconnect his electric due to a past due bill. He was told to pay the $500 bill immediately by money order, which he did, then called the person back and was advised an additional $495.33 had to be paid. When he told the man that was all he had, the man advised he would call the next day for final payment. Meanwhile, Hartstine’s wife called the power company, which advised they had been scammed. They learned the phone number originated in Germany.
– A burglary was reported by Matt Keller, state Route 7, New Waterford, during which a rifle and shotgun were taken.
Highway Patrol
– Larry K. Mellott, 46, Glasgow Road, Wellsville, was cited for no operator’s license, assured clear distance and failure to control Wednesday after his vehicle reportedly struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Sharon L. Kelly, 62, Roberts Road, Leetonia, who had stopped at a traffic light on state Route 45 at Saltwell Road. Both were southbound at the time. Kelly was driving a CARTS bus.
– While eastbound on County Road 400 in Butler Township, Marie D. Whan, 60, Valley Road, Salem, struck a cow in the roadway. There were no citations, and reports did not indicate if the cow survived.
– While westbound on Township Road 1026 in Middleton Township, Destany F. Vishak, 19, state Route 518, Lisbon, reportedly was unable to stop her vehicle at a stop sign and drove through the intersection of County Road 428, striking a ditch. The Negley EMS and Fire Department responded and treated Vishak at the scene, but her mother indicated she would take her to the hospital, according to reports.
– While pulling from a private drive onto U.S. Route 62, Roland D. Nuske, 46, North Royalton, was struck by a vehicle driven by Koral D. Panezott, 34, North Union Avenue, Sebring, who was eastbound on U.S. 62. Nuske was cited for failure to yield and he, Panezott and her passenger, 3-year-old Georgia Elkins, same address, were transported to Alliance Hospital by Sebring EMS.
– While eastbound on County Road 1026 in Middleton Township, a vehicle owned by Heidi K. Cole, Sprucevale Road, Rogers went off the right side of the road, striking an embankment and large rock before overturning and striking a trash can. The driver was not at the scene, and when contacted by phone, Cole reported a man she knew only as Josh had been driving her vehicle, saying he took her keys from her purse while she was sleeping and took her car from the State Line Bar. Josh Ritchey, no address listed, later called the patrol to say he had been driving the car, but has not been able to be reached since, according to reports.
– A pickup truck owned by Kenneth R. Bigly, state Route 154, Negley, was eastbound on state Route 154 and went off the road, striking a utility pole. When his wife was reached, she said she and her grandson were sleeping and her husband was at work and the truck keys were still hanging up in the house, according to reports.
East Liverpool
– A Giant Eagle employee reported seeing a man shove a bottle of liquor down his pants and confronted him inside the store. The man, later identified as John N. Thompson Jr., 25, Avondale Street, reportedly laughed at the employee, handed him the bottle of liquor and said the employee didn’t see him steal anything because he was still inside the store. Thompson was later charged with petty theft.
– Responding to a motorcycle crash near the Newell Bridge Sunday, officers said the driver, Larry N. Putnam, 48, Niles, smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech. He also had an empty pistol holster on his back, and asked where the weapon was, Putnam pointed angrily over toward the guardrail, according to police. They found a loaded .38-caliber pistol on the other side of the guardrail. Tri-County Ambulance transported Putnam to the hospital. He was charged with OVI, failure to control and weapons while intoxicated.
St. Clair Township
– While working Thursday at Crestview Auto Body on McGuffy Drive, Kimberly Kelly told police, her cell phone and money were taken from her purse. She said a man, George D. McLean Jr., 52, Lincoln Avenue, was at the business, getting an estimate, while she was in and out of the office. She told police she called McLean and he admitted taking her phone and brought it back but denied taking her money, the left again. Officers located him and made a traffic stop, during which McLean reportedly told them he leaned over the counter and took Kelly’s phone and took $36 from her purse with which he went out and purchased “weed.” He also told them he showed the phone to a girl who deleted all the photos and information and reset the voice mail. He was charged with theft.
– A security officer at Walmart reported seeing Amanda Swiger, 33, New Cumberland, W.Va., taking two store shopping bags containing merchandise without paying for it. Officers also learned Swiger had an outstanding indictment and warrant from West Virginia for forgery and probation violations. She was charged as a fugitive from justice and with theft and possession of criminal tools.
– Karen Pickens, Lincoln Street, reported money missing from her home.
– A purse was reported taken from a vehicle on St. Clair Avenue Wednesday. No other details were reported.
– A Martha Street woman reported her 50-year-old son had taken a bunch of pills, saying he wanted to commit suicide, then ran into the woods. Officers found him unconscious in the woods. He was taken by North Star Critical Care ambulance to the hospital.
– Chelsey Kampfer, no address listed, reported leaving her purse in her vehicle in front of Sabatini Shoes and, when she returned, her purse was missing. She had left the passenger window down about a quarter of the way, Kampfer reported.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Deputies met with a Wellsville couple that had been scammed at 12:32 p.m. Wednesday. The man has been having some memory issues and received a phone call alerting him he won a new Mercedes and $2 million, but he needed to send money to receive them. He then proceeded to send five different money orders for $600 to West Palm Beach, Fla.; $300 to Detroit, Mich.; $400 to East Orange, Fla.; and checks for $300 and $400 to Eaton. He received phone calls demanding more money and threatening him. The calls were coming from a number in Jamaica, which is ringing busy when calls are made.
– Mike Zelenak, state Route 14, East Palestine, reported at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday he saw a black car turn in his driveway. Then it went across the road to an auction barn, and he saw flashlights there. Deputies checked the area, but did not locate anyone. Zelenak told deputies the vehicle had gone behind the building, and he heard banging. It was a dark colored Chrysler 300 with a loud exhaust, and it headed west on state Route 14 when it left.
– Debbie Sosack, Metz Road, Columbiana, reported at 2:28 a.m. Wednesday she saw flashlights and believed someone was in her garages. Deputies found her husband out near the garage when they arrived. He said he found the overhead door partially up, but found no one inside. He believed they may have fled into the woods east of his home. Sosack told deputies she also saw lights in another one of their garages, and it was found someone had gone in through a window on the east side. No one was found inside. Deputies also checked the area without finding anyone.
– Logan Wilson, Winona Road, Winona, reported at 12:18 a.m. Thursday someone shattered the driver’s side window of his 2002 Chevy Cavalier, while it was parked at his home. Nothing was missing.
– Heather Anderson, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, reported at 3:21 p.m. Tuesday she saw a man hiding in the bushes behind her house. Deputies checked the area, but did not find anyone. She has had an ongoing problem with someone also attempting to open her door in the past.
– Howard Hoprich, Miller Road, Leetonia, reported at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday someone stole a mig welder and two chainsaws from his locked garage.
– Jason Smith, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, reported at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday his 13-year-old daughter has been refusing to follow directions. Deputies attempted to talk to her, but she did not want to listen. Deputies suggested he consider filing unruly charges against her in juvenile court if her behavior continues.
– Fred Moore Jr., Depot Road, Lisbon, reported at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday his 2010 Dodge Ram pickup broke down on Steubenville Pike at Endley Road on Tuesday. He left a note stating it broke down and he would be back to get it Wednesday, but it was gone. He called local towing companies and the Highway Patrol, but no one knew what happened. It was entered as stolen.
– Sarah Cross, Buck Road, Beloit, reported a possible assault at 2:57 a.m. Sept. 2. Deputies spoke to Cindy Masters there, who said she allowed her 16-year-old son to have some friends over and a few of them attempted to bring alcohol. She confronted the friends about it and a fight ensued with five or six teenage boys beating up her son. Her 11-year-old daughter attempted to break up the fight, but another girl threw her to the ground and punched her in the face numerous times. The group left in a red car. The son told deputies he invited friends, but they brought people he did not know. He believed some may be with a local gang called South West Boys.
Highway Patrol
– Sharon L. Kelly, 62, Roberts Road, Leetonia, was stopped at the traffic light at the state Route 45 and Saltwell Road intersection in Center Township at 5 p.m. Wednesday and was struck from behind by Larry K. Mellott, 46, Glasgow Road, Wellsville. Mellott was cited for assured clear distance and no operator’s license.
– Clayton D. McDaniels, 36, Steubenville, and David D. Wallenhurst, 46, Maple Street, Lisbon, where eastbound on U.S. 30 in Madison Township at midnight Wednesday, and McDaniels failed to slow for Wallenhurst and struck him from behind. McDaniels was cited for a OVI, assured clear distance and hit skip.
– Jacob J. Henderson, 22, Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool, was westbound on Middle Beaver Road in Elkrun Township at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and went off the right side into a ditch, a sign and a cement culvert. He was cited for failure to control.
– David G. Warrick, 53, 5th Avenue, East Liverpool, was northbound on state Route 7 in Madison Township at 7:10 p.m. Sunday and went off the right side into a ditch and overturned. He was cited for failure to control.
– Katie Marie Sadler, 19, Willard Road, Hanoverton, and Yvonne L. Hulick, 36, Prospect Street, Lisbon, were northbound on State Route 164 in Fairfield Township at 7:53 a.m. Monday and Hulick was stopped for a school bus and was struck by Sadler. Sadler was cited for assured clear distance.
– Gregory D. Burdell, 27, Blake Road, Wadsworth, was northbound on state Route 11 in Elkrun Township at 8 p.m. Saturday and went off the right side and overturned on top of a guard rail. He was cited for failure to control and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital by helicopter with serious injuries.
– Dan F. Mellott, 67, Toronto, was westbound on state Route 39 in Salineville at 6:15 a.m. Monday and stopped in traffic and was struck from behind by Timothy A. Clark Jr., 26, Lisbon-Dungannon Road, Lisbon. Clerk was cited for assured clear distance.
– Lorrie A. Ketchum, 48, Jefferson Street, Salineville, was eastbound on state Route 39 in Yellow Creek Township at 7:35 a.m. Monday and was struck by Jessica L. Matuska, 34, Oak Ridge Road, Wellsville, who failed to yield from the stop sign. Matuska was cited for failure to yield and Ketchum was taken to Eat Liverpool City Hospital with minor injuries.
Columbiana
– A Tic Toc employee reported at 4:28 a.m. Wednesday there was a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot.
– Craig Susanny reported at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday someone broke into Nelson’s Jeeps on East Park Avenue.
– A South Elm Street woman reported at 2:16 p.m. Wednesday the landlord was at her residence to put up a rail required by the insurance company, but he didn’t ask their permission first.
– John Peddicord, New Waterford, reported at 3:27 p.m. Wednesday someone rear ended him on West Park Avenue and took off.
East Palestine
– At 5:56 p.m. Wednesday police went to 440 E. Clark St. for a report of a woman to be removed. Police spoke with everyone there and were advised that the woman came to visit and they believed she had stolen jewelry from them while there. They did not wish to press charges but wanted her to leave the property. She left without any problems
– At 6:50 p.m. Wednesday police went to 695 N. Market St. for a report of a disturbance. Upon arrival it was found that the person causing the problem had left.
East Liverpool
– Officers were shown a video in which two men reportedly assaulted Marcus Beebout, 18, Thompson Avenue and took a cell phone owned by Beebout’s mother. Beebout told police the incident began earlier in the night when one of the men asked him to drive to the bus station in Pittsburgh to pick up the other for $20, to which he agreed. On the way back, Beebout’s car ran out of gas in Hookstown, angering the man, who accused Beebout of not using the entire $20 for gas. The other men’s mother came and picked them up, leaving Beebout behind, but he got a ride home with a Good Samaritan and, when he arrived home, found several people waiting for him, including the two men, when the assault allegedly took place. According to reports, information was sent to the prosecutor to consider possible charges.
Salem
– Richard Thomas, of East Third Street, spoke to an officer at 12:51 p.m. Thursday regarding an abandoned vehicle at his residence. He was told his options.
– A caller at 12:42 p.m. Thursday reported possible stolen property at the rear of a property in the 900 block of North Ellsworth Avenue. An officer responded and located an item reported stolen in a previous report. The case is under investgation.
– A man on Vine Avenue reported at 10:54 a.m. Thursday that he believed he was part of a scam to purchase cell phones and did not want to get in trouble. He was attempting to get a cell phone from Walmart when another male confronted him about purchasing cell phones. The other male wanted him to get four phones and one for him and he would pay for it. He tried and they would not sell him that many. He wanted the incident documented, with the case under investigation.
– A spokesman for Tolson Comfort Systems in the Salem Industrial Park reported at 9:10 a.m. Thursday that sometime overnight, someone punched holes in the gas tanks of two work trucks and took the gas. The tanks will have to be replaced.
– Police responded for a report about a neighbor dispute in the city at 8:13 a.m. Thursday, talking with a woman who said a female in the apartment behind her was harassing her. The other female said the woman was harassing her. Both were told to stay away from each other.
– Police responded at 2:09 a.m. Thursday to a call about a fight at the Side Door, 530 S. Broadway Ave., where a patron said the female who caused the problem left through the alley. An officer located the female in Hogan’s Alley with visible injuries to her face, elbows and feet/ankles. She declined medical treatment. She was intoxicated and said two other females at the business assaulted her, but she refused to make a statement and didn’t want to file charges. An officer spoke to some other females at the Side Door who said they were assaulted by the woman found in the alley, but they didn’t have any injuries. All parties refused to pursue any criminal charges. The female from the alley was given a ride home.
– A woman requested help in gaining access to her vehicle at 1:41 a.m. Thursday in the Walmart parking lot on East State Street. She and her boyfriend had an argument and she said he threw her keys into the vehicle and locked the doors, then left. Entry was gained, but while police were still there, she received a text message from her boyfriend that concerned her, making her think he was having suicidal thoughts. Officers couldn’t locate him, but she called back later and advised she found him at a friend’s house and all was fine.
– An unwanted male was reported at 9:13 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of Jennings Avenue, but already left in a vehicle. An officer spoke to the resident and learned another person in the upstairs had called police when the landlord knocked on the door to serve eviction papers.
– Police assisted Perry Township Police at 8:44 p.m. Wednesday in the search for a runaway juvenile in the 1500 block of North Lincoln Avenue. The residence was searched after a Perry officer saw the female fitting the description through a window. An open window was found in the basement and it was believed she crawled out to get away. She was then located outside a short time later and her father took her into custody. She admitted she crawled out the window. Police had been called to the same area at 7:46 p.m. to look for a missing juvenile.
– No citation was issued, but a passenger was reportedly injured after a vehicle driven by Kathy Williams, 50, of Pearl Street, Leetonia, attempted to turn onto North Cunningham while eastbound on Bentley Drive and slid over the curb down into a ravine 40 feet at 7:53 p.m. Wednesday. The passenger, Brittany Williams, 18, of the same address, reported a minor injury to her leg and was taken privately to Salem Regional Medical Center.
– Police checked a residence in the 900 block of West State Street at 1:44 p.m. Wednesday for the zoning department to make sure nobody was inside. No one is supposed to be there and allegedly an adult couple has been staying there at night and leaving early in the morning.
– A citizen stopped an officer at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday about a dog in a vehicle in a lot at 2900 E. State St. with the windows only down a bit. The officer made contact with the owner and told him it’s too warm outside to leave the animal in the car for so long. He admitted he was probably wrong.
Perry Township
– Kendra Sue Chestnut, 26, of Depot Road, Lisbon, was cited for fictitious plates and driving under non-compliance suspension after a traffic stop on state Route 344 at 10:18 a.m. Wednesday.
– A man from Goshen Road reported at midnight Wednesday that he was being chased by his estranged wife and her new boyfriend on the U.S. Route 62/state Route 45 bypass. An officer spoke to him at his residence and while there, the suspect drove by and the officer stopped the vehicle. Both parties gave conflicting statements and were told to stay away from each other.
– Police were called for a dispute at 5:36 p.m. Tuesday at Salem Acres on Prospect Street where two female neighbors were arguing over their children being called names. Both parties were told to keep their children away from each other.
Police
County Sheriff
– KLG asked deputies for assistance with a combative patient at a Glasgow Road, Lisbon, home at 10:23 a.m. Tuesday. The man’s mother told deputies he is autistic and has other mental issues. He has been acting up for the past couple days. He spoke to deputies and agreed to go with KLG to Salem Regional Medical Center.
– Patricia Risen, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, reported at 5:01 p.m. Tuesday her daughter has been receiving threats from a man she knows, who says he will come to her home and damage it.
– Andy Spooner, state Route 517, New Waterford, reported at 6:52 p.m. Sunday his ex-girlfriend, Cait Godocisk, attempted to enter his home and he wanted deputies to inform her she’s no longer welcome on his property.
– Mark Poisson, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, reported at 12:42 p.m. Tuesday he received a call and when he looked at the caller ID his business’ name, Vinyl is Final, and his number were displayed. The automated voice on the line offered to help him lower his bills and interest rate and he was concerned someone is using his business number to solicit for another company.
Highway Patrol
– Zachary Baker, 24, James Creek, Pa., was northbound on Depot Road in Center Township at 10:10 p.m. Friday and went off the side of the road into a ditch, a utility pole and a fence and then overturned. He was cited for failure to control and taken to the Salem hospital with minor injuries.
– James J. Uber, 42, Alliance, was northbound on Knox School Road in Knox Township at 3 p.m. Wednesday Friday on a motorcycle and driving in and out of both lanes when he struck head-on a vehicle driven by Erica L Harden, 35, Beloit, who was southbound in the middle of the road after pulling out of a private drive. Uber was taken to Akron City Hospital with serious injuries by Stat MedEvac. No citations were issued due to lack of evidence regarding who was at fault.
