Police
Lisbon
– Police were called to Vista Drive at 7:16 p.m. Aug. 23. Eric S. Ivan said he was riding a zero-turn mower when it slid down the hill into a parked car belonging to Frank Sangara of Salem.
– Police were called to attorney Larry Stacey’s office on North Beaver Street at 4:40 p.m. Thursday after a client by the name of Wallace stopped by unannounced and found the door open but no one around. Stacey could not be reached, but the office did not appear as if it had burglarized, so the police officer locked the door.
Salem
– An officer responded to an East Euclid business at 11:01 a.m. Monday to speak with employees regarding a theft problem at the business in which several items and property had been removed by a suspected employee within the past few months. After speaking with the employees some of the items were recovered at a private residence outside city limits.
– Police responded to a Walnut Street home at 11:38 a.m. Monday where a resident had been home alone and suffered a medical issue, causing severe bleeding. The resident was transported by ambulance to SRMC.
– An officer responded to a Southeast Boulevard home at 4:17 p.m. Monday to check on a mentally handicapped adult who had gotten off the bus angry and attacked his father. The officer found that both were fine.
– Police responded to the 2400 block of East State Street at 5:31 p.m. Monday in reference to a juvenile riding his bicycle along the roadway. The 8-year-old boy was located in the lobby of a nearby hotel and he was advised to return to his home in the area via less traveled roads after officers spoke with his mother. The boy then rode across State Street to a plaza and entered a business. Officers followed him and again spoke with him, at which time he became unruly and attempted to flee. The boy bit an officer, as well as flailed and kicked, while the officer attempted to restrain him. Upon arrival, the boy’s mother agreed to have him transported to the Salem hospital for evaluation.
– Officers responded to the east-west alleys between Rose and Hawley avenues at 6:” p.m. Monday in reference to a tree limb obstructing the roadway and found a large tree limb still attached, but only a few feet from the power lines. The street department and Ohio Edison were contacted.
– Police responded to a North Ellsworth Avenue home at 6:52 p.m. Monday where a resident reported his granddaughter had been in an argument with another juvenile in the area. Officers advised the juveniles not to play with each other any more.
– A Continental Drive resident reported at 7:42 p.m. Monday receiving unwanted text messages of a threatening nature from a person she knows.
– Police responded to the 1100 block of East State Street at 8:24 p.m. Monday in reference to a suspicious person using an ATM. Officers located the man on East Pershing Street near Ohio Avenue and recognized him as a city resident. He appeared to have consumed alcohol, but did not display any signs of disorderly or dangerous characteristics.
– A patrolling officer observed several juveniles riding bicycles on the tennis courts at Centennial Park at 8:39 p.m. Monday. The juveniles were advised of the park rules and sent on their way.
– Officers responded to a Fair Avenue home at 9:04 p.m. Monday where a woman reported the resident had threatened her with bodily harm if she came downstairs and that she was afraid to leave because of the threat. She said she was moving out and needed to retrieve some personal items. The resident denied threatening the complainant and was advised of the eviction process.
– Police responded to a West Wilson Street home at 9:06 p.m. Monday where the residents reported a neighboring juvenile had been harassing them. An officer spoke with the juvenile’s mother and advised everyone to stay away from each other.
– Officers responded to the 800 block of West State Street at 9:18 p.m. Monday where a man had collapsed while talking with a friend. The man was transported by ambulance to the hospital.
– Officers following up on an incident in the 400 block of Fair Avenue at 10:18 p.m. Monday heard yelling across the street and found a man yelling and banging inside his home. Officers determined that the woman he had been arguing with had already left the scene, but the man would not come to the door. Officers eventually spoke with the man and he refused treatment from first responders.
– Officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the 800 block of East Fifth Street at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday, but neither person would cooperate with them. The officers found no probable cause to charge either person.
– An officer responded to a Ridgewood Drive home at 10:22 a.m. Tuesday where medical personnel had responded to the resident’s health monitor alert, but found no one inside the residence. The officer determined that the resident’s dog had set it off.
– An officer responded to the 500 block of West Sixth Street at 1:07 p.m. Tuesday in reference to an obstruction in the roadway and found a cable line hanging down from a utility pole across the roadway and yard of an apparent vacant home.
Perry Township
– An officer assisted a sheriff’s deputy serve a protection order at a Canterbury Lane home at 5:29 p.m. Friday, but the person was not at the residence.