– Marion L. Martin, 61, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, was eastbound on state Route 517 in Elkrun Township at 10:50 p.m. Friday and hit a deer.
– Robert Jacob Daugherty, 22, West State Street, Salem, was eastbound on state Route 14 in Unity Township at 10:53 p.m. Friday and went off the left side into a ditch. He was cited for failure to control and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with minor injuries.
– Eric S. Ward, 43, Fairway Road, East Liverpool, was northbound on a motorcycle on McIntosh Road in Madison Township at 8:42 p.m. Sunday and went off the east side and overturned. He was cited for failure to control and taken to East Liverpool City Hospital with serious injuries.
– Codee Lynn Coppock, 26, Pioneer Road, Rogers, was eastbound on state Route 154 in Middleton Township at 7 p.m. Saturday and went off the right side into a tree, a ditch and a mailbox. He was cited for failure to control.
– Jesse J. Henderson, 33, Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool, was westbound on U.S. 30 in Center Township at 6:31 a.m. Monday and hit a deer.
Columbiana
– Paul Scott, Market Street, requested 8:35 a.m. Tuesday police accompany him to confront PNC Bank on South Main Street about charges on his debit card.
– Larry Witman, Village Court, reported at 10:51 a.m, Tuesday someone opened a Sears card in his name.
– John Rapp reported at 11:39 a.m. Tuesday that while working for the city at 11:39 a.m. Tuesday Jerry Mimna of Lisbon, the owner of Building Blocks day care on Union Street, shoved him.
– Kayla Macklin, North Elm Street, requested at 5:53 p.m. Tuesday police escort her to the North Elm Street home to get her belongings from the residence. Police stood by and there were no problems.
– A Dairy Queen employee reported at 10:18 p.m. Tuesday a group of boys were hanging around smoking in the parking lot and requested police stand by while the employees leave.
East Palestine
– Patricia Uphold, Western Reserve Road, Salem, reported at 9:30 a.m. Monday there was an incident involving her adopted son who is handicapped.
– James Cope, North Market Street, reported at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday there was a fight involving his daughter. An officer went to the home and found the fight was verbal only and advised Candace Desanzo, Cope’s daughter, that she had to leave the residence. She left without any problems.
St. Clair Township
– Officers responded Tuesday to the home of Heidi Potts, Duke Road, where she advised her ex-boyfriend, Jack Herron, 46, address not listed, was causing problems. Potts told police she had obtained a protection order against him the previous day and provided them with a copy, but Herron had not yet been served with the order. He was arrested for disorderly conduct/intoxication, and sheriff’s deputies served him with the protection order at the police station.
– Officers were called to Cornell Street Monday, where Cheryl Camerlin reported her husband and she argued over a cell phone and he grabbed it, scratching her arm. He had left prior to officers arriving. Mrs. Camerlin declined to file charges.
– A theft was reported from a residence at 16015 Martha Street, with no other details reported.
– Officers were called Monday to 16970 Annesley Road, where North Star Ambulance crews had called the coroner due to having found the body of a deceased 34-year-old man. Police reported Wednesday there was no foul play suspected.
– Officers responded to 48594 Belmont Avenue, where a resident reported a pet killed by a neighbor’s dog. No other details were reported.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A woman in the 400 block of West State Street reported at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday that her 13-year-old granddaughter has not been seen since Tuesday morning. She’s been in contact with a family friend via texts, but won’t tell her location. She was entered as a runaway. Officers will attempt to locate her.
– An officer on patrol at 11:16 a.m. Wednesday saw a large amount of trash on the curb lawn in front of a residence in the 600 block of Franklin Avenue. The residence was empty. Contact was made with the garbage company and they no longer take care of the tenant’s account. Further information will be obtained to dispose of the garbage.
– A wallet found at North Lincoln Avenue and Third Street was placed in the police lost and found at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
– Four men were reported to be walking on the railroad tracks near Mullins Avenue at 9:14 a.m. Wednesday, but could not be located. An officer found three of them walking on Pennsylvania Avenue and told them being on the tracks was trespassing. They were checked for warrants and sent on their way.
– The owner of Family Car & Truck Rental in the 900 block of West State Street reported at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday that a vehicle rented out was supposed to be returned Sept. 1, but was not. She was in contact with the renter up until Tuesday, but now his phone is out of service. The case is under investigation.
– An officer on patrol at 2:03 a.m. Wednesday in Centennial Park off of Maple Street saw a male inside a pavilion by the playground. He said he was just walking home through the park. The officer also located a female juvenile who was taken into custody for an unruly offense. She was processed, then given a ride to her residence and turned over to a guardian.
– A resident in the 500 block of Washington Avenue called at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday about a suspicious male wearing a white T-shirt walking between houses. He was found and identified and said he was just waiting for a ride to pick him up. He denied walking between houses.
– An officer at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday saw an occupied vehicle stopped in the parking lot of a closed business. The driver said he was fine and just waiting to pick up an employee who was about to finish work at a nearby location in the 2200 block of East State Street.
– An officer on patrol at 11:17 p.m. Tuesday saw an interior light on in a car parked in the 300 block of East Third Street. It appeared to have been left on accidentally. The vehicle was secure and the owner was contacted and made aware.
– Police were called at 10:52 p.m. Tuesday to Ridgewood to check the well-being of a resident in the 1400 block. The homeowner was given some assistance by an officer.
– A woman on state Route 9 came to the police station at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday with questions about her boyfriend driving her vehicle. He’s not allowed to drive except going to and from work, but he’s driven the truck other times. She was told her options.
– Police were called for a dispute in the 500 block of Continental Drive at 10:13 p.m. Tuesday between a boyfriend and girlfriend. Police had already been to the same residence for the same type of dispute earlier at 8:42 p.m., with both parties saying they were arguing over living arrangements and the female saying the male taunted her children. No physical violence occurred and both were told to go to separate areas of the residence. During the later dispute, no violence occurred, but the verbal dispute had begun to escalate. The female said she was leaving for the evening.
– Police were called at 9:25 p.m. Tuesday for a report of several trash bags left on the railroad tracks in the middle of the northbound lane on South Ellsworth Avenue. A train was passing through when officers arrived. After the train passed, the tracks were checked and no objects were seen on the tracks in the road.
– Police were called at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday to Centennial Park for juvenile problems. The juveniles couldn’t be found.
– Officers were dispatched at 7 p.m. Tuesday to East State Street near Cunningham Road for a reckless driver in a white Chevy truck. The vehicle was located and the driver was told about the complaint. The driver was not intoxicated.
– A license plate found in the 500 block of South Union Avenue at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday was turned over to police. The owner was contacted and retrieved it.
– A caller at 4:52 p.m. Tuesday reported a juvenile playing with a piece of pipe on the basketball court at Centennial Park. A boy was found riding a bicycle on the court and the officer also saw a large piece of pipe laying on the court that belonged to the fence around the court. The boy was told not to ride his bicycle on the court anymore. He told the officer the pipe had been broken off laying on the ground for a long time. The officer was able to replace the piece of pipe and the boy was told to not mess with the fence.
– A residential alarm was reported at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of West Eighth Street. The exterior was found secure.
– Police were called at 4:18 p.m. Tuesday for a neighbor dispute in the 600 block of Continental Drive. A man said a woman made uncalled for comments toward his child. The woman said the remarks were for the discipline and safety of the child and vehicles on the road.
– A fight was reported at 4:04 p.m. Tuesday in the 2500 block of Lexington Avenue where police found a man in a parking lot who said he was arguing with his girlfriend when she hit him in the left eye. Both the man and the girlfriend said her son separated them and then the man started wrestling around with the son. He refused to cooperate and was taken to the hospital. She told police they had been arguing and he hit her in the back of the head and she defended herself. She just wanted him to leave. They were told to stay away from each other. The information will be sent to the prosecutor for review.
Police
County Sheriff
– Rudolph Maroscher, Salem Grange Road, Salem, reported at 4:30 p.m. Monday he has been having cash stolen from his business office over the past couple months. Rudolph said on a couple of occasions about $35 has been missing each time from an accountant’s desk. Then on another occasion someone cut the padlock off the cash drawer inside a locked office and took two cash bags with about $100 in each bag.
– David Held, Mahoning Avenue, Alliance, reported at 8:31 a.m. Tuesday his son is building a home next door and sometime overnight someone entered the house and stole tools belonging to his drywalling contractor. Jeff Gonser, who works for Hahn Construction, reported at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday they had left items in a closet at the home overnight. In the morning they found a portable generator and a tool bag missing.
– Gayle Biser of Century Industries Corp., state Route 7, New Waterford, reported Tuesday sometime overnight someone stole 32 five-gallon buckets of driveway sealer from in front of the store outside. Additionally, on Friday someone stolen 28 five-gallon buckets of driveway sealer and seven bags of driveway patch. The total for all the items taken on the two occasions is estimated at $2,200.
– Julia Woods, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported at 4:06 p.m. Monday she found a bicycle in the weeds behind her trailer while she was walking her dog.
– Dana Duffield, Center Avenue, Lisbon, reported at 7:14 p.m. Monday she returned home after being away for a few days to find items missing from her home, including 30 pairs of American Eagle jeans, a drawer full of bras and thongs, her KY Jelly and her neon stripper pole.
– Leeann Kelly, Scroggs Road, Lisbon, reported at 10:36 a.m. Friday she was parked in the lot of Circle Rehabilitation and Pathways when another vehicle struck her vehicle. Paul Taylor, state Route 45, Lisbon, told deputies his truck must have slipped out of gear after he went inside.
– Monica Allison, state Route 644, Salineville, reported at 9:21 a.m. Monday someone stole her Samsung Galaxy Three phone while she was in Family Dollar on state Route 45, Lisbon, on Sunday. She believes someone entered through the moon roof, took the case off and took only the phone.
– Dakota Boyer, Slater Road, Salem, reported at 6:53 a.m. Monday sometime after midnight someone poured green paint all over her Dodge Avenger parked in the driveway. The weather stripping on the front door was also found cut.
Columbiana
– Johnna Sherrill, Lisbon Street, reported at 9 a.m. Monday her son’s ex assaulted him.
– John Lee, Youngstown, reported at 10:41 a.m. Monday tools were stolen from his work trailer on South Main Street.
– Kristen Peluso, North Pearl Street, reported at 12:51 p.m. Monday there was $300 worth of unauthorized credit card transactions on her bank account.
– At 2:42 p.m. Monday police recovered a green cooler found on East Park Avenue that fell off the back of a truck. The cooler contained several cans of beer. It was removed from the road and disposed of.
– A South Bayshore Drive resident reported at 6:30 p.m Monday there appeared to be a sick opossum at a house on South Bayshore. Police euthanized the animal.
– A woman reported at 8 p.m. Monday someone was open burning on South Middle and West Park streets and it smelled like garbage. Police went to 133 West Park Ave. and advised the residents of the complaint. They told police they were not aware they could not burn trash.
East Palestine
– Chrissy Little, East Main Street, reported at 6:38 p.m. Monday her 15 year old son ran away. He returned home later and there were no problems.
– Police responded to a barking dog complaint at 275 West Martin St. at 9:31 p.m. Monday. The matter is under investigation.
East Liverpool
– Charles A. Moore, 49, Glenn Street, was charged Saturday with domestic violence after Charlotte Gray, East Eighth Street, reported her live-in boyfriend slapped her “upside her head” and threatened her. Moore was located by police on Green Lane and arrested.
– Officers responded at 3:05 a.m. Tuesday to Golding Street where Mark A. Mills, 33, Market Street, was reportedly threatening to jump from the Newell Bridge. He admitted he had been drinking and made comments about being depressed, according to reports. Mills was charged with disorderly conduct/intoxication.
– While southbound Thursday night on Mulberry Street, Shauntrice K. Carter, Meadow Road, reportedly lost control of her vehicle, striking a parked car owned by Concetta C. Franczek, Mulberry Street. No charges or injuries were reported.
Goshen Police District
– Tristan A. Apinis, 29, 511 N. Ellsworth Ave., Salem, was cited for assured clear distance at 9:50 p.m. Aug. 10. He was southbound on U.S 62 and failed to stop for slowing traffic at state Route 165, striking the rear of a vehicle driven by Jason M. Wilson, 43, Salem. Both drivers were treated on scene.
– Benjamin Timothy Esterly, 20, Boardman, was cited for hazardous zones at 1:50 p.m. Aug. 11. He was northbound on Lisbon Road and struck while attempting to pass a northbound vehicle driven by Miguel Quiroz Cruz, 31, Salem, who was turning left onto Pine Lake Road. No injuries were reported.
– Craig Stout, 25, 966 S. Lundy Ave., Salem, was cited for assured clear distance at 3:14 p.m. Aug. 11. He was westbound on U.S. 62 and failed to stop for traffic, striking the rear of a vehicle driven by Michael V. Himes, 42, Canfield, who was waiting to turn left into a private drive. No injuries were reported.
– Marcie L. Zamarelli, 36, 2083 Edgewood Drive, Salem, was cited for failure to control at 9:24 a.m. Aug. 14. She was eastbound on state Route 14 approaching Egypt Road and struck a guardrail then traveled off the roadway onto Egypt Road before striking a second guardrail. She was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
– John Biddle, 31, 1807 Goshen Road, Salem, was cited for assured clear distance at 1:27 p.m. Aug. 20. He was westbound on state Route 165 and failed to stop for traffic at U.S 62, striking the rear of a vehicle driven by Beth K. Griffith, 58, Damascus. No injuries were reported.
– Diane Lynn Deangelo, 55, Greenville, S.C., was cited for failure to obey traffic control devices at 9:14 p.m. Aug. 20. She was northbound on state Route 534 and failed to yield to traffic at state Route 165, striking an eastbound vehicle driven by Nikol D. Waugaman, 35, Sebring. No injuries were reported.
Salem
– A clerk from Murphy USA, 2869 E. State St., called reported Tuesday there was a drive-off on Aug. 29 and she saw what appeared to be the same vehicle the other day at the gas station. She wrote down the license plate number and police tried to make contact but were unable to reach the person.
– Rafael Colon, 38, of Alliance, whose address was also listed as Cedar Ridge Drive, Salem, was taken into custody Tuesday morning on a warrant from Alliance police for failure to appear on a disorderly conduct charge. An officer on patrol at 10:57 a.m. on Cleveland Avenue saw him walking and knew about the warrant.
– Katherine Tucker, of Cleveland Street, reported at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday that her adult son’s 42-inch flat screen television was taken from the house by a person she knows.
– Police responded at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday for an ambulance needed in the 800 block of East State Street where an officer found a woman lying on the grass in front of a stone wall listening to a headphone set with a pillow under her head. When asked if she was OK, she said she was just listening to her music. She was told she needed to move along, then a man came over and offered her a ride to her residence. An ambulance and first responders were canceled. Her name was not provided.
– A possible water line break was reported at 10:39 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Fairview Avenue. Police were unable to locate it and determined it was coming from a resident’s drain.
– A clerk at Smith Oil on East State Street reported at 10:29 p.m. Monday that a man in a black Volkswagen sedan pumped $44.19 worth of gas and left without paying. An officer was able to locate the vehicle. The man said he attempted to pay with a credit card and thought the transaction went through. He returned to pay the bill.
– Douglas Smith, Vine Street, reported at 7:13 p.m. Monday a tire on a vehicle belonging to the mother of his children was punctured. He also advised of a possible suspect seen on the property just prior to discovering the damage. An attempt will be made to contact the alleged suspect.
– Matilda Stratton, of Benton Road, reported at 3:51 p.m. Monday that her purse was stolen out of her vehicle in the Giant Eagle parking lot, 2401 E. State St.
– Nathan Galbreath, 37, of East Fifth Street, was cited for improper start after turning his vehicle left onto Sixth Street from an unnamed alley at 4:35 p.m. Monday and striking a westbound vehicle driven by Don Santee, 85, of Pearce Circle, causing minor damage to both vehicles. No injuries were reported.
Perry Township
– An officer on patrol in the 1800 block of Depot Road saw a blue truck with the lights still on running in the parking lot of a business and found a man asleep at the wheel at 2 a.m. Tuesday. It was determined that Jacob Benson, of New Garden Avenue, East Rochester, was intoxicated and taken into custody for physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was given a breathalyzer test at the Salem Police Department and given a ride home in a cab.
– A caller at 10 p.m. Monday reported a suspicious person around a local business, in the 1900 block of New Garden Avenue. Nobody was found.
– A reckless driver was reported at 2:52 p.m. Monday in the area of Georgetown Road and state Route 45.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A domestic was reported in the 700 block of Prospect Street at 1:31 p.m. Tuesday. The male was gone when police arrived and the female was upset and said it was verbal only. She was told her options.
– A woman in the 800 block of Barclay Avenue reported at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday that she looked outside and her garage door was open. Officers checked the interior of the garage and nothing appeared disturbed. The woman appeared that she may need medical attention. Fire department first responders and EMT Ambulance were called and she was taken to the hospital.
– Salem Police assisted Perry Township Police at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday with a physical control arrest with a breathalyzer test administered. The township officer cited the person.
– A man came to the police station with medical issues at 1:42 a.m. Tuesday. First responders and KLG Ambulance responded and the man was taken to the hospital.
– Police responded at 11:19 p.m. Monday to the 800 block of South Lincoln Avenue for a suspicious female, finding the woman on the front porch of a residence. She said she needed to get to Rogers but had no money or way to get there. She was told her options and left.
– A caller at 10:43 p.m. Monday reported an intoxicated man stumbling in the 300 block of East Third Street. Police searched the area, but found no one.
– A Leetonia man reported at 9:35 p.m. Monday that he’s collecting his stepson’s personal items and vehicle from his residence on East Third Street and the vehicle was not there. He said the girl the stepson used to live with had the vehicle and was going to bars drinking. Offices said they’ll watch for the vehicle.
– Loud music was reported at 9:19 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of East Euclid where the resident was told to turn it down.
– Police at 9:12 p.m. Monday responded to the area of West State Street and Elm Avenue where a cement barrier protecting a catch basin had been moved. A cover for the storm drain had also been moved to the edge of westbound traffic. The street department responded and placed the barrier back on the curb lawn and replaced the cover.
– A man in the 1100 block of West Ellsworth Avenue reported at 8:49 p.m. Monday that he had been receiving unwanted phone calls and text messages from a person known to him. He was told his options.
– A woman came to the police station at 8:20 p.m. Monday to report she received a letter from her landlord stating she had to be out of her residence within four days. Officers told her the letter was not an eviction notice and she did not have to leave within four days. She was told it’s a civil matter.
– A domestic was reported at 7:33 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of South Lincoln Avenue, but the people left before police arrived.
– A woman from Woodland Avenue came to the police station at 6:52 p.m. Monday to report her and her son being harassed by his schoolmates. She contacted school officials to let them know about the situation. Parents of the juveniles will be contacted by police.
Police
County Sheriff
-An attorney representing Planck Trading Solution LLC asked deputies to patrol the area formerly known as Oak Tree outside of Wellsville, which has been used for years by people riding their ATVs. The property has now been posted “Private Property Absolutely No Trespassing.” On Aug. 31 deputies went to the area on ATVs and found nine people on the property – Gregory G. Warner, Chardon; Charles Matthew Davis Jr., Wellsville; Robert D. Gallion Jr., Big Prairie; Dwayne E. Hosmer, Wooster; Mark T. Galbraith, Wooster; Robert W. Kirk, Wooster; Jonathon D. Lovejoy, Madison; Vance H. Vandriest, Chardon; and Katlyne M. Hutchinson, Elyria. Each were told they will be cited with trespassing.
– Carole Fisher, state Route 517, Lisbon, reported Thursday she was threatened by a person who came to her home at about 2:20 p.m.
– Bill Mayer, state Route 164, Lisbon, reported Sept. 2, he owns property on Darner Road and is selling it on a land contract, but the person who lives there has damaged the property. The furnace was removed from the trailer and parts of it thrown into a dumpster outside. There were soft spots in the floor probably from leaking water and the water heater had a hole in it. The pole barn had horse stalls in it, but now parts of them were burnt in a fire pit. The metal grate on the top portion of the stalls was missing. Deputies told him it is a civil matter.
– Suspicious activity was reported in the area of Whinnery and King roads, Salem, at 5:53 a.m. Friday. William Arkwright and Jonathan Campbell were in the field to the northwest of the intersection, but claimed they were there with the permission of the landowner to hunt geese.
– Deputies responded to a 911 call and went to a Taylor Road, Rogers, home at 3:10 p.m. Friday, where a woman told them they are having issues with their Internet and phone. She did not know 911 had been called from the phone, but she was on the phone with her service provider when deputies arrived.
– Kristin Morgan, Crestview Road, New Waterford, reported at 5:01 p.m. Sunday her 14-year-old son has gone to the neighbor’s house down the road and planned on staying there until morning. She did not want him there. Deputies explained she should tell her son he is not allowed to go there anymore and if he refuses to listen she could go file unruly charges.
– A possible domestic was reported at 9:33 p.m. Sunday at a Steubenville Pike home. Deputies were unable to contact anyone at the home.
– Martia Pereira, Parshall Street, Wellsville, was charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to listen to deputies assisting Highlandtown VFD personnel and an ambulance with a medical call at 10:27 p.m. Sunday.
– Hope Andrews, Riggs Drive, East Palestine, reported a domestic dispute at 10:27 p.m. Sunday. She and James Andrews had just got home from a bar and had been arguing. James Andrews said he was sleeping when she came into their bedroom and ripped off his sleeping mask. Although he had scratch marks, he refused to prosecute.
– A Lisbon Road, Salem, mother reported at 2:22 p.m. Friday her 14-year-old daughter came home sick from school and then wanted to go skating. When her mother told her no she began yelling, having an anxiety attack and making threats to harm herself. A KLG ambulance was sent to the home and the teen was transported to SRMC for evaluation.
– Tammy Nemes, East Main Street, East Palestine, reported at 1:44 p.m. Friday her 19-year-old son, Zachary, was assaulted while at a party on Darner Road at 2 a.m. on Aug. 31. He received medical treatment at Boardman St. Elizabeth Hospital.
– James Parice, Brown Street, Lisbon, reported a burglary at 11:32 p.m. Thursday. The matter is under investigation.
– A burglary alarm was reported at Elkrun Industries, state Route 7, Rogers, at 12:48 a.m. Saturday. The front door was found kicked open with a muddy shoeprint on the door. A second interior door was kicked in with a shoeprint also on the door, but the business owner came and found nothing missing. The same shoeprint was also found around the building near the windows.
– Evan McMullen, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, reported at 8:23 p.m. Saturday he believed his girlfriend took his Ford F-150 truck. Then when he was asked to fill out a stolen vehicle report, he said he was going to bed and would do it another day.
-Chantel Temple, Center Avenue, Lisbon, reported at 7:40 p.m. Thursday she lives with Allen Ingledue and two girls came inside the home, Cheryl Emory and Linda Dapollonia. Temple said one of them threw something close to her baby and were yelling and screaming at Ingledue. They also reportedly threatened Temple and chased her into the basement. The two women claimed they did not do anything or throw anything. They only had a problem with Ingledue.
– Nathan Brownfield, Bayard Road, Minerva, reported at 9:52 p.m. Thursday, his neighbor he does not know has been harassing him about a civil issue regarding their property.
– Kevin Mackey, Texas Street, Wellsville, reported suspicious activity and possible shooting in the area at 9:47 p.m. Saturday. Deputies checked, but found no one.
– Mark Rishel, Kevin Drive, Alliance, reported at 9:16 p.m. Friday he came home and found his PS3 and HDMI cable missing. The game center was rented from Rent-A-Center in Salem.
– Michael Lesch, Georgetown Road, Damascus, reported at 6:25 p.m. Friday he saw a waste truck with a hose in a ditch on Georgetown Damascus Road and he believed it was dumping something.
– Helen Moffett, Taylor Road, Negley, reported at 4:32 p.m. Thursday one of two people driving an Olds Alero backed into her GMC Yukon. Wendell Beatty Jr, who was in the vehicle with Moffett and their children, claimed one of the men confronted him and he thought they wanted to fight. Beatty told them he was calling the sheriff and both men left.
County Sheriff
– Venus Wittenauer, North Market Street, East Palestine, reported at 4:30 p.m. Friday she hired Dan Schlueter’s plumbing business to do some work, but she wanted an estimate before any work was started. She found the plumbers had already started working and determined the estimate was too expensive so she fired them. Someone began snipping parts and made water go everywhere before leaving. Schlueter said Wittenauer gave him per-mission to go ahead before the estimate was written out. Deputies told them it is a civil matter.
– Darren Walter, Buck Road, reported at 10:42 a.m. Friday, while he was at his mother’s home she received a call from a woman with a foreign accent claiming to be with one of his mother’s medical care providers. The woman also knew his mother’s Social Security number, address and phone number, as well as his mother’s medical condition. However, his mother was suspicious of the call.
– William Carr, Wildwood Drive, Beloit, reported at 9:42 a.m. Friday someone was putting flyers into mailboxes on the street stating the Westville Lake Association will hold its annual picnic on Sept. 28. Carr’s wife confronted the woman and told her to stop because it is illegal.
– Connie Cline, Ellyson Road, East Rochester, reported at 9:35 p.m. Friday her step-daughter Christine Ryhal, 21, left three weeks ago to go to Columbiana and other places, but she had not heard from her since, except for one text message a week ago.
– Wilma Hilliard, state Route 9, Kensington, reported a possible prowler in a nearby abandoned home at 8:20 p.m. Friday. The person was gone and a lock on the door indicated it may have been the bank securing the property.
– David Taylor, Steubenville, reported an assault at 7:29 p.m. Friday. Luke Trimmel and his employee Taylor were returning home from work driving separate vehicles. When they turned onto Oak Court some neighbors began yelling obscenities at them. Trimmel got out to open the gate to his property and two men and a woman came up to Taylor’s van throwing punches at him. The woman reportedly had a pry bar and was hitting Taylor with it. Deputies spoke with the neighbors Tonya Robinson, Glen Orr, Joseph Brandon Jr. and his wife, Amy Perdue. The first three said they are tired of Trimmel blaring foul music and driving fast up the road, endangering children. They claimed that day the two men nearly struck someone in the street and then made an obscene gesture. They went over to confront them and claim Taylor got out a box cutting knife, which he was swinging around. Perdue said Orr slapped the knife away and it struck Taylor’s cheek. The matter was sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
Highway Patrol
– Michael E. McGath, 34, Spruce Street, Leetonia, and Mark Robert Protch, 51, Uniontown, were eastbound on state Route 14 in Unity Township at 5:30 a.m. Wed-nesday. Protch struck McGath who had slowed for an animal in the road. Protch was cited for assured clear distance.
– Wendell S. Beatty, 25, Homestead Avenue, East Liverpool, was westbound on Carmel Achor Road in Middleton Township at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and was struck from behind by another vehicle that fled the scene.
– James C. Smith, 46, Denver Street, East Liverpool, and Dale W. Anderson, 40, Sixteen School Road, Irondale, were northbound on state Route 45 when Anderson struck Smith who was in the process of making a left turn into a private drive. Anderson and his passenger, Jolie R. Anderson 39, were both ejected from the motorcycle and taken to Pittsburgh Hospital by Stat MedEvac with non-life threatening injuries. No citations have been issued yet as the crash is still under investigation.
Lisbon
– John J. Jiles Jr., 23, Berkshire Road, East Liverpool, was cited for assured cleared distance after drove into the rear of a stopped horse trailer being pulled by pickup truck driven by Andrew J. Schwandner, 27, Mountz Road, Minerva, on West Lincoln Way at 6:42 a.m. Saturday. The horse trailer was carrying two horses and two dogs, but none of the animals were injured.
-Thomas Cozza, 64, Salem Grange Road, Salem, reportedly struck a vehicle being driven by Sandra J. Bell, 73, Hunter Camp Road, Lisbon, at 1:43 p.m. Friday. The accident occurred when Cozza pulled out from North Beaver Street, striking Bell, who was driving north on North Market.
– Sherry Pierson, West Lincoln Way, reported about 10:30 p.m. Aug. 30 seeing a male in a white T-shirt and shorts run from her porch. She said this occurred a week after her home had been broken into.
– Thomas Percinc, Maple Street Extension, reported a woman showed up at his door at 11 p.m. Friday saying she had just been assaulted by some men on the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail. The woman, who was shoeless and appeared intoxicated, asked Percinc for a ride but he said he would call for help. When he returned the woman was walking back toward the bike trail. Police searched the area but did not find her, but there was an incident two hours before involving an intoxicated couple at the basketball court. Candy Kibler called the next day to say Ron Jackson stole her cell phone on Friday while she was at Willow Grove Park.
– A newspaper deliverer reported a man appeared slumped over a van parked next to the restrooms at Smith Oil at 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Police found the man in a van with Texas plates and he was sleeping. They woke the man, who said he was tired, but he continued on his way.
– Derrick Blaine reportedly struck the awning at the Valley View convenience store with his semi-trailer at 7:18 p.m. Saturday. He drives for Pohl Transportation of Versailles.
– Mark Klein, Summit Street, reported having hail damage to his home and he received $5,000-plus from his insurance company. Klein said he hired Garett McCollough to do the repair work and he was paid but never returned to do the work.
– Pam Gatrell, North Jefferson Street, reported there was a suspicious vehicle in the area of North Jefferson and Spruce at 6:41 p.m. Sunday. Police checked and determined the person was getting his phone charger while his friend waited in the car.
– Kimberly Pirchner, Moore Street, reported Friday finding egg shells on her windshield.
– Judy from the Circle K reported at 11:23 a.m. Friday there was someone in the parking lot selling CDs. Police approached the van and told the occupants they needed a permit to sell items in the village. Police ran the names of the three people through the computer but there were no warrants for them.
– Police came across two people riding ATVs on Lee Street at 8:36 p.m. Thursday and told them to push the vehicles.
East Palestine
– Jamie Harrison, West Martin Street, reported at 2:32 p.m. Sunday she was assaulted by her sister, Deseray Kerr, and would speak with police later to provide more information. Police spoke with Kerr, who said that nothing had happened, and Harrison never provided additional information so the assault report was considered unfounded.
– A Marathon gas station employee reported at 3:58 p.m. Sunday someone drove off in a gold Chevrolet Cavalier with Pennsylvania license plates and did not pay for fuel.
Columbiana
– An Aarrow Disposal garbage truck operated by Wesley Bryan, Salem, was southbound on South Main Street at 12:51 a.m. Sunday and was assisting in clean-up operation for the Street Fair when it struck the opened awning of a parked amusement trailer causing minor damage to the trailer. No citations were issued.
– A Quincy Street resident reported at 12:59 a.m. Sunday there was a loud party somewhere near Pershing Street. Police did not find the party.
– A city employee reported at 2:36 a.m. Sunday someone stole a five-gallon and 2.5-gallon gas can out of the bed of their truck in Firestone Park.
A woman reported at noon Sunday a dog was laying along the side of Lisbon Street near the railroad underpass and had been laying in the middle of the road and she was concerned it would get hit. Police found the dog and contacted the dog warden after determining it may have already been injured. The warden picked up the dog.
– Tim Souder reported at 4:43 p.m. Sunday someone appeared to be burning garbage on the Youngstown-Southern railroad tracks behind Oaks Welding. Police used a fire extinguisher but the fire department was also called to dump water on the fire.
– Ron Brown, Union Street, reported at 6:57 p.m. Sunday requested police check on his neighbor’s home on South Vine Street because he believed the residents were away but saw a woman go inside. Police went to the home and found the woman was a family member who stopped periodically to check on everything. There were no problems.
East Liverpool
– Greg Six of Six Recycling, Maple Street, reported someone entered his business during the night Sunday through a rear window. A side window was also found broken. The entire office was ransacked, and a safe was damaged during the breaking and entering, with an inventory of missing items pending. Police said it appears the break-in may have occurred about 10 p.m. Sunday and asked that anyone who saw anything that night call the police department at 330-385-1234.
– Officers were dis-patched to Thompson Avenue at 6:17 a.m. Sunday for reports of a man getting into parked cars. Patrolman Kelsey Hedrick spotted a man pulling on a car handle and radioed for Patrolman Steve Adkins to circle around so they could surround him. The officers stopped the man on Ravine Street, saying he had a backpack that seemed full. When asked if he items that didn’t belong to him, the man reportedly admitted he did and was placed under arrest. Tthe man, Christian M. Byers, 21, Bradshaw Avenue, immediately began complaining that he didn’t want to go to jail and that he was only taking things from cars to get money for his baby’s diapers. At the station, Byers continued to say he was sorry and offered to apologize to every victim and show them “what he took from where.” Hedrick reported, “(He) was sure we were playing ‘good cop, bad cop’ and wanted to speak to the other ‘nice’ officer.” When officers found a marijuana roach inside a pill bottle with Byers’ name, he reportedly asked them to throw it away, saying he was “done with that kind of stuff.” Byers was charged with possession of marijuana and two counts of theft. Officers reported there is a bag of items at the station awaiting unknown victims to identify their belongings.
Liverpool Township
– During a traffic stop for loud exhaust and no license plate light, an officer also found the license plates on the vehicle were registered to a different vehicle. The driver, Russell D. Lightner Jr., 35, Foundry Hill Road, Salineville, reportedly admitted not having a driver’s license. As another officer took him into custody, Lightner’s passenger – whom he later identified for police as Jerry Beckwith – exited the vehicle and took off running. Patrolman Lacey Barker pursued him on foot, and officers from St. Clair Township as well as the K-9 officer from Wellsville assisted, but he could not be located. Charges are pending against Beckwith, and Lightner was charged with driving under suspension, loud/defective exhaust, failure to display a valid license plate and possession of drug abuse instruments. The drug charge stemmed from a hypodermic needle found in Lightner’s pocket. A female passenger was patted down by Barker but was released without being charged.
St. Clair Township
– Tina M. Glover, 46, Adena, was charged with theft after a store manager at Cashland, St. Clair Avenue, told police Glover was seen taking money from an elderly woman’s purse in the store. Surveillance video reportedly showed Glover entering the store with the woman, standing close to her, then reaching into her purse and taking an item that she placed into her own pocket, then turning around and placing it into another pocket. Officers reported $80 was taken. They went to Perry Street in East Liverpool where Glover reportedly answered the door and, after determining she was the same person in the surveillance video, officers took her into custody.
– Donald Brown Jr., no address listed, reported Sunday driving onto fresh paint that was being put onto the pavement on state Route 170, which got onto his vehicle, tires and rims. He told police there were no signs or cones warning drivers about the wet paint. James E. Morgan, no address listed, also reported Sunday passing a company that was spraying markers onto the pavement on state Route 170, getting paint on his 2014 pickup truck.
– A counterfeit $20 bill was reported at a business on state Rout 170. The business was not identified in reports.
– Lori Oates, Church Street, reported a Playstation 4 system and laptop computer taken from her home on Friday.