– Police responded with the fire department at 10:17 a.m. Saturday to a natural gas leak in the 2300 block of North Ellsworth Avenue caused by someone striking a line while digging. Police and fire personnel checked the area, but were unable to find the leak until Columbia Gas arrived with the correct location.
– A patrolling officer at 12:40 p.m. Saturday observed a small juvenile riding an electric scooter down the wrong side of the street in the 1800 block of East 11th Street with another juvenile on a bicycle. The children were located at a home on the street and the officer spoke with them and a parent about laws regarding riding toys in the street.
– Joseph Thomas Moore, 20, Damascus, was cited for fictitious plates following a traffic stop on Georgetown Road at 5:59 p.m. Saturday.
– Ana Vasquez, 22, Pittsburgh, was cited for failure to yield following a two-vehicle crash at state Route 45 and Georgetown Road at 10:37 p.m. Saturday in which she was westbound and failed to yield from the stop sign, pulling into the path of a northbound vehicle driven by Gary Sell, Salem. Vasquez was transported by ambulance to the Salem hospital for evaluation.
– A 1900 state Route 9 resident reported at 12:55 p.m. Sunday finding her mailbox and a lighthouse figure missing from her yard, with her neighbor’s mailbox where the lighthouse had been. The Cider Mill Road neighbor responded to pick up her mailbox, and reported the assembly had been broken off at the ground and removed. The officer could not locate the lighthouse.
– A Stewart Road resident sought information regarding child custody at 9:39 p.m. Sunday and was advised it was civil in nature and he needed to contact his attorney.
Liverpool Township
– Renee L. Kidder, Idaho Avenue, was backing a Jeep out of a driveway on Shadyside Avenue when she turned too soon, causing the vehicle to slide over the hillside. Minor damage was caused to the front end of the vehicle, which was driven from the scene. No injuries or charges were reported.
– Andrew P. Bowden, 27, Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road, was eastbound on Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road during a heavy thunderstorm when a tree fell onto the front end of his vehicle, which then ran over the tree. The vehicle was towed by AAA. No injuries or citations were reported.
– A Jeep driven by Paxton E. Croxall, 22, St. George Street, was stopped on Park Boulevard East at a stop sign at the intersection of Macrum Street. A vehicle turned from Macrum, striking Croxall’s vehicle then left the scene. Officers located the other vehicle with Jeremy R. Cranston, 28, Ferry Road, Chester, W.Va., driving. Several individuals with him in the vehicle said Cranston was the driver at the time of the accident. He was cited for failure to control.
Salineville
– Police were called at 2 p.m. Monday with a report of a man in a black Ford F-150 who appeared in medical distress somewhere on state Route 39. Firefighters from Highlandtown, Salineville and Fox Township in Carroll County searched the road. Police eventually found the man in the area of Salineville Road Northeast and Morse Street. Unconscious but breathing, the man was transported by EMS to a local hospital.
Wellsville
– Ashley Stacy, of Independence Square, reported at 11:10 p.m. Aug. 22 her girlfriend, Kara Carter, would not leave the apartment. Police arrived and learned Carter had left on foot. Stacy was crying and said Carter punched her but she did not want to press charges. Officers advised Stacy they had been to the apartment on numerous occasions for disturbances They added that Carter should not be allowed back that night and she would be served with a no trespass order due to the incidents. Four days later, Carter was served with the order and escorted off the property.
– Police received a tip around midnight Aug. 25 that Deshaun Coles, who was wanted on a warrant, was staying at an Independence Square apartment occupied by Destiny Penny. No one answered the door. Neighbors then said Coles was at another apartment. There, a woman who has a child with Coles answered the door and allowed officers to check her apartment but could not locate Coles. Upon leaving the second apartment, Penny went to officers and said that she heard officers were knocking at the door, and they had asked if Coles was at the apartment. She said he had left a few minutes before. An officer advised Penny to watch people she has running in and out of her apartment after receiving calls of men with New Jersey and New York license plates going into Penny’s apartment. Penny then reportedly argued with another officer and was advised to settle down. As officers returned to their vehicles, Penny walked to the third lot and started screaming. She was told three times to stop. She continued screaming, was then taken into custody and cited at the police station. While at the station, she said that maybe she was out of line as she is bipolar and had not taken her medication.
– Shayne Beagle of Bombshell Beauty Salon reported at 5:30 p.m. Thursday two men who made threats had entered the business, to which employees at the salon confirmed the two called the business a day before and threatened to assault one of the employees. The suspects had left before police arrived.