– Heidi Potts, Duke Road, was away from her home from 3-4:15 p.m. Saturday and returned to find the bedroom window broken out and a back door open. She reported damage to plants, a table and swimming pool and told police she believes her ex-boyfriend may be responsible.
– Officers responded Saturday to a 911 call from John Talbot, Sprucevale Road, regarding a juvenile problem. Information was gathered, with a report sent to Children’s Services.
– Patricia Swiger, no address listed, reported her credit card used for unauthorized purchases at King’s Jewelry.
– Bryan Bowersock, Staunton Avenue, reported Friday he was assaulted by his 15-year-old stepson. However, the juvenile and Shirley Bowersock both said Mr. Bowersock was the aggressor and the teenager was the victim. A domestic violence packet was completed and forwarded to the juvenile court for consideration of charges.
Salem
– No citation was issued after a two-vehicle accident on East State near the hospital at 2:12 p.m. Monda. Vehicles driven by Paula Barton, 56, of Hanoverton, and Larry Bansberg, 64, of Roosevelt Avenue, were eastbound when Barton stopped for traffic and Bansberg’s vehicle struck her vehicle while trying to get into the turn lane for the hospital lot. Barton told police Bansberg said he was having a medical problem, which was confirmed by his wife. He was already at the hospital when police arrived. Barton went to the hospital for minor neck pain.
– Christian Smith, Lexington Avenue reported Monday someone entered her unlocked vehicle and removed f medication belonging to her child.
– Sophie Tomko, 76, of Cherry Street, was transported to SRMC with minor injuries after her vehicle, driven by a 15-year-old boy with a learner’s permit, struck the front of the Busy Beaver store at the Salem Plaza at 12:39 p.m. Monday. The teen said he thought he pressed the brake but apparently pressed the accelerator and went over the sidewalk and struck the store. It was unknown if the collision caused any structural damage to the building, but a report by the fire department called the damage minor. There was no citation since the accident occurred on private property.
Perry Township
– Timothy Ryan Smith, 25, of Salem, was taken into custody on a warrant from Minerva after police were told about a person with a warrant being at Circle K south at 12:38 a.m. Sunday. The person had left, but the vehicle was located and stopped. Smith was turned over to Minerva police.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A woman reported at 2:06 p.m. Monday that she was walking with her daughter in the 400 block of Ellsworth Avenue when a dog at large growled at them. The owner of the dog was located and given a warning for the dog being loose. She was also told to keep the dog in the back yard with the gate closed.
– Police responded at 1:10 p.m. Monday to a store in the Salem Plaza, 2340 E. State St., where a woman said an unknown male was harassing her while at work. She was told her options.
– A barking dog was reported at 12:28 p.m. Monday in the 400 block of East Euclid Street, but no dog was found.
– Three bank cards and a bottle of medication were found in the 900 block of New Garden Avenue at 11:57 a.m. Monday. An officer disposed of the medication and placed the bank cards in lost and found.
– A single key found on East Pershing Street was turned over to police at 10:29 a.m. Monday and placed in lost and found.
– Suspicious activity was reported at 10:10 a.m. Monday in the 900 block of Liberty Street, but the vehicle left the area before police arrived.
– A dog was reported at large at 7:26 a.m. Monday on East Pershing and Lundy, but was not found.
– A resident in the 1500 block of North Lincoln reported at 11:38 p.m. Friday his 16-year-old daughter failed to return home when expected. She was entered into the law enforcement data base as a missing/runaway.
– An officer on patrol at 4:25 a.m. Monday saw several suspicious people at the rear of a location in the 900 block of East State Street. They said they were just playing basketball. They were told to leave the area after being checked for warrants.
– Police were dispatched at 4:20 a.m. Monday for a prowler/suspicious person on Lexington Avenue. Police checked Salem Commons on Lexington and Quaker Apartments on Ohio Avenue and no one was found at either complex.
– An officer was flagged down at 4 a.m. Monday by a pedestrian wanting a ride out of town. The officer couldn’t provide transport, but checked for warrants. A warrant was allegedly found but this area wasn’t in the pickup radius.
– A set of keys found laying on a sidewalk on Fifth Street was turned over to police at 3:46 a.m. Monday and placed in lost and found.
– A woman in the 700 block of North Lincoln Avenue reported at 10:15 p.m. Sunday that she and her husband had a verbal dispute. He left before police arrived.
– A tree limb was reported blocking the road in the 2200 block of Southeast Boulevard at 9:50 p.m. Sunday. The street department was called to clear the road while police provided traffic control.
– A woman at 8:10 p.m. Sunday spoke to an officer regarding child custody and a civil matter over property.
– Police were called at 8 p.m. Sunday to the area of Lexington Avenue and Continental Drive to check for a report of children playing in or near the road. No children were seen except for two accompanied by an adult.
– An officer on patrol at 6:43 p.m. Sunday on South Broadway and Aetna Street saw a black sedan parked illegally in a posted no parking zone. A citation was issued.
– An officer on patrol at 6:27 p.m. Sunday detected the odor of burnt paper and saw smoke in the 2100 block of Southeast Boulevard. A resident was advised of the city ordinance prohibiting open burning and agreed to extinguish the fire.
– Police responded to South Howard Avenue in the 200 block at 6:23 p.m. Sunday to check for a missing juvenile from Perry Township. The juvenile was not found.
– An officer on patrol at 5:52 p.m. Sunday ran a plate that came back to a suspended owner with an order to confiscate the plates and registration. Contact was made with the driver in the 1100 block of East State Street and the plates and registration were taken.
– Police responded at 4:49 p.m. Sunday to the 500 block of East Fourth Street where a home health care worker was unable to make contact with a resident and requested assistance. Officers attempted contact but there was no answer. Fire department first responders were called to the scene to make entry. The resident was okay and had just been sleeping.
– A resident in the 700 block of West Wilson Street reported at 12:01 p.m. Sunday that someone in an unknown vehicle backed into the side of his garage, causing minor damage.
– Police were called at 9:07 a.m. Sunday for a domestic in the 900 block of North Ellsworth Avenue where a woman was driving a vehicle following a man on foot yelling at him to get into the vehicle. Police learned they had a verbal disagreement at her residence and he left. They agreed to go their separate ways for the day.
– A domestic disturbance was reported at 8:54 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of East Fifth Street between a mother and her adult daughter. No violence took place and the daughter left to go home.
Perry Township
(no names provided)
– Police responded at 3:12 p.m. Sunday to the area of South Lincoln Avenue and East Pidgeon Road for a two-vehicle accident. Both vehicles had been moved and parked at a nearby business and were able to be driven from the scene. No citations were issued.
– A resident in the 800 block of Georgetown Road called at 7:41 p.m. Saturday about hearing two explosions and having something from the explosion smoking in their back yard. Police spoke with a group of people who denied discharging any fireworks. A resident in the area of Elberon and Georgetown Road also reported hearing an explosion at 7:17 p.m. Saturday. Police didn’t hear anything.
– A caller at 4:10 p.m. Saturday asked police to check the welfare of a resident on West Perry Street after being unable to contact the person after already making arrangements to pick an item up from them. The resident was contacted and said everything was fine. They just had to run an errand.
– Perry Township Police assisted Smith Township Police with a breathalyzer test at the station for an arrestee for OVI, operating a vehicle intoxicated, at 7:15 a.m. Sunday. While in custody at the station, the person made comments about committing suicide due to the OVI charge and was taken by ambulance to a hospital for an evaluation.
– An officer on patrol at 10:31 p.m. Friday saw a suspicious vehicle in the storage lot at Sunland Construction on Snyder Road near the heavy equipment. The person was identified and claimed to be a security guard for the company.
– Police were called at 6:27 p.m. Friday for a domestic dispute with an alleged assault between spouses during a child visitation drop-off at a marital residence. Information will be sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
Police
County Sheriff
– Gary McCoy, Wisner Road, Hanoverton, reported hunters shooting at geese at 7:46 a.m. Sunday and the pellets from their shotguns were hitting his house. Deputies saw about 13 pellets on the front porch. State wildlife officer Jesse Janosik arrived and took photos. Both the deputy and the wildlife officer spoke to the hunters, Cody Hunter of Berlin Center and Derrick Taylor of Beloit. The area is designated for hunting, but due to the complaint, they were asked to hunt in a different spot for the day.
– Ty Tomlinson, Butler Grange Road, Salem, reported at 10:05 a.m. Sunday his mailbox was destroyed and a vinyl sign was damaged at the end of his driveway.
– Candy Johnson, Hull Road, Salineville, reported her neighbor, Greg Patterson, was driving by her driveway on his ATV, yelling obscenities and throwing beer cans at 5:44 p.m. Saturday. Deputies checked the area, but did not find Patterson there. He was located at his home intoxicated and warned about bothering his neighbors and riding his ATV on the road.
– Deputies assisted a father on Black Road, who called for an ambulance at 4:50 p.m. Saturday due to his infant having a hard time breathing. The infant was crying and breathing when deputies were there and the baby was transported by KLG to Akron Children’s Hospital in Boardman.
– John Howard, Kevin Drive, Alliance, called 911 at 1:15 p.m. Sunday asking for someone to be removed or threatening he would do it himself. Deputies found injuries to both Howard and Lori Karnes, who were both extremely intoxicated. Clumps of hair and drops of blood were found on the kitchen floor. Howard claimed Karnes hit him in the head with a frying pan. Karnes said she was dragged around the kitchen by the hair. A neighbor, Mark Rishel, told deputies he saw Howard on top of Karnes, hitting her in the head in the front yard. Later Rishel saw Karnes walking on the street toward Howard with a red jack handle in her hand. Both Howard and Karnes were charged with domestic violence.
– Dawn Wells, Riffle Road, Rogers, reported at 9:16 a.m. Sunday her 1990 Ford Real-lite RV was parked on state Route 154 in front of the Rogers Sale with a “For Sale” sign on it and someone cut off the catalytic converter.
Highway Patrol
– Antonio Delgado Rodriguez, 26, New Philadelphia, was eastbound on state Route 39 in Yellow Creek Township, failed to negotiate a curve, went off the left side of the roadway and struck a fence at 6:08 a.m. Aug. 30. Rodriguez was cited with reasonable control. He was uninjured.
– Sebastian K. Baddeley, 19, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was westbound on Cameron Road in Madison Township at 12:40 p.m. Aug. 31. He lost control, slid off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole. Neither Baddeley nor his passenger, Kaylin E. Lyda, 19, Rose Drive, Lisbon, were injured. Baddeley was cited with reasonable control.
– Kathryn J. Donofrio, 84, East Ohio Avenue, Sebring, was eastbound on U.S. Route 62 in Knox Township at 2:10 p.m. Aug. 31. She made a sudden lane change from the middle lane into the right lane, striking the side of the vehicle in the right lane driven by Johnathan G. Richardson, 23, Meadow Wood, Salem. No injuries were reported. Donofrio was cited with failure to use a turn signal.
– Aaron D. Flatinger, 40, Center Road, Homeworth, was southbound on Mahoning Avenue in Knox Township at 6 p.m. Wednesday when he went off the right side of the road, then off the left side, striking a mailbox and ditch. Flatinger was cited with reasonable control. He was uninjured.
– Erica M. Williams, 23, West Main Street, New Waterford, was westbound on Crestview Road in Fairfield Township at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday when she went off the right side of the road and struck a ditch. She had possible injuries, but was not transported. Williams was cited with reasonable control.
Columbiana
– Springfield Township police alerted city police of an elderly woman on Meadow Lane, Columbiana, who was reporting at 2:40 a.m. Saturday someone ringing her doorbell. Police checked the area, but did not locate anyone.
– The day shift manager at Taco Bell reported at 5:59 a.m. Saturday she found a door propped open when she got there for her shift. Police checked but everything appeared to be fine.
– Paul Scott of Columbiana reported at 10:12 a.m. Saturday unauthorized charges showed up on his debit card.
– A woman reported two vehicles parked in South Chestnut Alley at 11:59 a.m. Saturday. The vehicles were partially blocking the alley and were obstructing a stop sign. The vehicles were found to be on private property, but the owner agreed to move the one blocking the sign.
– Beaver Township police reported a reckless driver heading southbound on state Route 164 at 12:02 p.m. Saturday.
– An employee of the post office reported a vehicle parked in their lot, which needed to be moved at 1:11 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle was found to belong to an employee of the post office and they were told to move it.
– An employee from Save-A-Lot reported multiple customers had complained of a man riding his dirt bike across the road recklessly at 2:25 p.m. Saturday. Police warned Thomas Mercer Jr.
– A woman reported a dark gray vehicle blocking a driveway on South Main and Union near the carousel at 4:20 p.m. Saturday. Police saw a vehicle matching the description leaving when they arrived.
– Two Columbiana boys, 12 and 13, were cited with theft after allegedly taking several rings from a table in the merchants’ tent at the street fair. Police were alerted to the theft by a concerned citizen at 9:17 p.m. Saturday. The rings were recovered and returned. The boys were released to their parents.
– Three boys walking by a home on South Main Street were reported for using loud obscene language at 10:25 p.m. Saturday. The resident there had already asked them to quit and they began walking back and forth continuously. Police were unable to find them.
East Palestine
– A neighbor of an East North Avenue resident reported he was burning trash at 9:23 a.m. Saturday. Police investigated and explained to the man that burning trash is illegal and he had to put it out.
– Ronald DeSanzo, Wood Street, reported at 11:42 a.m. Saturday he received harassing phone calls from his estranged wife, Candice DeSanzo. Police were unable to reach her.
– The county sheriff’s office reported several hang-up 911 calls from a cell phone at a West High Street address at 11:58 a.m. Saturday. Police went to the house and found several children there. One of them checked his phone and found the screen was cracked and the pressure against the screen was calling 911 without his knowledge. He was told to turn off that phone and replace it.
– Arthur Gingher, West Clark Street, reported at 1:50 p.m. Saturday a sick raccoon was in the area of 100 South Pleasant Drive. Police found the sick animal and it was dispatched and disposed of.
– High grass zoning violation notices are being sent to Timothy E. Glossen, the owner of 292 W. Martin St.; Briann L. Bycroft, the owner of 1027 W. Martin St.; Ryan F. Owens, the owner of 633 Park Ave.; SJA Investments, the owner of 255 E. Clark St.; Shelly Prater, the owner of 408 Sebring St.; Eugene K. McLaughlin Sr., the owner of 140 W. North Ave.; Robert L. Veon, the owner of 705 E. Martin St.; Bobbie Dotson, the owner of 163 Wood St.; Home Savings and Loan, the owner of 66 Leake St.; and Doreen M. Kaz, the owner of 427 N. Liberty St. Additionally, police noticed high grass at 213 W. Clark St., but there is no current address for the owner so the situation will be turned over to the village for remediation.
Salem
– Police on patrol in the area of South Union and Oak at 3:26 a.m. Sunday saw a man leaning back in the driver’s seat trying to hide. Police found three underage youths who had been drinking. Elliot Crank, 493 S. Union Ave., Benjamin J. Brown, 3008 W. South Range Road, Columbiana, and Jacob L. Armstrong, 216 Lake Ave., Salem, were charged with underage consumption and released to an adult.
– Police were called to Walmart at 5:27 p.m. Saturday where two people were detained for shoplifting. Alexis N. Rosati, 630 Franklin, was charged with theft. Alexa R. Mason, 1133 Prospect, was charged with complicity to theft after Rosati concealing $57.27 in merchandise and Mason helped her conceal it, police said.
Salem
(no names provided)
– Police responded to the 1400 block of Allen Road at 1:27 a.m. Sunday to check an alarm and found the building unsecure. Police checked inside and found nothing out of the ordinary and the keyholder did not respond.
– An officer was flagged down at 2:32 a.m. Sunday outside the station by a person who said he was new to the area and needed directions. He was given a courtesy ride home.
– A complainant was on on station at 2:54 a.m Sunday regarding a dispute with her ex-boyfriend and information was taken for review by the county prosecutor.
– At 5:01 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the hospital emergency room where staff members had been assaulted by a patient but declined pressing charges. The patient was escorted from the property and at 5:55 p.m. police were called to the 2400 block of E. State Street regarding the same man. He attempted entering a store and was located in a nearby parking lot. Police attempted to located a ride for him and drove him to the city limits on S. Lincoln Avenue so he would be closer to Lisbon.
– At 6:27 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the Newgarden Avenue and Liberty Street for a barking dog complaint but were unable to locate any barking.
– Police located a BMX bike on the curblawn in the 400 block of N. Ellsworth Avenue at 10:49 p.m. Saturday and recovered it and placed in the lost and found at the station.
– At 10:15 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 2000 block of Pearce Circle for a report of a suspicious person behind a residence with a flashlight but were unable to locate anyone.
– A complainant was on station at 9:37 p.m. Saturday advising that her vehicle was towed by the police department after a traffic violation and when she picked it up the glove box was unlocked and she alleged that money was missing. The incident is under investigation.
– At 7:22 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 500 block of Walnut Street for a medical call and a woman who fell and hurt her shoulder was taken to the hospital.
– At 1:36 p.m. Saturday, police responded to N. Ellsworth Ave. and E. 9th St. and located a person who was soliciting and said he was with IGS Energy. He was advised that he would have to obtain a permit.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Cody Yeagley, Columbia Street, Leetonia, reported at 2:23 p.m. Saturday he was assaulted by Justin Luketic, Kyle Luketic and Brian Styen after picking up Kandyce Florie, Justin’s girlfriend, at her residence. The three men followed Yeagley trying to get him to stop, and Yeagley drove down Industrial Road in an attempt to lose them, only to realize it was a dead end. Yeagley and Justin exchanged words and shoved each other before Yeagley was taken down and punched by all three. Florie then left with Justin. Yeagley suffered a broken nose and cuts to his lip and shoulder. After statements were taken, Yeagley requested to file charges which are pending.
-James Clark, Churchill Road, Lisbon, reported at 2:40 p.m. Saturday someone broke into his pole building and took two Jonsered chainsaws.
Columbiana
– Christopher Gray, South West Street, reported at 12:18 a.m. Thursday his 13-year-old son had not returned home yet.
-Douglas B. Huey, 51, Wadsworth, was heading south on North Main Street at 9:53 a.m. Thursday and was stopped at the intersection of North Main and Salem Street when he was rear-ended by Janis M. Guy, 60, state Route 164.
-An employee of Columbiana Chrysler Jeep reported at 12:15 p.m. Thursday a bad check written by Jennifer Rael in the amount of $976.66.
-Justin Cowan, 28, East Palestine, was traveling east on state Route 14 at 3:25 p.m. Thursday and was stopped in traffic when he was rear-ended by Zachary Charlton, 19, Warren. Charlton was cited for assured clear distance.
– Barbara Farrand reported at 7:30 p.m. Thursday she hit a parked car on North Vine Street and damaged the mirror.
– A 16-year-old boy and his mother reported at 9:35 p.m. Thursday his motorized bicycle was stolen from a game stand at the Columbiana Street Fair. As an officer was writing the report, the bicycle in question was spotted traveling past the station. An officer pulled over Justin T. Merritt, 19, Meadville, Pa., who admitted to taking the bike without permission. Merritt was cited for theft and was taken to the county jail.
– Kimberly Sauerwein was stopped in the drive-up window at McDonald’s at 10:23 p.m. Thursday when she was rear-ended by Margaret Heaton.
– A large dog was reported running loose at 7:13 a.m. Friday in the Highland Court area. The dog left upon an officer’s arrival.
– Rodney A. Wardle, 53, Boardman, was traveling south on state Route 7 at 11:20 a.m. Friday when Phillip B. Goodwin, 40, Stewart Street, Salem, failed to stop for a red light as he was traveling west on state Route 14, and hit Wardle. Goodwin was cited for failure to obey traffic control device.
– An Apache Lane man reported at 11:47 a.m. Friday he received a strange message on his answering machine.
– An unruly boy was reported at 1:35 p.m. Friday at the Columbiana Street Fair. The boy calmed down once he learned officers were en route, but the officers still spoke with him.
– Timothy Ragster reported at 2:56 p.m. Friday damage done to his truck on state Route 14.
– A truck was reported at 3:08 p.m. Friday to hit a light pole owned by the Seederly, Mong and Beck Funeral Home as it was making a turn, and then drove away.
– A Huntington Bank debit card was turned in at 10:04 p.m. Friday. A message was left for the owner’s mother that the card was at the station.
East Palestine
– Curtis E. McCowin, 34, East Martin Street, reported at 2:22 p.m. Monday a Dodge Caravan belonging to Bree N. Hall, 30, Ashley Lane, was parked illegally in the alley between East Martin Street and East North Avenue at Columbia Street. Hall moved her van after an officer advised her it is illegal to park in an alley.
– Police were called to a West Martin Street apartment at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday regarding a dispute over parking spaces shared by tenants.
-Police were called at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday to the North Market Street railroad crossing regarding debris laying on the tracks.
– David C. Livingston Jr., 23, North Liberty Street, was cited for public indecency and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was reported at 8:38 p.m. Friday to perform an inappropriate sex act in the parking lot of Subway. An officer also found a smoking pipe containing residue after Livingston was found down the street. He was transported to the county jail.
– Jeremiah E. Burnette, 26, Cleveland Street, Salem, was cited with disorderly conduct after walking into the police department around 9:40 p.m. Friday attempting to make a police report. He was reportedly extremely intoxicated, and there were several unsuccessful attempts to find him a ride home. He was taken to the county jail.
– Nicholas J. Conway, 33, East North Avenue, reported at 10:31 p.m. Friday he was assaulted and threatened with a knife by Jerry P. Jackson, who was then cited for assault and aggravated menacing and taken to the county jail.
– Tom Hughes, state Route 154, Negley, reported at 2:18 a.m. Friday his 12-year-old son did not come home at the given time to be home.
Lisbon
– Jay Roberts reported at 9:30 p.m. Friday that Tony Hilton arrived in a white Chevrolet at Apple Grove Apartments and asked for Tina Spann, who was not at home, and then walked west on Saltwell Road. An officer spoke with Spann, who said she was at a friend’s house and did not want Hilton around anymore. An officer later learned that Hilton returned to the apartment complex, in which an officer later stopped Hilton, who was found to have his license suspended and was not the registered owner of the Chevrolet. Hilton was cited for driving under suspension, and was advised to leave Spann alone.
– A domestic complaint was reported at 12:49 p.m. Friday on North Beaver Street. Grlinde Bailey said her 17-year-old son was being unruly and was walking up North Beaver Street. The boy said he and his mother argued because he was hungry and did not want to go to the doctor. An officer advised the boy to listen to his mother since he is underage, and Bailey agreed to allow him to visit his friend’s mother for a short time to calm down.
Salem
– A woman reported at 10:55 a.m. Friday that she made a purchase with a credit card on Aug. 31 at Verizon Wireless and had not made any purchases with the credit card for a long time prior to this. On Sept. 3, she received an email alert from the credit card company stating there were several online purchases made that day. An officer spoke with the manager at Verizon and the incident is under investigation.
– Jared Barton, 19, of Ridgewood Drive, was charged with obstruction of official business after police were called at 2:24 a.m. Friday for a motor vehicle accident on Park Avenue and Ridgewood and saw the driver fleeing the scene on foot. He was pursued, caught and taken into custody. The report said officers smelled a strong odor of alcohol. Due to the vehicle hitting a utility pole, fire department first responders and EMT Ambulance were called to the scene and he was taken to Salem Regional Medical Center for treatment. Other charges are pending upon test results.
– David Mathes, 23, of Franklin Avenue, was cited for fictitious plates after a traffic stop at 12:30 a.m. Friday on Penn Avenue near Columbia.
– Daniel Miller of Cleveland Street reported at 8:21 p.m. Thursday that his vehicle was legally parked in the lot at St. Paul Church on Ohio Avenue when it was struck by another vehicle, which fled the area. Damage was to the left front bumper and fender.
– John Brownfield, of Southeast Boulevard, reported at 6:45 p.m. Thursday that he and two people walking a dog had been in a verbal dispute over the dog walking in his yard. The others were not located and he was told his options.
– Cynthia Dickey, of Southeast Boulevard, reported at 6:11 p.m. Thursday that someone unknown to her had taken several pieces of jewelry from the residence without permission.
– A shoplifter was reported at 6:05 p.m. Thursday at Cigarette World off of Cunningham Road. Using a license plate number, an officer followed up with the vehicle driver, who denied taking anything. The incident was under investigation.
– A 16-year-old East Third Street boy was cited into Juvenile Court for improper backing after allegedly backing a vehicle from his driveway at 7:16 a.m. Thursday and striking an eastbound vehicle on Third Street driven by Steve Johnson, 28, also of Third Street. No injuries were reported.
– At 1:59 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the 400 block of Continental Drive for threats being made toward a neighbor. Police found an outstanding warrant on Clayton R. Kellner, 441 Continental Dr. #15, from Columbiana County for failure to appear and he was turned over to sheriff deputies. The complainant advised that Kellner threatened him after he called the fire department for an open burning complaint at 1:34 a.m. Saturday.
– Police made a traffic stop at West State Street and Georgetown Road for several moving violations at 12:47 a.m. and Danielle A. Devan, 4470 McCann Road, was charged with OVI and released to a sober ride.
– At 10:48 p.m. Friday, police responded to the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue for a report of a fight in progress and Jordan S. Bell, 108 Metz St., Leetonia, was charged with assault after police determined he struck another patron in the face with a pool ball causing visible injuries. He was transported to the county jail and the victim was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
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County Sheriff
– Heather Anderson, U.S. Route 30, East Rochester, reported she has been having ongoing problems with a prowler watching and entering her property. On Thursday her father found someone damaged the lock on her door, and she believes they may have tried to pick the lock. Additionally, her window screen was found popped off a window and the grass behind the house was matted down where it appeared someone may have been standing to watch her.
– Kent Polen, Beaver Local Schools superintendent, reported at 11 a.m. Thursday information was found on a 16-year-old student’s cell phone by a family member, which may indicate he is supplying drugs such as marijuana, pills, mollie and K2 spice to other students. The boy attends the Career Center in the morning and goes to the high school in the afternoon. The boy’s locker was searched, but nothing noteworthy was found. The matter was turned over to the drug task force.
– Ed Dailey of Madison Township road crew, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported at 7:49 a.m. Thursday, on Tuesday someone took the road signs at County Airport Road and Cameron Road. The missing signs were a stop sign, a speed limit sign and a bend in the road sign.
– A domestic dispute was reported at John and Helens Third Generation Bar in Kensington at 6:02 p.m. Thursday. Deputies learned Kimberly Clemens assaulted her husband Ronnie Clemens and then left before deputies arrived. She was found just down the road and was charged with domestic violence and criminal trespassing, because she was previously banned from the bar for fighting.
– Cheryl Emory, Black Road, Lisbon, and Linda Dapollonia, Avondale Avenue, East Liverpool, reported at 8:35 p.m. Thursday a man they know attacked Emory about some rumors. The man allegedly came into Emory’s bedroom, grabbed her by the face and forcefully threw her into a closet. He fled before deputies arrived.
Highway Patrol
– Danielle Snyder, 28, Youngstown, was southeast bound at 3:50 a.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 30 in Madison Township when a deer entered the roadway from the north side of the road and was struck. Snyder was transported by North Star to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Boardman with minor injuries.
– Two vehicles were traveling south on state Route 7 in Fairfield Township at 6:40 p.m. Aug. 30 when an object was thrown from the passenger side of a car driven by Phillip R. Thrasher, 19, Hibbetts Mill Road, Wellsville, and struck a Jeep driven by Elizabeth M. Danver, 23, Lyle Street, East Liverpool, with her two small children inside. Two other teens were riding in Thrasher’s vehicle, Robert J. Carrocci, 18, North Jefferson Street, Lisbon, and Dominica D. Keller, 16, Givens Road, Wellsville. No injuries were reported.
– William C. Cooper, 52, Rochester Road, East Rochester, was eastbound on U.S. Route 30 in West Township on Aug. 31, when a deer running south struck the side of Cooper’s pickup. Cooper was not injured.
– Felix Courtney Fisher, 35, East Patterson Street, Alliance, was southbound on Rochester Road in West Township at 1:50 a.m. Monday when he drove off the west side of the road striking a guardrail and a bridge. Fisher was cited with driving without reasonable control.
– Miranda Miller Velchek, 17, Timber Run, New Waterford, was traveling southeast on Bye Road in Middleton Township at midnight Monday when she drove off the south side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned. She had minor injuries, but was not taken for medical treatment. She was cited with driving without reasonable control.
– Andrew A. Meek, 42, state Route 164, Leetonia, was northbound on Lisbon Road in Center Township at 5:08 p.m. Tuesday when a westbound vehicle on Adams Road failed to yield at the stop sign and pulled out in front of Meek. Attempting to avoid a collision, Meek, who was turning left onto Adams Road struck a stop sign. The driver of the other vehicle fled.
– Darlene L. Ingledue, 44, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, was eastbound on Sell Road in Center Township at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when she went straight across Gamble Road, through a ditch and came to rest in a field. The driver and Ted Ingledue, 24, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, was uninjured, but two other passengers, Gary A. White, 24, South Lundy Avenue, Salem, and Nathen D. Winn, 23, East Sixth Street, Salem, went to Salem Regional Medical Center to be checked for possible injuries.
– Tyler E. Griffin, 26, Y and O Road, East Liverpool, was southbound on state Route 7 in Middleton Township at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday when an eastbound vehicle on Riffle Road failed to yield at the stop sign and struck Griffin. The other vehicle fled the scene. Griffin was not injured.
– Donna J. Hogue, 84, state Route 39, Salineville, was eastbound on state Route 39 in Washington Township at 8:25 p.m. Tuesday when she went off the roadway to the north and struck a utility pole. She was cited with driving without reasonable control and was transported by Life Team to Salem Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.
– Two vehicles were southbound on state Route 45 in Center Township at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday when Douglas W. Utt, 43, state Route 39, Wellsville, stopped in traffic and was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Summer L. Webber, 19, Adkins Drive, East Liverpool. Webber was cited with assured clear distance. Neither driver was injured.
– Heidi M. Allison, 57, Steubenville Pike, Hammondsville, was southbound on state Route 45 in Center Township at 10:35 a.m. Aug. 28, when George D. Anderson, 18, 16 School Road, Irondale, attempted to merge lanes and struck her vehicle. No injuries were reported. Anderson was cited with marked lanes.
– Joshua S. Davis, 29, East Fifth Street, Salem, was eastbound on Carmel Achor Road in Middleton Township at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday when he attempted to drive a semi truck owned by Fed Ex Freight Inc. under a train bridge and struck the bridge with the top left corner of the trailer. He was not injured.
– Debra Reynolds-Boggs, 54, Fredericktown, was stopped at a stop sign northbound on Y and O Road where it intersects with East Liverpool Road in Madison Township at 1:25 p.m. Sunday when she was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Russell Ray Jim Stover, 21, Y and O Road, East Liverpool. Stover was cited with assured clear distance. No injuries were reported.
Lisbon
– Bernie Lower, Saltwell Road, Lisbon, reported at 6:48 p.m. Thursday her neighbors threatened to damage her car. Lower was intoxicated when police spoke to her and was told to take a nap. The neighbor, Vickie Waite, told police Lower was drunk and they sent her home, but no one threatened her car.
– A minister at the Methodist Church reported at 6:09 p.m. Thursday a man was there intoxicated. Police found it was the same man who they told to go home until he sobered up earlier. He was transported to his home on Rose Drive and told to stay there until he is sober.
– Someone called police to report children in Playtown at 8:32 p.m. Wednesday. The man called back to say they left before police arrived. Police checked the area, but did not find anyone.
East Liverpool
– Officers responded to Rural Lane Thursday after a recovery coach from the county mental health center reported Mark Paradinovich, 48, was threatening suicide and to kill others, saying he was carrying a gun and knife. Officers arrived and called Paradinovich on his cell phone inside the house and told him to come outside. They reported he was obviously intoxicated by the way he was yelling into the phone but he complied and came out, lifting his shirt when told to show he had no weapons. He was charged with disorderly conduct/intoxication. Reports indicated Paradinovich had been arrested Tuesday for criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct after employees at the Cove Lounge called police to have him removed for causing problems. Officers reported he was highly intoxicated at that time and had to be taken to the floor to be handcuffed after refusing to leave when told.
– While on patrol, an officer saw several people standing in the ABC Carryout parking lot and said Chad Copper, 18, Pennsylvania Avenue, was holding a can of beer. As officers approached, Copper reportedly set the beer on the pavement by his feet. He was cited for open container in public.
Wellsville
– On Wednesday, police were dispatched to Rite Aid a for a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. Officers arrived on scene and located the vehicle. Upon speaking to one of the three occupants of the vehicle, police learned that they were there waiting for a drug dealer to bring them heroin. Rite Aid employees advised police they had witnessed one of the car’s occupants toss a bag out of the window of the car on to the store’s parking lot. A passenger in the vehicle advised that the driver of the vehicle, Andrew Stewart, had thrown a bag containing hypodermic needles out of the car. An officer located the bag of needles in the parking lot behind the vehicle. Stewart was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments. A passenger in the vehicle, Kayla Shaderline, was discovered to have warrants for her arrest. She was taken into custody and later turned over to the Boardman Police Department.
– On Aug. 31. a Broadway Avenue man called and stated that someone was attempting to break into his house. Upon arrival at the residence, police were met by the caller’s wife who advised that the subject was still in the alley beside the house. Police found Mark Kireta standing beside the residence’s fence looking highly intoxicated and barely able to stand. Kireta told police he was trying to go home. Kireta was arrested for public intoxication and transported to the station.
– On Aug. 30, police were dispatched to Clark Avenue for a male passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle. Police arrived to find Randy Hackney passed out behind the wheel with vomit on the door of the vehicle. Police woke Hackney up and observed him to appear very intoxicated. When asked to empty his pockets Hackney produced what appeared to be a bag of marijuana. Police performed a field sobriety test and determined Hackney was intoxicated. He was taken into custody and charged with physical control and possession of a controlled substance.
– On Aug. 24, police responded to a call regarding a fight on 18th Street. Upon arrival, Erika Lewis stated she was assaulted by Serena Miller, James Nelson and Brittany Evans. Lewis stated that three pulled up in a van and got out and started assaulting her. Two witnessed verified the story and one of the witnesses claimed to have been hit by James Nelson. Police went to Serena Miller’s apartment and made contact with Miller who said Nelson and Evans were not inside. The vehicle the defendants had arrived in was towed. Miller was advised that she would be given a summons to appear in court.
-On Aug. 26, police were flagged down by a man who reported a suspicious vehicle at 8th and Commerce streets with its lights on. Police pulled behind the vehicle and observed the driver, Steven Shaffer, moving around inside the vehicle. After police approached the vehicle, Shaffer handed them a rolled up piece of paper. Shaffer said he was from Ohioville, Pa., and had just dropped off a Broadway resident. He also stated that he had just snorted two Xanex pills he had purchased from the resident. Officers also observed an open container of alcohol in the car. Shaffer was charged with open container and drug paraphernalia. His car was towed.