– Police were called at 9:22 p.m. Thursday to a Broadway residence regarding a possible theft. After arrivals, officers met with Steve Dock and his son, Terry Dock. The younger Dock reported that around 8 p.m., he entered the garage and saw the suspect bent searching through his car and asked “Excuse me, what are you doing in my car?” The suspect-described as wearing a black shirt, blue jean shorts and reddish blonde hair- then shut the door and ran out. Officers observed fingerprints on the window and door, and both Docks stated that they knew of the suspect.
– James Thrasher, Clark Avenue, reported at 7:21 a.m. Saturday that the rear windshield and passenger rear window of his 2012 Mitsubishi Galant were broken out over night. He said he believed the vandal or vandals may have been someone known to his daughter. Officers observed two burnt matches on the rear of the vehicle and broken glass on the interior from a blunt object.
– A bus driver with the Wellsville Local School District reported at 7:51 a.m. Saturday that his bus, No. 5, had one cracked window on the front passenger side next to the door. Police were unable to locate an impact mark on the glass, and the driver stated the glass is extremely fragile and often cracks.
– Police were called at 5:37 p.m. Monday to the McDonald’s on Lisbon Street for a man who was passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle. An employee stated that the man was awake but had been there for awhile with his head slumped over the wheel. Officers spoke with the man-identified as James Robinson III of Toronto-who said he was waiting on a female friend who was using the restroom inside, but was tired and laid his head on the steering wheel. Robinson was reported to be acting nervous and jittery, and officers asked Robinson if there was anything in the vehicle to be of concern to police, to which he stated there was marijuana. The female acquaintance left the restroom and was escorted out of the restaurant and was asked to sit on the curb until a search was completed on the vehicle. An officer found two metal containers used for grinding up marijuana leaves, with one container including a small about of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. Robinson was cited for drug abuse and drug paraphernalia.
Lisbon
-The fire department responded to a car fire on state Route 11 north of state Route 154 at 4:14 p.m. Monday.
Salem
– The fire department responded to a Lexington Avenue facility at 5:06 p.m. Monday and found that the alarm had malfunctioned.
– The fire department to a fire alarm in the 500 block of Franklin Street at 8:31 a.m. Tuesday and found nothing wrong. A person in the building said a pull station had activated when no one was around.
Police
County Sheriff
– Ronald Good, Kirk Road, Columbiana, reported at 7:58 p.m. Monday someone was using his personal information to obtain a credit cards. He received a phone call from BMW Bank out of Utah, stating he applied for a card with their bank in Florida, but the bank noticed he lived in Ohio so they contacted him.
– Barbara Post, Bacon Avenue, East Palestine, reported at 9:50 p.m. Sunday that her ex-husband, Patrick Post Sr. came to her house, caused damage and threw items at her. Patrick Post Sr., Taylor Road, was charged with domestic violence and criminal damaging.
– Peggy Bush, state Route 170, Negley, reported at 10:35 a.m. Monday two men walked from the creek, across her property and onto state Route 170. One was carrying an assault rifle and fired a shot up on the hill. Deputies found the two men just south of the Carmel Achor Road intersection with state Route 170. They said they were camping along the creek at night and became soaked in the storms that came through the area overnight, so they left their camp and walked out of the woods. They did have a High Point 9mm rifle and a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun in the packs, but claimed no shots were fired.
Highway Patrol
– Steven D. Butler, 51, Apple Creek, was northbound on Columbiana-Lisbon Road in Fairfield Township at 12:55 p.m. Monday and was struck by James B. Rouzzo, 39, Struthers, who was southbound and went left of center. Rouzzo was cited for lanes of travel. Butler was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
– Brandi M. Fowler, 36, Steubenville, was northbound on McIntosh Road in Madison Township at 3:45 a.m. Saturday and went off the right side into a ditch and a tree and overturned. She was cited for failure to control.
– Anakin Boyd, 11, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, was southbound in a private yard on a 2003 Honda XR80-8XR motorcycle in Madison Township at 5:41 p.m. Aug. 23 and attempted to cross Y&O Road and struck the front right fender of a vehicle driven by John Clifford Gerren, 73, East Main Street, Salineville, who was westbound on Y&O Road. Boyd was cited for right of way and taken to Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
– Leslie M. Gates, 45, Alliance, and Brandon James B. Kiko, 18, Court Street, Columbiana, were eastbound on U.S. 62 in Goshen Township, Mahoning County, at 8:58 p.m. Friday. Gates was in the north lane attempting to pass Kiko when Kiko moved into the north lane and struck Gates in an attempt to pass the vehicle ahead. After impact, Gates then went off the left side into a mailbox. Kiko was cited for left of center and seat belt.