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– Ella Fernandez, Geiselman Road, Minerva, reported she was driving on state Route 172 near Homeworth Road when she was sideswiped by another vehicle at 5:49 a.m. Wednesday. She was unable to get a description of the other vehicle, which kept going.
-Two teenage boys got into a fight during dinner on Wednesday at the county juvenile detention facility on County Home Road in Center Township. A 16-year-old boy began punching a 14-year-old boy in the face, sending the younger boy to the hospital.
– Herb Heck, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, reported being assaulted by his girlfriend at his home at 8:24 p.m. Wednesday. Elizabeth Hargreaves, 35, of Union Ridge Road, Rogers, was charged with assault.
– A 15-year-old boy was taken to the Tobin Center for domestic violence after an altercation with his mother grandmother at a home on Walnut in Middleton Township on Wednesday.
– Chandler Harris, state Route 172, reported Wednesday she did not want her son, Larry Harris, driving one of her vehicles because he does not have a valid license. Larry said he paid for the vehicle even though it was registered to his mother. Larry was given a ride into Lisbon to wait on a friend to pick him up.
– A deputy responded at 3:47 p.m. Wednesday to a reported intentional accident with injuries on Knox School Road just south of Hartley Road. Highway patrol Sgt. Craig Monte also responded and handled the situation.
Highway Patrol
– Salvador Scarpino, 80, Canton, was eastbound on Route 172 in West Township at 11:50 a.m. Saturday and went left of center into a mailbox then spun counter-clockwise across the centerline and slid off the north side of the road into a stop sign a pedestal and utility pole.
– Ellen M. McGhee, 51, Liberty Street, Salem, was northbound on state Route 45 in Center Township at 7:35 a.m. Thursday and struck Skylar N. Wiggers, 17, Miller Road, Lisbon, who was attempting to turn south from a private drive. Wiggers was cited for right of way.
– Joy Ingledue, 44, Elkton Road, Lisbon, was northbound on Elkton Road and Elkrun Township at 9:10 p.m. Saturday and was struck by another vehicle that was southbound.
– Helen M. Brown, 84, 15th Street, Sebring, was eastbound on U.S. 62 in Smith Township, Mahoning County, at 12:45 p.m. Friday and was struck by Tracie L. Hartt, 44, Gurlea Street, Hanoverton, who was westbound. Brown was cited for right of way and Hartt was taken to Alliance hospital with minor injuries.
Columbiana
– Sharon Felger reported at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday her car was damaged overnight on West Salem Street.
– Harry Witherow reported at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday his son stole his car from the lot at work. Police spoke with him and determined the vehicle was not stolen but he have given his son permission to take the car home earlier in the morning when he said he was sick and his son was supposed to come back at 3:30 p.m. pick him up. Cory Witherow, 27, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, was arrested later that day for an alleged robbery incident in Lisbon.
– A Buick-Cadillac-Chevy employee advised at 4:21 p.m. Wednesday a truck hit the railroad sign at the South Elm Street crossing and they had the sign. It snapped off at the base and it was able to be put back up to be functional.
East Palestine
– Police went to a Bacon Avenue home at 9:54 p.m Friday for report of a suspicious person in the front yard of the Bev Doran residence. The man was identified as Robert Sagenich who told police he was on his way to Rogers Sale and realized it was a lot farther than he thought and he stopped to rest. He was given a courtesy ride to his home at 973 W. Main St.
East Liverpool
– Police responded to a Lisbon Street home Monday after Mary Ann Parr said her nephew, Michael F. Earich, 40, was on his grandmother’s back porch, sitting in a chair with a plastic milk jug. The jug contained an inch of gasoline, and Earich was reportedly huffing the fumes, according to his aunt. Officers charged Earich with abusing a harmful intoxicant.
Liverpool Township
– Officers responded Tuesday night to a 5th Avenue home for a report of an overdose where a person was possibly deceased. They were met by Megan Tomlin, 27, crying and holding a small child. The officers and paramedics from Tri-County Ambulance entered the bathroom to find a semi-conscious man and a neighbor attempting to help him. Assisted by a St. Clair Township patrolmen, officers were able to get the man, later identified as Eric A. Pagani, 32, Fredericktown-Clarkson Road, Negley, to his feet and into the living room, where he refused medical treatment. Pagani was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments. Tomlin told officers Pagani is her boyfriend. She said she had heard a loud banging noise in the bathroom and went to check, but could not get the bathroom door open. There were five children in the home, ages 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, and the oldest was able to force open the bathroom door, where Tomlin said she found Pagani unresponsive and blue. She ran to the neighbor’s for help. She was advised that, due to five children being in the home when Pagani was reportedly abusing drugs, Children’s Services would be notified.
St. Clair Township
– Officers were advised Wednesday of a possibly intoxicated woman driving on St. Clair Avenue with children in the vehicle and stopped the car. The driver, Amanda J. Heddleston, 34, Wilbert Avenue, reportedly smelled strongly of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and was having a difficult time keeping her balance. Police reported Heddleston admitted having drank alcohol earlier and said she had just gone to pick up her 9-year-old child from Calcutta Elementary School. A portable breathalyzer showed her alcohol level at .250, and Heddleston was charged with OVI and endangering children. Her passenger, Marcella Travis, age and address not listed, was found to have an open can of beer between her legs and she was charged with open container in a motor vehicle. A grandmother was called to pick up the child. At the police station, Heddleston’s breathalyzer showed an alcohol level of .222, according to police, who also said she had two outstanding warrants.
Salem
– Joe Vancooney, 52, of U.S. Route 30, Hanoverton, was charged with marked lanes and OVI after a traffic stop at 12:30 a.m. Thursday on North Howard.
– Aaron Morrison, East Fourth Street, reported at 8:36 p.m. Wednesday a bicycle was stolen from his property.
– Alfred Kenngott, West Perry Street, reported that between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, someone trespassed in his vehicle and stole several tools from inside.
– John Rupert,Liberty Street, reported Wednesday someone entered his garage through a window and broke a screen, entering an unlocked vehicle inside the garage. Items were taken from the garage and the vehicle.
– An employee of a restaurant in the in the Broadway Plaza called at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday to report a counterfeit $20 bill received on Tuesday between 11:45 a.m. and noon. The restaurant was not identified.
– Monica Campanelli, of East Liverpool, was cited for driving without a valid license/expired over six months after police responded at 1:03 p.m. Wednesday to a private property accident in the Giant Eagle lot. Campanelli and Eleanor Adams of Salem backed their vehicles into each other. No citations were issued related to the accident.
– An Oak Street resident called about receiving a suspicious piece of mail Tuesday. Inside was a printed letter from the Heart Center of Northeastern Ohio with their name spelled wrong and no signature from anyone. The letter said there was a computer network cyber attack between April and June of this year on their system from China and explained to protect their identity which may have been compromised they should contact some of their websites and contact them. She and her husband had never dealt with the company and didn’t know why they sent the letter to them. She felt it was a scam letter and wanted it reported. Officers suggested they contact their local bank and the Attorney General’s office.
– Rosana Colon of Cedar Ridge Drive reported at 7:56 a.m. Wednesday that sometime after 4:30 a.m., someone entered her unlocked vehicle and removed her cell phone while it was charging.
Salem
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-Officers responded to the 2300 block of East State Street at 2:30 a.m. Thursday for an alarm activation, but found the business secure.
– Officers on patrol at 11:26 p.m. Wednesday noticed a large suitcase sitting on the road on South Lundy Avenue near Franklin. The suitcase was retrieved and brought to the station.
– A loose dog was reported at 11:08 p.m. Wednesday near Salem High School on East Sixth Street, but could not be found.
– Officers were flagged down at 10:38 p.m. Wednesday near the 1000 block of Cleveland Street for a person looking inside vehicles, but no one was found.
-An anonymous caller at 9:01 p.m. Wednesday reported a female juvenile yelling for help in the 1200 block of Franklin Avenue and said people may have been in a physical struggle and walked down Union Avenue. An officer made contact with four juveniles who said they may have been loud but everything was okay. No one was injured or in need of help.
– An officer on patrol at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday saw a white truck parked in the entry drive of a closed business on the Salem Parkway, but didn’t see anyone in the area. The officer returned to the truck and located two people who said the vehicle belonged to them. They were out for a walk and parked there.
– An Alliance male reported at 8:04 p.m. Wednesday that he was riding his bike with his younger cousin on East Third Street on the way home from the duck pond when people at an East Third Street residence accused him of giving cigarettes to juveniles and said they were going to beat him up. A man stepped off of the porch and started walking towards him when he and his cousin rode off. He didn’t know the people threatening him or the address of the property.
– An ATV was reported in the road between the 600 and 900 blocks of East Third Street at 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, but was not found.
– A suspicious person was reported in the Walmart parking lot, 2875 E. State St., at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. A woman said she saw a man taking photographs of license plates. He left in a vehicle before an officer arrived, but the officer used a license plate number to contact the owner. He said he had been to Walmart, but had not taken any pictures.
– A water line cover sticking up in the road on South Lundy Avenue was returned to its proper place at 4:49 p.m. Wednesday. The utilities department was notified.
– An officer on patrol at 3:28 p.m. Wednesday was flagged down by a female juvenile on West Pershing Street at South Howard Avenue who said a man driving a black car pulled up beside her while she was walking and reportedly said “hey babe, get in the car.” The girl said she ran back toward her friend and then flagged the officer down. The officer checked the area, but the vehicle description was vague. He took the two juveniles home.
– City police assisted Perry Township Police and a juvenile probation officer in the arrest of a male juvenile with an active warrant at 2:47 p.m. Wednesday on Elberon Avenue. The boy was taken into custody and transported to the Tobin Center.
– Barking dogs were reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday on West Fifth Street, but none were heard. The dogs were inside a residence.
– A Lisbon woman reported at 1:16 p.m. Wednesday that she allowed her two daughters to stay at a residence on South Howard Avenue and now they’re refusing to leave with her. A female at the residence wanted her to sign a temporary custody paper and leave the girls with her. Officers responded to the residence and told the juveniles they had to go with their mother due to no paperwork being filed through the court.
– A city officer assisted Perry Township Police at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday on a traffic stop.
– A bicycle was found on the south side of a garage in the 500 block of Arch Street at 11:37 a.m. Wednesday and taken to the police department.
– A caller at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday reported damage done to a yard on Rose Avenue by a heavy truck sometime between 5 and 10 a.m. The truck that did the damage was possibly a roll-off dumpster trash truck performing a service at the property next door. Officers were able to speak to the driver of the truck that caused the damage and he said he would repair the damage to the yard.
Hancock County arrests
Jason P. Lumpkins, 44, of New Cumberland: Capias (failure to appear) ; Sept. 3.
Amy Sue Young, 37, of Newell: Animal at-large; Sept. 3.
Zachary C. Shingler, 29, of Newell: Transporting stolen property, delivery of cocaine, conspiracy to deliver cocaine, grand larceny, failure to appear; Sept. 2.
Anthony M. Reed, 29, of New Cumberland: DUI, child neglect; Aug. 31.
Lamar Talley, 47, Canton, Ohio: DUI; Aug. 31.
Kasey L. Pitts, 30, Can-ton, Ohio: DUI, driving under suspension, speed-ing; Aug. 31.
Deborah Wright, 43, of Weirton: DUI; Aug. 29.
Gerald W. Reed II, 21, of Chester: Domestic battery; Aug. 29.
Gerald D. Reed, 55, of Chester: Domestic battery; Aug. 29.
Steven L. Schmidt, 51, of Steubenville: DUI; Aug. 29.
Jeremiah A. Jobe, 23, of New Cumberland: Grand larceny; Aug. 28.
Brian T. Cramer, 33, of Warren, Ohio: DUI; Aug. 27.
Police
County Sheriff
– Christina Grimes, Bayard Road, Minerva, reported at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday she lives with her grandmother. Grimes let her cousin come over and let him in a shed. Then some beer she had on the porch was taken.
Highway Patrol
– Jacqueline Volingo, 30, West Main Street, Washingtonville, was northbound on state Route 11 in Fairfield Township at 2:45 p.m. Aug. 27 and pulled off the right side of the road due to a mechanical problem and the vehicle caught fire. No injuries were reported. The Hanoverton Fire Department and Ed Geary’s Towing also responded.
– Claude C. Custer, 63, Atwater, was northbound on Riffle Road in Elkrun Township at 12:50 p.m. Aug. 27 and struck David Moore, 57, Walnut Street, Rogers, who failed to yield from a private drive. Moore was cited for right of way.
– Christine T. Zelinka, 54, Poland, and Joseph G. Mills, 33, state Route 164, Leetonia, were southeastbound on U.S. 30 in St. Clair Township at 7:50 p.m. Aug. 27 and Mills improperly changed lanes and struck Zelinka, who went off the right side into an embankment. Mills was cited for turn and stop signals.
Lisbon
– A woman reported at 11 a.m. Tuesday a dog had been locked in a van for at least a half hour in the parking area at the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail. Police found the van door unlocked and let the panting golden doodle out, while the woman provided some water for the canine. By then the owner arrived, which means she was gone about 45 minutes or so. The owner said she brought the dog along because she next intended to go jogging accompanied by the dog. The owner was told not to do this again.
– Lucretia Gotschall, North Park Avenue and Daniel Smelser reported Tuesday receiving harassing calls and text messages from Christina Hooker even after they told her to quit. Police contacted Hooker, who said she had not contacted them since Aug. 18 and offered to show them her phone. Hooker was told this was unnecessary.
Columbiana
– Jeff Heaton, Bell Avenue, reported identify theft at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
– Raymond Walsh, Pittsburgh, was eastbound on state Route 14 and stopped in traffic at the Nulf Drive intersection and Amanda Crum, Mineral Ridge, who was also eastbound, failed to stop in time and rear-ended Walsh. She was cited for assured clear distance.
– A North Pearl Street woman reported at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday there was a sick raccoon in her back yard. The animal was then euthanized.
– A woman reported at 5:31 p.m. Tuesday she was driving behind a silver Honda Accord on state Route 7 near East Park Avenue and the driver was going left of center repeatedly and almost hit several things. Police found the vehicle on East Park Avenue and spoke with the driver, Beth Bender, 94, Duquesne Street.
– A man reported at 5:31 p.m. Tuesday a car was parked in the municipal lot on South Main Street where he needed to park an American Legion trailer for the Street Fair. Police were unable to contact the vehicle’s owner, Craig Wilfong.
– A man reported at 7:38 p.m. Tuesday another man parks his car by the church lot on Edgewood Drive and walks his dogs, allowing them to defecate in the yards and does not clean up afterward.
– Phyllis Boone reported at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday she was driving behind a semi truck southbound on state Route 7 that was driving in the middle of the road. Police located the truck but did not see it make any traffic violations although it was hugging the center line.
– Someone reported at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday a camper was blocking the sidewalk on North Elm Street at the Paxson’s old service station. Police found the camper but there was no one inside.
– A man reported at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday a group of kids threw an animal out in front of a car on South Main Street and were making a lot of noise. Police checked but did not see the kids.
– The Beaver Township Police department requested assistance with a possible prowler call on West Garfield Avenue at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday.
East Liverpool
– While on a traffic stop on West Eighth Street, officers reported hearing a vehicle accelerating and approaching them at a high rate of speed. They stepped back from the highway as the vehicle passed them without slowing or moving to the other lane, coming within two feet of Patrolman Kelsey Hedrick, according to reports. The vehicle was stopped and the driver, Alan P. Jakes Jr., 33, Main Street, Wellsville, reportedly said he had failed to see the officers or their three cruisers with the lights activated. When asked for his license, registration and insurance information, Jakes reportedly reached into the glove compartment and pulled out a box of baggies and a digital scale, which he placed on the seat beside him. He was asked to step out of the vehicle and officers reported seeing him toss something underneath the vehicle. They retrieved a baggie containing suspected marijuana. Jakes was charged with possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and approaching a safety vehicle displaying its emergency lights.
– Officers responded to Princeton Street where a caller reported Amanda G. Banfield, 26, Smithfield Street, had kicked in the door and beaten up his girlfriend, Alyssa M. Hoberek, 26, Princeton Street. Hoberek told officers she hear someone knocking on her door and came downstairs to find Banfield. A fight ensued which officers said had actually started the night before over the purchase of illegal narcotics then carried over to the next day when Hoberek invited Banfield to her home via text and social media to settle the argument. Banfield denied kicking in the door. She was charged with criminal damaging due to the damage caused to Hoberek’s living room during the fight.
– Employees of the Cove Lounge on Dresden Avenue called officers Tuesday to remove Mark D. Paradinovich, 48, Rural Lane, who they said was causing problems. Officers advised him to leave the premises twice, but he reportedly refused, swearing at them at one point. He had to be put on the floor to be handcuffed after being charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct/intoxication.
– Officers were called to an Ohio Avenue residence to remove several people from the front porch, among them Benjamin G. Mercer, 29, state Route 46, New Waterford and Brent T. Miller, 29, Memorial Road, N.E., Kensington. Both men were asked if the vehicle they were in contained anything illegal, and Miller reportedly handed officers a marijuana pipe with marijuana residue, while Mercer gave them a small bag of marijuana. Both also had open cans of beer, according to reports. Mercer was charged with open container and possession of marijuana, and Miller was charged with open container and possession of drug paraphernalia.