– April D. Reed, 32, Lisbon Street, Columbiana, was eastbound on U.S. 30 in St. Clair Township at 6:27 p.m. Sunday and went off the right side into an embankment. She was cited for failure to control.
– George Lance Waring, 53, Youngstown, was northbound on state Route 11 in Fairfield Township at 4:18 p.m. Monday and pulled onto the right berm when he saw smoke coming from the vehicle. The vehicle then caught fire.
– Tyler L. Endsley, 34, Oak Drive, Wellsville, was eastbound on Yeager Drive in Madison Township at 4:54 a.m. Friday and hit a horse that was crossing the road. The horse suffered minor injuries.
– Gayla L. Bock, 47, Garfield Road, Salem, was northbound on Whinnery Road in Butler Township at 9:15 a.m. Thursday and went off the right side into a mailbox and a ditch and then overturned. She was cited for failure to control.
– Shannon T. Wolfe, 16, Alliance, was northeastbound on Georgetown Road in Butler Township at 8:20 a.m. Aug. 22 and went off the left side, over-corrected, went off the right side into a ditch and overturned. She was cited for failure to control and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Columbiana
– A man reported at 8:46 p.m. Monday there was an outside electric line on fire at Heartland School. Police and firefighters responded.
– An elderly woman requested assistance with trying to find her dog at 12:42 p.m. Monday. Police found the dog was at the woman’s home.
– Robert Macklin Jr., West Friend Street, reported at 1:27 p.m. Monday his ex-wife was harassing him by phone. Kayla Macklin was charged with violating a protection order.
– Jessica Hawkins, Camelot Drive, reported Monday her car was keyed sometime during the night.
– Austintown police requested at 5 p.m. Monday police check the West Salem Street apartments for a man who reportedly lived there. Police checked and was told that the man does not live there, although his relatives do.
– A man reported at 11:37 p.m. Monday a flat bed pickup truck with a refrigerator in the back was driving recklessly northbound on state Route 7 at slow speeds and was going left of center. The truck later turned into a gas station and resecured the load and police did not see the driver make any traffic violations.
– Police assisted the highway patrol with a crash on state Route 14 at 6 a.m. Monday.
East Palestine
– Police were called to Glenwood Avenue sometime Aug. 22 for a report that a rock had been thrown through a storm door window. Police are investigating the incident.
– Ralph Wilson, West Martin, reported Aug. 22 someone stole his “Trump for President” sign.
– Lisa Foreman, North Liberty Street, reported at 10:38 p.m. Saturday someone stole her identity.
– A West Martin Street man reported at 11:23 p.m. Friday there was a suspicious person around his neighbor’s garage. Police checked but found no one there.
– Mary Ellis, Moore Lane, reported at 8:48 a.m. Sunday she received a scam phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS.
– A man reported anonymously at 11:48 a.m. Sunday kids were playing drums and yelling on West Martin Street the day before.
– Susan Allison, Sugar Camp Drive, reported identity fraud at 3:31 p.m. Sunday.
– Chris Athey, state Route 170, reported at 5:38 p.m. Sunday someone caused damage to his car on South Market Street.
– A zoning violation notice for junk motor vehicle and high grass was sent to 327 E. North on Saturday.
– Zoning violation notices for high grass were sent to the following on Saturday: 349 E. North Ave., 101 W. Clark St., 351 E. Martin St., 164 S. Market St., 78 French St., 315 E. Grant St., 317 E. Grant St. and 198 E. Adams.
Salem Township
– Janet Bobby, secretary for Doug Davidson Trucking reported at 9 a.m. Monday someone was obtaining fraudulent checks from the business’ account. She reported that on July 30 someone was able to get a plus one advance check in Pennsylvania for $813 and two more on Aug. 1, one for $997 in Maryland and another for $990 in Virginia. The matter is under investigation.
Police
County Sheriff
– Jessica Rudish, U.S. 30, Minerva, reported at 12:25 a.m. Sunday her 6-year-old son was struck in the face by his 10-year-old cousin in Minerva. Deputies told her to report it to Minerva police.
– Sharlene K. Thomas, John Street, Salineville, reported at 2:23 a.m. Saturday her live-in boyfriend, Aaron Thomas, was drinking and they began to argue. Thomas reportedly threw his drink in her face, called her a number of degrading names and pushed her into the wall in the hallway causing photos to fall off the wall. He reportedly left, but then came back and when she wouldn’t let him in, he tried to come in through a bedroom window, grabbed her as she tried to keep him out and he attempted pull her through the window. He then smashed the window and left again in his vehicle. Deputies attempted to find him, but were unable.
– Barbara McGuire, Perry Grange Road, Salem, reported at 6:47 a.m. Saturday sometime overnight someone entered vehicles parked in her yard. Some money was missing.
– Pam Norkus, Perry Grange Road, Salem, reported at 6:51 a.m. Saturday sometime overnight someone broke out the driver’s side window of a vehicle and stole her husband’s wallet containing cash, credit cards and his license.
– The highway patrol requested deputies respond to an accident on state Route 14 at state Route 170 in Unity Township. Dannie L. McCuean, no address listed, was driving his 2009 Chevy PT Cruiser from a parking space at the fruit market when John C. Michael, also no address listed, backed his 2015 Chevrolet pickup into the passenger side of the vehicle. Michael provided information to McCuean and left the area before deputies arrived.
– Marie Joseph, Salem Grange Road, Salem, reported family members were there and a dispute over property was going on at 4:18 p.m. Thursday. Deputies had the relatives leave per Joseph’s request. She allowed her deceased boyfriend’s grandson to stay.
Salem Township
– Karen Stewart, Depot Road, Salem, reported at 9:31 a.m. Monday she received a scam call from someone claiming she owed federal taxes and threatening to have her put in jail if she did not pay up.
Columbiana
– James Lee Cunningham Jr., 34, East Liverpool, was taken in custody during a traffic stop on South State Street at 1:32 p.m. Sunday on a warrant through Boardman Township Police Department.
– A South Bayshore Drive man reported at 3 p.m. Sunday it appeared someone dumped light gray paint down a drain that went into the lake. The fire department also responded.
– Someone reported at 4:52 p.m. Sunday a small dog in a silver Volvo was in a vehicle parked in the Sparkle Market parking lot and the windows were up and the car was not running. Police checked the lot several times but did not see the vehicle.
– Theresa Guillard, North Lima, reported at 9 p.m. Sunday she was assaulted on Stanton Drive. Police arrested Frank Guillard, 52, of North Lima for domestic violence. At 9:23 p.m. Beaver Township police requested assistance with a call at the Guillard’s home.
Salem
– A patrolling officer observed multiple trash cans knocked over in Centennial Park at 1:43 a.m. Sunday. The officer searched the area, but found no one in the park.
– Officers responded to an Ohio Avenue home at 3:49 p.m. Sunday in reference to a domestic dispute and found a verbal argument between a husband and wife regarding family issues.
– Police responded to a 2800 block East State Street business at 4:38 p.m. Sunday where an employee reported multiple complaints regarding a person walking around the parking lot. Officers spoke with the man in question and advised him he was no longer welcome at the business.
– An officer responded to a New Garden Avenue home at 6:12 p.m. Sunday where the resident reported someone had struck her in the face with a fist and she wanted to press charges. Information will be forwarded to the prosecutor’s office.
– An officer responded to the area of East Pershing Street and Fair Avenue at 7:57 p.m. Sunday in reference to an obstruction in the roadway, but found a large limb in a yard, not in the roadway.
– An officer responded to a North Ellsworth Avenue home at 9:09 p.m. Sunday where the resident reported someone had been posting her home address on a Facebook page. She was advised to report the incident to Facebook and the page moderator. She was also advised that no crime took place, but the incident would be documented.
– An officer responded with the fire department and an ambulance to a South Lundy Avenue home at 9:21 p.m. Sunday. Upon the officer’s arrival, medical personnel said the person was fine and would not need to be transported to the hospital for further evaluation.
– Carlos J. Mejia, 33, East Palestine, turned himself in on a warrant at 10:59 p.m. Sunday.
East Liverpool
– Officers responded Friday night to the Cadmus and Avondale streets area for a man acting strangely, where they reported finding Jordan M. March, 28, Center Road, sweating profusely. He told them he was taking a break from running and denied being under the influence of anything, according to reports. An officer began patting March down for his safety, prompting March to turn away, saying, “I don’t want you to touch me.” Asked if he had anything on him, March reportedly admitted he might have a needle, and the officer reported finding in his pocket a syringe filled with a clear substance March identified as water. March was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments.