– Officers made a traffic stop on Harker Avenue and reported the driver, Abby J. Atwood, 26, East Liverpool, smelled of marijuana, as did her passenger, Joseph Dorsey, 33, Erie Street. Atwood said they had smoked marijuana earlier, according to reports. K-9 officer Ivo was called to search the car, although nothing was reported found. Dorsey was patted down and a wallet containing $3,275 in cash was found, with officers saying the wallet and money both smelled strongly of marijuana. Officers reported they suspected the money was drug-related and seized it, giving Dorsey a receipt, although he told them it came from selling a car. Atwood was charged with driving under suspension. Dorsey was not charged.
St. Clair Township
– Walmart security officers called police Monday regarding an employee stealing from the store. They reported Alivia M. Molter, 19, Sunnyside Avenue, had not scanned items and placed them in bags for her friends. Officers reported that Molter admitted she had been doing this since May. She was charged with petty theft.
Goshen Police District
– Brittianey Sheppard, 29, of Youngstown, was charged with domestic violence after allegedly brandishing a knife and punching her husband, Robert, at an Egypt Road home at 1 a.m. Sunday. No medical attention was required by the victim.
– An investigation into a break-in Aug. 25 at the Aarrow Disposal property on state Route 14 led to the warrant arrest of Robert McMaster, 45, of 7443 Spillway Road, Lisbon, for a felony breaking and entering charge and a misdemeanor criminal damaging charge on Sunday on U.S. Route 62.
Salem
– Bret Ahearn, 18, of 1340 Fairview Ave., was charged with underage consumption after an officer at 3:02 a.m. Wednesday saw a suspicious vehicle sitting in a driveway with the engine and lights on in the 400 block of South Lincoln. He checked the well-being of the driver and found him to be intoxicated.
– Kenneth Jordan, 41, of Youngstown, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop in the city at 12:53 a.m. Wednesday.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A resident in the 800 block of Newgarden Avenue reported at 5:57 a.m. Wednesday that an unknown person overnight entered his unlocked pickup and stole $5 in change.
– Police were called at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday for a domestic in the 500 block of Continental Drive. Officers met with a female who said she was arguing with her boyfriend who was intoxicated and throwing items around the home. She wanted him to leave, but he resides there and she was told he can’t be made to leave. He said they were arguing but nothing physical occurred. They agreed to remain separated for the evening.
– An officer on patrol at 10:51 p.m. Tuesday at Waterworth Memorial Park off of Sunset saw several people near two parked vehicles. The officer approached and did not detect any criminal activity, but both vehicles left.
– An officer at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday saw a door propped open at Walmart in the 2800 block of East State Street. The set of doors was normally secured at this hour and the open door seemed suspicious. An employee was contacted and notified the manager who said the door should not have been open. The door was secured.
– An officer on patrol at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday saw two male juveniles riding bicycles in the middle of a street and told them to use the sidewalk unless they obtained lights.
– An officer at 9:24 p.m. Tuesday saw what appeared to be a distressed driver in a vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business on Benton Road. The person was from out of state and lost. The driver had contacted someone locally who was responding to assist him in getting to his destination.
– A fight was reported at 7:48 p.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of East State Street. One of the two people involved told police the other person struck him after an argument. Fire department first responders and KLG arrived for medical attention and the victim was taken to Salem Regional Medical Center for minor injuries. The other person was identified, but had fled on foot and was not found.
– An officer assisted a sheriff’s office deputy at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday in an attempt to serve active warrants at several residences. The deputy took one man into custody on West Fifth Street.
– An officer on patrol at 6:34 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge Drive saw a white Dodge sedan parked more than one foot from the curb. The driver came out and moved the vehicle and was told about the parking ordinance.
– Police were dispatched at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to the 200 block of South Broadway for a report of juveniles smoking. An officer made contact with an adult male and two male juveniles who did not have cigarettes or any paraphernalia on them.
– An officer on patrol at 5:36 p.m. Tuesday saw recent graffiti on a building in the 500 block of North Lincoln Avenue and on an adjacent fence in an alley west of the building, with magenta and green spray paint used.
– An officer on patrol at 5 p.m. Tuesday saw several people attempting to catch a dog running loose, which was running in and out of the street, in the 400 block of East Sixth Street. The owner was able to catch the dog.
– A parking complaint was reported at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Roosevelt. The owner was advised it’s a no parking zone and moved the vehicle.
– A female from Continental Drive had questions at 4:04 p.m. Tuesday about a previous incident and was told her options.
Goshen Police District
(no names provided)
– A 13000 block Duck Creek Road resident reported at 8:45 p.m. Aug. 3 that someone had forced entry into his garage but didn’t take anything.
– Police responded to a theft report in the 18000 block of Fifth Street, Beloit, at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 7.
– Officers responded to the 18000 block of Derr Avenue at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 10 where a resident reported a loose pitbull. Officers found the dog loose and acting aggressively, and cited the owner, Jennifer Williams, for dogs at large.
– Police responded to the Sharon Lynn girls home at 9 p.m. Aug. 12 for a report of a juvenile client threatening staff members and damaging property.
– A French Street, Damascus, resident reported at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 12 that someone had stolen a hitch back blade and muzzle loader from his residence.
– A Western Reserve Road resident reported at 4 p.m. Aug. 20 that someone had poured maple syrup into the engines of three of his vehicles.
– Police responded to the 10000 block of state Route 165 at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 15 where a man reported he had gotten into a verbal argument with another individual regarding a parking space.
– A Redwood Drive, Beloit, resident reported at 10 a.m. Aug. 18 receiving threatening text messages from her ex-boyfriend.
– A Duck Creek Road resident reported at 2:25 p.m. Aug. 18 that someone had made unauthorized charges on his debit card.
– Police responded to the Sharon Lynn girls home at 7:40 p.m. Aug. 22 where one of the juvenile residents had been making suicidal threats. The juvenile was transported to the hospital.
– Officers responded to two breaking and entering reports in the 5000 and 7000 blocks of state Route 14 at a little after 11 p.m. Aug. 23.
– A Pleasant Valley Court resident reported at 8 a.m. Aug. 26 that someone had obtained her debit card number and made several online purchases.
– Police responded to the 13000 block of Oak Street, Beloit, at 10:50 a.m. Aug. 27 where a juvenile reported someone had entered her unlocked vehicle and removed money and her purse. Officers also handled two other thefts from vehicles in the 17000 and 18000 blocks of Fifth Street that day, with both vehicles unlocked. The victims lost CDs, cigarettes and personal documents.
– Police responded to a Cedarwood Drive, Beloit, residence at 8:05 p.m. Aug. 28 where a woman reported a neighbor had been outside cursing at her and her boyfriend. Police returned at 5:39 p.m. Aug. 29 where the woman reported telephone harassment.
– A 15000 block U.S. Route 62 resident reported on Aug. 29 that someone had taken jewelry from his trailer sometime in July.
Police
County Sheriff
– Anita Tschppatt, Clewell Road, Lisbon, reported at 6:54 p.m. Monday she is being harassed by Kendra Chestnut. She also claimed the Chestnuts are neglecting their dogs, adding there is no dog food at the home and it is infested with fleas.
– Barbara Coffee, Camp Boulevard, Hanoverton, reported at 3:33 p.m. Monday an injured man was lying on her front sidewalk with a head injury. Deputies spoke with her husband, Jim Coffee, who said Howard Patterson came to the house and knocked on the front door. When he answered, the dog ran out and knocked Patterson off balance. Patterson fell backward hitting his head, then the dog got upset when Coffee grabbed for it and it bit Patterson on the leg. Patterson was taken to Salem Regional Medical Center by KLG.
– Tim Jones, Buck Road, Salem, reported at 5:10 p.m. Monday he found a loaded Bersa .380 handgun while trimming his pear tree in the yard. There was one round in the chamber and one in the magazine.
– Malakia Hilton of Appalachian Trailer Sales, state Route 9, Salem, reported at 8:35 a.m. Monday someone stole a black, 2014 Appalachian dump trailer from the lot between noon Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday.
– Sarah Eason, Grant Street, Lisbon, reported a domestic argument at 6:45 p.m. Monday. Rachel Eason told deputies she and her daughter had been arguing all day and she wanted deputies to make her daughter respect her. Deputies explained respect is something taught to a child, but her daughter is an adult and it may be time for her daughter to find somewhere else to live.
– Ray Rudibaugh, Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon, reported at 7:54 p.m. Saturday someone broke out a window in his home and cut the copper water pipes out of his basement. He additionally reported the theft of a VHS player, telephones and a TV converter.
– James Sprague, McCracken Road, Salem, reported at 12:42 a.m. Saturday his father stole his X-Box to teach him a lesson about money. Deputies spoke to the father, Chad Rose, and he returned the X-Box.
– Bernard Clutter, Cunningham Road, Salem, reported Monday sometime between 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Monday someone stolen nine chains, nine binders and two 25-foot PGT tarps from his 2014 Big Bubba Retinour trailer, which was attached to his 2009 International truck. The chains and binders are valued at $300 while the tarps are worth $500 each.
– Roberta Walker, Rose Drive, Lisbon, reported at 12:39 p.m. Monday concerns about Jean Heim, 88, who is suffering from dementia. Deputies confirmed she was confused and had not been taking her medications. She was transported to Salem Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
– Valery Buchannan, Macklin Road, New Waterford, reported at 7:18 p.m. Sunday there was a suspicious, dark blue Dodge van driving slowly through the area. Deputies checked, but did not find the vehicle.
– Goshen Township police reported at 6:36 p.m. Sunday they had a warrant for Robert Lee McMaster, Spillway Road, Hanoverton. Deputies knocked and identified themselves before entering the trailer. Jennifer Seacrist was found walking down the hallway and she grabbed a small dog. When asked she told deputies no one else was there. Deputies then located McMaster hiding in the closet of the bedroom, but he told deputies he was Craig McMaster. Deputies found Seacrist has a protection order against her, keeping her away from a girl, Ashton McMaster, who was at the trailer and Sharon Donnelly, who was not there at the time but at the park laundromat. Both McMaster and Seacrist were taken into custody.
– Deputies were called to a domestic violence dispute on Steubenville Pike at 4 a.m. Saturday. Denise Hays and her live-in boyfriend, Timothy Homan were outside yelling and he was carrying a beer. Both had been drinking. She claimed he hit her in the face, but declined to pursue charges. He claimed she hit him earlier, but he also declined to pursue charges. Deputies told them to sleep it off in separate rooms and left, only to be called back again. The two were still outside yelling and cursing at each other loudly. Deputies again warned them to go back inside and go to bed. Instead of leaving, deputies stayed parked in front of the trailer and shortly saw them going into each other’s rooms to loudly yell and curse at each other some more. Both were charged with disorderly conduct.
Lisbon
– Homer C. Linger Jr., 38, was stopped for a left-of-center violation behind the Layered Edge at 11 a.m. Monday. While running Linger’s license the officer learned there was an arrest warrant for Linger out of Liverpool Township. He was also cited for driving left of center and for failing to reinstate his driver’s license. One of Linger’s passengers, Tina M. Travis, 38, was also taken into custody on an arrest warrant out of Liverpool Township. She was also charged with allowing someone without a valid license to drive her vehicle.
– A caller reported someone was riding a loud motorized bicycle on North Beaver Street at 3:29 p.m. Thursday. Police checked the area but did not come across the vehicle.
– Christy Schnader, North Market, reported Aug. 27 she has a restraining order against Tim Wamsley, who showed up. The order had yet to be served but Wamsley was told this was going to happen in the next day or two. Wamsley was also told no one at the apartment wanted him there, so he left.
– Randi Ensell, 32, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, was cited for failure to control after Ensell pulled from the Smith Oil parking lot onto East Lincoln Way, striking a Ford Contour driven by Miriam Brady, 25, Winona Road, Salem, at 4:51 p.m. Friday.
– Mark Kline, West Washington Street, called for police at 11:17 p.m. Sunday. Police spoke with Derrick Faulkner, who said there was no problem, so police spoke with Ashley Goudy, who said there was another couple in the vicinity who had been arguing loudly.
– A caller reported there were two people sitting in a parked vehicle under the Canton Bridge on Lions Club Road at noon Sunday. Police spoke to the couple, who said they were just talking, but they agreed to leave.
– A caller found personal belongings on North Beaver Street on Sunday. The items belonged to Tim Wamsley, who was recently told to leave his apartment after receiving a protection order.
– Police received a report of people arguing loudly on Maple Street Extension at 9:52 p.m. Saturday. Police spoke with Mary Shaulis, who said Nicole Thompson was yelling at her to be quiet and go in the house. Police told both parties to quit arguing.
– Police were called the storage units on Rose Drive at 7:37 a.m. Friday after Larry Stacey reported he was retrieving some items when the gate had closed behind him and he could not get to the card reader from inside the fence. He handed his swipe card to the officer, who used it to open the gate for him.
– Elaine Iler, West Lincoln Way, reported at 12:07 a.m. Friday being awakened by a 20-year-old man who had been yelling at her daughter, and that he was now walking toward the “crack” apart-ments on North Beaver Street. Police were unable to locate the young man.
– Police were called to Applegrove apartments at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 25 in regard to a resident who had attempted to harm herself. Police remained until an ambulance arrived to transport the resident to a local hospital.
– Nate Pirogowicz, North Jefferson Street, called with a barking dog complaint on Aug. 25.
– A caller reported someone was jumping into traffic on North Beaver Street at 8:32 a.m. Aug. 26, and police arrived to find Tim Wamsley in the care of a sheriff’s deputy. Wamsley stated he needed an ambulance for a shoulder injury sustained several days before, so an ambulance was summoned.
– A clerk at Smith Oil reported a motorist in a Red GMC drove away at 8:36 p.m. Aug. 27 after putting $15 on the counter and then pumping $29 worth of gas before driving off.
– Police were called to the home of Amy Merriman, East Lincoln Way, to remove a bat from her bathroom at 10 p.m. Aug. 27.
– Terry L. Thomas, Cedar Street, reported at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 27 Nicole R. Thompson, 38, shut the door on his thumb and kicked out the back door window. She also allegedly slapped him. Thompson was arrested for domestic violence.
– A caller reported Floyd Gilmore and Rick Lips were trying to get into the Yellow Earth donation box next to the L & G Lawmower repair shop at 11:44 p.m. Aug. 28. The pair were not there when police arrived but were found walking on Brookfield Avenue. Gilmore said someone named Danna had put his phone behind the box and he was trying to retrieve it. Police told them they would check behind the box but no phone was found.
Columbiana
– Police warned a Parkview Drive resident for loud noise at 12:34 a.m. Monday.
– Someone reported at 3:43 a.m. Monday a man in dark clothing was walking into town on state Route 14. Police found the man and he was not being a road hazard.
– A West Salem Street woman reported at 4:50 p.m. Monday her ex-boyfriend, Matt Bertolette, of Manor Drive, sent a video of him taking a handful of pills and she didn’t know if he had actually taken them or not. Bertolette later contacted police to say he was OK and had been at a friend’s house in Salem all day. Police contacted Salem police to have them verify his condition.
– A Pizza Hut employee requested at 11:18 p.m. Monday police stand by while she got into her vehicle because there was a suspicious man in the parking lot.
East Palestine
– Andrew Gorby, age and address not listed, was taken into custody on a warrant for a probation violation following a traffic stop on Bacon Avenue at 9 p.m. Monday.
– Joe Windell, Alice Street, reported at 12:44 p.m. Sunday his ex-girlfriend, Angela Moore, of East Rebecca Street, was saying things about him.
Salem
– City street department supervisor Jim Phillis reported at 1 p.m. Tuesday that the street sweeper had been run at Southeast Boulevard and Kennedy Drive and after the crew finished, a homeowner mowed grass and leaves into the street. An officer made contact and told him that’s prohibited and he said he uses a blower to clean it up and did so. A neighbor had done the same thing and was also told about the city ordinance. Someone else had mowed the grass, but he said he would clean it up. No names were provided.
– A woman at 11:44 a.m. Tuesday reported her ex-boyfriend was mowing her father’s yard on North Madison Avenue and was allowed to use the mower when he struck something, bending the blade. He returned it to the garage and failed to tell her and she had the mower fixed and wanted something done. An officer explained that since he was allowed to use the mower, once it was fixed she could have given him the bill and taken him to small claims court for a civil matter if he refused to pay. He didn’t intentionally cause the damage, she indicated, but she thought he should have told her. No names were provided.
– Aaron Cosma, of East 10th Street, reported at 8:31 a.m. Tuesday that sometime between Saturday and Tuesday, someone entered his unlocked vehicle and removed loose change.
– Kenneth Miller, of Goshen Road, reported at 6:36 p.m. Monday he lost his wallet and last remembered seeing it a gas station, but no wallet was found at the business. At 6:45 p.m., a woman brought the wallet to the police after finding it at a gas station on East State. The owner was notified. Nothing appeared missing.
– An officer was flagged down at 9:14 a.m. Monday by a pedestrian concerned for the well-being of two males who appeared to be sleeping in a car in the Sparkle Market parking lot at 423 S. Lundy Ave. Both men said they were locked out of a friend’s house and did not want to wake her. The friend came over and said she must have accidentally locked them out. No names were provided.
Salem
(no names provided)
– A domestic was reported at 3:19 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of South Lincoln Avenue where a man and his estranged girlfriend were having a dispute over the care of their baby while she was at work. An officer spoke to both of them.
– Loud music was reported at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday on East Ninth Street, heard coming from a garage. A man said he would turn it off.
– An anonymous caller at 11:53 a.m. Tuesday reported a syringe in the trash can in the women’s restroom at Centennial Park, but nothing was found. It appeared the park employees might have just emptied the trash.