– ELCH staff reported Sunday that an overdose patient had walked away without being treated and had been seen getting into several cars. Officers reported finding Garrett Lee Bowling, 23, Wells Hollow Road, Wellsville, at Fourth and Jefferson streets with dilated pupils, slow, slurred speech and slow body movements. A resident came out onto her porch and said he had looked into her car and then had taken a scooter from her porch, dropping it across the street when confronted. Bowling was charged with intoxication and released to a friend.
– While westbound on Lang Street, Monica Shah, 28, Lang Street, reportedly stopped at the intersection of St. Clair Avenue then proceeded through, turning south onto St. Clair Avenue, striking a southbound vehicle driven by Annie M. Hank, 28, Victor Circle, Salem. No injuries or charges were reported.
– A vehicle driven by Mariah P. McClellan, 25, Lisbon Street, was eastbound on Ambrose Street when she turned right onto Vine Street and reportedly struck a parked car owned by Leslie L. Brownfield, Vine Street. McClellan then turned around and left the area, according to reports. She was cited for failure to control.
– Brian T. Vaughn, Lisbon Street, reported his Jeep was parked at Thompson Park when it was struck by a vehicle which left the scene with the driver unidentified.
– Kamesha R. Perry, Park Avenue, reported her father sold their television to a person known to them without her permission. The person now wants $40 to return the television.
– Mitchell Lacey, Thompson Avenue, reported someone filed a 2013 tax return using his stolen identity.
– Seirah Frank, Mayberry Lane, reported the father of her child punched her door, grabbed her by the face and pushed her then left.
– Cheryl Oiler, Thompson Avenue, reported a person she knows came to her house and wanted to borrow money for cigarettes. He left the house with her tablet and $39 from her niece’s wallet.
– Karen Dickey, Bradshaw Avenue, reported her garbage can, sidewalk and downspout spray painted.
– Tonya L. Senkbeil, Grant Street, reported receiving numerous calls from a person she knows, threatening to harm her and her daughter
St. Clair Township
– Officers were called Friday night to the El Paso Mexican Gill in Calcutta for an intoxicated man attempting to drive away. They arrived to find two men restraining Cody S. Reckner, 21, Givens Road, Wellsville, from entering his vehicle, which was parked in front of the restaurant. Reckner was unsteady with slurred speech, according to officers, who said he repeated several times he works with the mayor of East Liverpool setting off fireworks and that he pays his taxes. Officers asked what that had to do with him being drunk but apparently received no answer. Reckner was charged with disorderly conduct/public intoxication, and his vehicle was towed from the fire lane.
Salineville
– Dennis Fender was cited for loud exhaust, driving under the 12-point suspension, and possession of a marijuana pipe during a traffic stop on East Main at 6 p.m. Aug. 16.
– An open door was reported at the former IGA, 60 W. Main, at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17. The building was searched with nothing found.
– Bryce Young of Wellsville was taken into custody on a county warrant after a traffic stop on West Main at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 19. He was a passenger in the vehicle.
– Richard Shane Beadnell Jr. was stopped at 11 a.m. Monday for driving without a license. He also had a warrant and was taken into custody. While being book in jail, he said he may have contraband on him, and an undetermined substance was discovered in a second pair of shorts.
Lisbon
– The fire department responded to what turned out to be a false alarm at the county jail at 10:02 p.m. Saturday.
– The fire department responded to a report of a downed electric line that was sparking on Dutchtown School Road in Elkrun Township at 6:08 p.m. Sunday.
– The fire department turned to be false alarm involving a smoke detector at the high school at 7:35 p.m. Sunday.
Police
County Sheriff
– A caller reported two men were fighting at a home on state Route 170 in Middleton Township at 12:46 p.m. Saturday and one of them may have been stabbed. Before deputies could respond, Ethel Stanford called to say everything was fine. Deputies responded anyway, and Standford said she had just kicked out her boyfriend, who called the sheriff’s office with the bogus claim because he was mad. The ex-boyfriend had left before deputies arrived.
– W. Lee Arnold, Mahoning Avenue, Alliance, reported he was driving on Mahoning Avenue in Knox Townsihp about 3 a.m. Saturday when his windshield was damaged by a passing pickup truck going the other direction. Arnold found a wheel bearing on the his passenger side floor board. The truck was described as a black Ford F-250 diesel.
Columbiana
– Jason Schnabl reported being jumped in the high school parking lot at 1:20 p.m. Saturday by his ex-wife’s current boyfriend, who is from Youngstown. Schnabl justed wanted a report on file.
– The owner of 257 Brenda Lane was issued a warning for high grass at 10:34 a.m. Saturday.
– The owner of 250 Bell Ave. was issued a warning Saturday about accumulated garbage.
– Harvey Setinsek, Columbiana-Lisbon Road, reported John Schlueter of New Waterford spit on him during a road-rage incident on South Pearl Street at 5:36 p.m. Saturday. Schlueter was charged with disorderly conduct.
Salem
– Police responded at 1:40 p.m. Sunday to the 1100 block of Cleveland Street for a domestic dispute. A woman reported having difficulty with her juvenile son and his behavioral issues. The boy had calmed down and nothing more was needed.
– Richard Finch of the 900 block of South Avenue reported at 1:21 p.m. Sunday that between 10 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday, somebody attempted to force their way into his garage door. No entry was made.
– A woman reported at 9:59 a.m. Sunday that she went to the 1600 block of East State Street to pick up her daughter’s belongings, but the resident there will not let her get them. The resident said she could get the property but without roaming around the residence. They agreed on an arrangement. On Saturday night, the woman, who resided on Sixth Street, had reported a child custody dispute, saying the father who lives at another location kicked out the kids and they showed up at her house. She said they could stay at her home but she wanted to talk to an officer about visitation rights.
– Jeremy Allen, 25, of 2356 Ansley, Alliance, was charged with obstruction of official business and taken to the county jail after an investigation in the 500 block of South Broadway at 2:05 a.m. Sunday. An officer on patrol had seen multiple people in the middle of the road who appeared to be arguing. Allen had allegedly provided the officer with a false name and date of birth, initially due to a belief that he had warrants out of Massachusetts.
– A woman from Leetonia reported at 12:54 a.m. Sunday that her debit card, identification card, $200 cash and a gift card were taken from the center console of her vehicle on Saturday while parked at Pizza Hut.
– Officers responded and provided assistance to fire department first responders and EMT Ambulance during a medical call at 12:17 a.m. Sunday at the Flying Pig on North Ellsworth.
– Police responded at 10:40 p.m. Saturday to the 400 block of Aetna St. along with fire department first responders and KLG Ambulance for a girl who said she tripped and fell down the stairs, sustaining unknown injuries. The girl made contact with a parent who arrived shortly after emergency personnel. The parent signed a refusal to transport and took the girl to SRMC.
– A juvenile in the 400 block of Aetna Street reported at 8:42 p.m. Saturday that her ex-boyfriend was there and she did not want him there. He left before officers arrived. Police made contact with the ex-boyfriend and a parent at his residence and he said he would not go back to the Aetna Street residence.
– A reckless vehicle was reported at Walmart with juveniles riding in the rear of a pickup at 10:34 p.m. Saturday. Officers located the vehicle and spoke with the occupants, telling the driver about the complaint and having the juveniles move to the front of the vehicle.
– An officer on patrol at 8:15 p.m. Saturday assisted a motorist at East State Street and Ohio Avenue with a medical issue and made sure they made it safely to SRMC.
– Jarred Knepper, 33, of 13233 Benton Road, was cited for driving under suspension and taken into custody on a warrant for failure to appear after a traffic stop at 7:35 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of Benton Road. He was turned over to a sheriff’s deputy.
– Daela Austrino, 32, of 493 Somer St., was charged with theft after police were called at 6:03 p.m. Saturday for a shoplifter at Walmart. An asset protection employee reported seeing a female place merchandise into her purse without paying for them. The value was $32.91.
– An officer was flagged down at 5:47 p.m. Saturday on Continental Drive by a motorist who reported seeing a vehicle with the door open in a drive on Lexington. The officer located the vehicle and made contact at the residence, learning all was fine. The door was left open by accident.
– A man in the 500 block of Columbia reported Saturday he believed some-one entered his residence and opened one of his cupboards when he was not home.
– An officer at 3:30 p.m. Saturday reported losing the microphone box attached to his uniform sometime during the shift.
– A fight was reported at 3:10 p.m. Saturday at Continental and Bentley. A male said he and another male had an argument which escalated to physical violence. Neither one of them wanted to pursue anything.
– A woman on Shady Lane reported phone harassment at 2:38 p.m. Saturday with her ex-husband over child custody issues. She was told to contact her attorney since it was a civil matter.
– A man in the 900 block of East Third Street reported phone harassment at 1:33 p.m. Saturday, saying a female keeps calling and yelling at him due to a recent eviction. She was contacted and told to stop calling him.