– A woman on Hawley Avenue reported at 11:26 a.m. Tuesday that her husband locked her out of the house and won’t let her in or give her the keys to her vehicle. She had left after an alleged verbal dispute in the early morning hours and went to stay with a family member. In a previous report, it was alleged that he was driving by the family member’s residence recklessly and kept beeping the horn and had agreed to speak to his wife in the morning. An officer spoke to both of them and they exchanged the keys and a slip of paper he wanted and his phone.
– A woman from Lexington Avenue came to the police station at 1:12 a.m. Tuesday to speak with an officer in reference to an assault. The incident is under investigation.
– Police responded to the 900 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 9:44 p.m. Monday for an unruly juvenile report where a man said his stepdaughter and wife had been arguing. The juvenile said she had been arguing with her mother over a cell phone and her mother grabbed her by the arm to get the cell phone. The mother said the daughter had been putting inappropriate things on her social media page and her daughter had her cell phone. She wouldn’t give it back so she grabbed her to get the phone. The two had already been separated.
– A woman on East Third Street called at 8:30 p.m. Monday about a situation involving a family member and her bank card. She was told her options.
– A neighbor dispute was reported at 7:47 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of North Madison Avenue where a man was involved in a verbal dispute with a person who had already left. He was told his options.
– Police were dispatched at 7:22 p.m. Monday to a business in the 2300 block of East State Street for an audible alarm. The building was found secure with nobody around.
– A caller at 6:39 p.m. Monday reported children unattended and being supervised by another juvenile in the 600 block of South Union Avenue. An officer spoke with the juvenile about the well-being of the children. The complaint was under investigation.
– An officer at 5:54 p.m. Monday saw a large amount of white smoke coming from th 1900 block of Southeast Boulevard. A man trimming shrubs was burning brush in the rear yard and was told about the ordinance against open burning.
– A caller at 5:48 p.m. Monday reported juveniles riding a mini bike on the walking trails at Waterworth Memorial Park. The juveniles were found and told they can’t ride on the trails. They were told to push the bike home.
– An officer at 3:28 p.m. Monday spoke with a man regarding a matter involving his juvenile daughter and her mother.
– Columbiana Police asked city officers to check on a man in the 200 block of Vine Avenue at 3:24 p.m. Monday. All at the residence were okay.
– A dog was reported at large at 3 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of North Lincoln Avenue, but could not be found.
– A barking dog was reported at 2:34 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of North Ellsworth Avenue. The owners said they would bring the dog inside.
– A man from Benton Road reported at 2:25 p.m. Monday that two males in a silver Explorer tried to ask him for drugs while in the Smith Oil parking lot on East State Street.
– A woman in the 500 block of East State Street reported at 1:28 p.m. Monday that someone took the front license plate from the back seat of her car sometime in the past four weeks.
Police
Highway Patrol
– Christian J. Brodzenski, 22, West Oregon Avenue, Sebring, was cited with reasonable control after he went off the north side of Center Road in Knox Township while eastbound at 2:15 p.m. Aug. 26. Brodzenski struck a bush and a ditch. He was uninjured.
Columbiana
– Lance J. Dangelo, 23, Salem, was charged with criminal trespassing, driving under suspension, OVI and parking obstruction a roadway after police reportedly found him parked illegally on Pittsburgh Street at 6:04 a.m. Sunday. The officer noticed the vehicle parked partially in a driveway with the rest of the car hanging out in the roadway blocking it. While waiting for a tow truck, Dangelo approached police telling them his friend asked him to move the car back to Washingtonville for the owner, who left it there because she could not drive. Eventually, he admitted he drove the car there and had been been walking around outside the Pittsburgh Street electrical substation to look for his personal items left behind when he was involved in a recent theft incident there and police had charged him with breaking and entering.
– Police checking the property around the Lake Front Restaurant at 1:12 p.m. Sunday found some windows there had been broken out, but the damage appeared old.
– Three people were reported standing in the roadway for about an hour on Camelot Drive near the apartments at 11:38 p.m. Sunday. Police spoke to the people, who were not doing anything illegal and were just talking.
– Jessica A. Netzel, 33, of Washingtonville, was cited for driving under suspension, having a loud exhaust and marijuana possession following a traffic stop at the corn maze on state Route 14 at 1:18 a.m. Saturday.
– Ashley M. Vanderhoff, 25, of Salem, was served at 2:10 a.m. Saturday with an arrest warrant out of Salem for allegedly shoplifting something from the Radio Shack store in Salem on Aug. 18.
– Police responded to a 911 hang-up call at 901 Timberline Drive at 9 a.m. Saturday, which turned out to have been accidentally activated when the homeowner bumped his medical alert button while leaving for a walk.
– Ed Kufleitner reported Saturday his granddaughter’s head of cabbage had been stolen from his garden.
– A female caller requested help getting into a residence on 107 N. Middle St. at 2:11 p.m. Saturday after the door became stuck while trying to get to a disabled dog. An officer arrived to help get the door open.
– Ellie Adam reported Saturday afternoon smelling a obnoxious smoke odor on South Main Street and it was making her ill. Police located a small cookout fire on West Woodland and it was not in violation of the city code.
– Teresa M. Sauerwein, 53, South Main Street, was served at 7:31 p.m. Saturday with an arrest warrant out of the county sheriff’s office.
– A female caller reported motorists were speeding on Quincy Avenue at 4 p.m. Saturday.
– Charles J. Nolker Jr., 49, Woodville Road, Leetonia, was stopped in traffic on state Route 14 and Route 7 on Friday afternoon when his vehicle was struck in the rear by a vehicle operated by Katherine Arehart-Lindstrom, 27, of Aliquippa, Pa.
East Palestine
– An officer on patrol Saturday notice high grass at a property at 365 Columbia St.. but the owner had someone cut it before a zoning violation could be issued.
– Zoning notices will be sent for the following properties due to high grass violations: 706 W. Clark St.; 698 W. Clark St.; 361 E. Martin St.; 482 Alice St.; 110 Alice St.; 380 S. Market St.; 203 S. Market St.; 360 South St.; 200 Garfield Ave.; 333 E. Martin St.; and 53 North St.
– James McGinnis, Park Avenue, reported the residents at 362 E. Martin St., were engaged in open burning at noon Saturday. Police spoke to Courtney A. Newman, who was burning trash or something similar, and told her open burning is not permitted in the village.
– Sara M. Quatman, Park Avenue, reported her boyfriend and his father were fighting at 2:20 p.m. Saturday. James and Ronald Eavers admitted to having been fighting but neither wished to pursue charges. James Eavers and Quatman then left so there would no further problems.
– Ashley M. Szegedi, East North Avenue, reported arriving home Aug. 24 to find someone had tried to break in.
– Police responded to a home in the 5000 block of state Route 170 at 10 a.m. Aug. 25 because a boy was refusing to go to school and threatening to harm himself. Police were able to get the boy to go to a local hospital to be examined.
-Carl G. Hunter, West Main Street, reported Aug. 26 receiving harassing calls from his estranged wife an her mother. An officer listened to the message, which was over child custody, and he did not consider them harassing or threatening.
Salem
– A North Ellsworth Avenue business owner reported at 12:59 p.m. Sunday that a man on Aug. 17 climbed over a fence and on top of the deck roof to gain access to a second story apartment, damaging the fence and breaking out window screens in the process. When he couldn’t gain entry, he then jumped off the deck roof onto a canopy tent, destroying the tent. The business was not identified.
– Thomas Piatt, 20, 480 W. Pershing St. 1/2, Salem, was arrested at his home at 4:02 p.m. Sunday on an active warrant out of the department for domestic violence after his live-in girlfriend reported at 8:10 a.m. that morning that he had initiated a physical altercation when she returned home from work.
– Mark A. Conroy, 45, 1207 E. Third St., Salem, was cited for open container after an officer responded to the area of Cleveland Street and North Union Avenue at 8:37 p.m. Sunday for a report of an intoxicated man in the roadway and found Conroy stumbling in the road with an open container of alcohol.
– Thomas C. May Jr., 29, 11630 state Route 9, Kensington, was charged with OVI (.133) following a traffic stop for a turn signal violation in the 900 block of New Garden at 1:01 a.m. Monday.
– Officers responded to an 800 block Barclay Avenue home at 2:45 p.m. Sunday where a resident reported someone overnight had broken out a garage window and removed a glass table and rod iron chairs.
– Police responded to a North Lincoln Avenue home at 4:13 p.m. Sunday for a report of juveniles bullying each other. The parents said the issue has been ongoing for over a year. Officers told the parents to keep the juveniles away from each other, and to also stay away from each other themselves since they couldn’t handle the situation without shouting at each other.
– An officer responded to a fight in progress in the 800 block of East Sixth Street at 5:58 p.m. Sunday and found that other people involved had already left. The officer spoke with the other people and discovered that the fight had been a verbal altercation. Everyone was warned to stay away from each other.
– A Madison Avenue man reported on station at 7:44 p.m. Sunday that his wife hit him with an empty plastic bottle.
– Officers responded with first responders and an ambulance to a medical emergency at an Orchard Avenue home at 9:45 p.m. Sunday. The victim was transported to the hospital.
Perry Township
– David Andre, 30, no address listed, was charged with OVI after an officer responded to the Depot Road area for a possible intoxicated driver at 1:59 a.m. Saturday and found Andre asleep at the wheel with his truck still in gear in the middle of the roadway near Snyder Road.
– Gary L. Hicks, 72, no address listed, was cited for failure to yield from a stop sign following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Depot Road and Marion Avenue at 10:21 a.m. Saturday in which he was turned northbound on Depot Road into the path of a southbound vehicle. The driver and her young child were transported by ambulance to the Salem hospital with possible injuries.
– Brad A. Martin, 37, 1424 Depot Road, Salem, was charged with domestic violence and resisting arrest after officers responded to his home at 12:40 p.m. Saturday for a welfare check on an adult woman and juvenile female and found a domestic dispute had occurred.
– A patrolling officer at 10:24 p.m. Friday observed a disabled vehicle at state Routes 9 and 45 and found that the driver had hit a pot hole that popped both passenger side tires. The officer assisted in changing the tires.
– An officer responded to Georgetown Road and Prospect Street at 1:32 a.m. Saturday for a suspicious red truck but was unable to find it.
– Police responded to the area of Cunningham Road just north of state Route 344 at 8:20 a.m. Saturday for a suspicious vehicle that had been there for an hour. The driver said he stopped to make a phone call when his vehicle stopped running. A search of the vehicle revealed no indication of any illegal activity.
– Officers responded to the 400 block of Benton Road at 12:52 a.m. Sunday in reference to peeling of tires, but were unable to contact the suspect.
– Police responded to a Hunt Road home at 9:20 a.m. Sunday where the resident reported she received indirect threats via social media, indicating that an incident will happen while at a youth sporting event in another jurisdiction.
Hancock County police
Justin R. Bartley, 20, of New Cumberland: Joy riding, possession of marijuana, possession of Trazodone; Aug. 25.
William D. Freeman, 29, of Chester: Receiving stolen property; Aug. 25.
Bradley E. Roberts, 52, of Chester: Probation violation; Aug. 25.
George W. Gross Jr., 54, of Reno, W.Va.: Capias on indictment (two counts of forgery and uttering), assault, false pretenses; Aug. 25.
Sean D. Adkins, 44, of Chester: DUI; Aug. 24.
Timothy D. Plunkett, 46, of Poland, Ohio: Domestic battery, destruction of property; Aug. 23.
Derek R. Bragg, 24, of Newell: House arrest violation; Aug. 22.
Joseph A. Kelly, 30, of East Liverpool: Capias (failure to appear); Aug. 22.
Timothy Jonczak, 55, of Weirton: Domestic battery, domestic assault; Aug. 21.
Jordan Lee Smeltzer, 28, of Lisbon: Disorderly conduct; Aug. 19.
Jarrett B. Potts, 19, of Hookstown, Pa.: Fleeing DUI, DUI, left of center, seat belt violation; Aug. 18.
Rachelle Renee Greathouse, 25, of East Liverpool: Permitting DUI; Aug. 17.
Deidra Nicole Bostick, 23, of East Liverpool: DUI, driving under suspension (administrative); Aug. 17.
William J. Davidson, 26, of Wellsville: DUI (third offense); Aug. 16.
Douglas L. Brannon, 41, of Salem, Ohio: DUI; Aug. 16.
Lonnell Burks, 66, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio: Disorderly conduct; Aug. 16.
Robert W. Gilmore, 65, of Campbell, Ohio: DUI; Aug. 16.
Zachary W. Six, no age listed, of Chester: Public intoxication, obstructing an officer; Aug. 15.
Kenneth M. Galte, 49, of Akron, Ohio: DUI; Aug. 15.
Lisa Ann Keener, 40, of East Liverpool: Probation violation; Aug. 15.
Eric J. Kopnitsky, 26, of Youngstown: DUI, failure to keep right, cellphone; Aug. 14.
Police
County Sheriff
– Penny Wisbeth, Hazel Run Road, Salineville, called for a deputy at 5:48 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke with an intoxicated Casey Korbel, who said her husband, Aaron, had assaulted after asking her to come to the residence. Mr. Korbel reportedly grabbed his wife by the ponytail and neck, but the deputy did not observe any marks on her. Wisbeth told a different story. She said Mrs. Korbel showed up unannounced and kicked the door open when her husband would not let her in. She said Mr. Korbel did shove his wife back outside as she was assaulting him. None of the parties wished to file charges, and Mrs. Korbel was given a ride to her home on state Route 39.
– Kevin Gregory, Pancake-Clarkson Road, Rogers, reported Saturday his mother had taken his dog and has yet to return it and she also allegedly broke his Xbox. Gregory was advised this was a civil matter. The deputy later spoke to his mother, who said she took the dog to give it a much-needed vinegar bath to relieve some sores and that she would return the dog later.
– Gregory Travis, Elkton-West Point Road, Elkrun Township, reported Thursday his Fisher miniblind was stolen.
– Russ Vandecrook of Streetsboro reported a Norinco 1911A1 .45-caliber handgun was stolen Friday from his stand at the Rogers Community Auction.
– Denzil Collins, Camp Road, Guilford Lake, reported at 9 p.m. Thursday that he believed his neighbor was deliberately spraying his vehicle with rocks and weeds while using a weed wacker.
– A 911 hang-up call was received from the Sias residence on Elkton Road, Elkrun Township, at 5:15 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke to the Sias family, who told him everything was fine and that a juvenile must have mistakenly dialed 911. The deputy spoke to the juvenile, who also said everything was fine.
– James Metalik, Riffle Road, Negley, reported at 11:52 p.m. Saturday he wanted his girlfriend to leave because she was breaking property and threatening to make false statements to law enforcement. Metalik was told there was nothing they could do since she lived there. Deputies spoke with the girlfriend, Kimberly Spencer, who accused Metalik of beating her up, but she had no signs of being assaulted. Spencer decided to leave and called her brother to get her.
– A deputy assisted the a highway patrol trooper in regard to an incident on Spillway Road in Guilford Lake at 1:13 a.m. Saturday after the trooper used a Taser gun on someone.
– Shane E. Thompson, Grant Street, Lisbon, was charged with domestic violence early Saturday morning after reportedly grabbing Alisa Groff with such force that her shirt was ripped off and then throwing her into a bathtub while the two were arguing. Groff ran to her parents’ home down the street and called the sheriff’s office.
– Quint Witherow, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, called at 5:36 a.m. Saturday from Clear Creek on state Route 7 to report his vehicle was missing. He called back later to say it had been returned.
Lisbon
– Dana Duffield, 48, Center Avenue, was charged Friday with breaking into the offices at the Columbiana County Fairgrounds on Aug. 26. Duffield reportedly stole a Dell computer, two space heaters and three picture frames.
– The sheriff’s office called at 8:51 p.m. Saturday asking for help in responding to a large fight at the Cochran residence just outside of town on St. Jacob-Logtown Road. A while male in his 60s had multiple cuts to his eyes and an ambulance was called, but the assailants were gone by the time authorities arrived. The officers left after deputies arrived.
Salem
– Police responded to a Barclay Avenue home at 3:35 p.m. Saturday for a person to be removed, but the person had already left. Officers responded to a Fair Avenue home to tell the person not to return to the Barclay Avenue home.
– Police responded to an East State Street business at 3:43 p.m. Saturday where employees said a customer had become aggressive following an argument regarding the return of an item. The employees said the customer might return.
– Officers responded to an East Fourth Street home at 3:55 p.m. Saturday where a resident reported his juvenile son was knocked off his bicycle by other juveniles he knew.
– An officer responded to the 400 block of East Pershing Street at 6:28 p.m. Saturday for a report of juveniles stopping vehicles and asking for money. The juveniles were told to stop.
– Police responded with First Responders and an ambulance to an East State Street business at 7:25 p.m. Saturday for a report of a person down. An officer stood by while medical personnel attended to the person, who was transported to the hospital.
– Police responded to a domestic dispute in the 300 block of Fair Avenue at 12:47 a.m. Sunday and found a live-in couple in a verbal argument. The couple agreed to stay away from each other until morning.
– Police responded to a report of juveniles in the area of North Union Avenue and East State Street at 2:49 a.m. Sunday and observed someone run northbound toward East Third Street when they approached. They apprehended a 12-year-old male and charged him with an unruly offense. He said that the girl he was with ran away when they saw the police lights, but officers were unable to find her.
– Police responded to the area of Stone Castle Trail and Pearce Circle at 6:56 a.m. Sunday to check a fire hydrant reportedly leaking water. The officer found water coming from underground at the hydrant and contacted the water department.