– Police were asked to do a well-being check on a resident in the 200 block of West 13th Street at 1:22 p.m. Saturday. He said he was fine.
– A resident on Orchard Bend Drive reported at 1:41 p.m. Saturday that someone struck the right rear bumper of his vehicle while it was parked at Walmart.
– A woman from Portland, Ore. called at 1:04 p.m. Saturday for a well-being check on a Penn Avenue resident, saying she had not been able to make contact. A neighbor told officers the resident left Friday in her vehicle. The woman called back later to say her mother was fine and had gone to stay with a family member.
– A caller at 12:03 p.m. Saturday reported suspicious activity in the 500 block of Cherry Street where two males were seen taking scrap from an empty lot. Officers spoke to the two males who stopped to pick up scrap they saw while driving around. They were told they needed permission of the owners. Officers made them put the items back.
Salem
– Firefighters were called at 1:49 p.m. Sunday to the 900 block of West Pershing Street after a concerned citizen reported illegal burning. A resident was burning yard debris. He extinguished the fire and was told about open burning laws.
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Lisbon
-Eric M. Wilson, 39, of Colliers, W.Va., was sitting at a traffic light on North Market Street in his semi-truck at 2:09 p.m. Wednesday when he backed up to allow an approaching semi-truck to make its turn. In doing so, Wilson backed up into the car behind him, which was leased to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and being driven by Charles Snyder Jr.
East Palestine
-Beverly E. Morrell, 69, of New Brighton, Pa., was cited for speeding on Alice Street at 1:54 p.m. Friday.
-Police were called to the rear of a North Market Street business at 5:55 p.m. Friday, where Patrick J. Vitko was found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle. Vitko, 34, Richardson Avenue, Negley, possibly had a medical problem but he declined to have an ambulance summoned. Arrangements were made to have someone pick him up.
-Steven S. Elliott, 23, was cited for speeding and driving left of center on Bacon Avenue at 10:42 a.m. Thursday.
-Police went to a North Walnut Street home at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday to take David Heddleston into custody on an arrest warrant out of Pennsylvania.
-John E. Thiry, Glenwood Avenue, reported at 1:19 a.m. Monday a rock was thrown through a storm door window at the residence. Police believe it is likely related to another incident that occurred earlier that night.
-A South Washington Street resident called at 4:54 p.m. Thursday with a complaint about bullying involving several juveniles in the apartment complex.
-David Horner, East Clark Street, reported Friday two vehicles parked in his back yard were damaged when someone in another vehicle apparently drove between them, denting the door of a pickup truck and breaking a tail light of the car and scraping the bumper.
Columbiana
-A mother reported Friday her daughter was being harassed by another girl at the middle school.
-Police were contacted Friday about a landlord-tenant dispute on state Route 14 involving Melvin Thomas, but the parties were told this was a civil matter.
-Shelly Logan reported Friday her tenant on South Bayshore Drive, Amanda Malone, called her say the man who had been kicked off the property the day before was threatening to break in and burn the house down.
-Michael Heckert, 28, of Leetonia, was cited for driving under suspension and with an expired license plate following a traffic stop on West Salem Street at 6:50 p.m. Friday.
-A woman who lives at 28 S. Vine St. reported Thursday getting one of those scam calls from someone claiming to be from the IRS and threatening to take her to court if she did not do as she was told. Police advised her on the proper action to take.
– Kaleb E. Simpson of New Waterford was cited for OVI after someone called at 11:16 a.m. Thursday to say there was someone who appeared drunk had just walked into the McDonald’s restaurant, and he was staggering and smoking cigarette butts from the ground. Simpson was later arrested following a traffic stop on state Route 14.
-A caller reported at 8:19 a.m. Thursday someone on West Salem Street continued to burn trash after repeated requests they quit doing so. Police arrived and told the property owner to extinguish the fire.
-A caller reported at 9:46 a.m. Thursday the neighbors leave their dog outside and then it barks the entire time. Police arrived but did to see any violations but spoke to the dog owner.
-Someone from Columbiana Pump reported Thursday that 20 decorative tree gates were stolen overnight.
Salem
– Police responded to a medical at 10:54 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of South Lincoln Avenue where fire department first responders were on the scene and EMT Ambulance arrived, transporting a person having a medical problem.
– A caller at 10:20 a.m. Saturday reported a domestic in progress in the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge Drive where police learned a verbal argument escalated to a pushing match. Both people involved declined pressing charges. The female half was leaving the residence and not returning.
– An officer called at 10:03 a.m. Saturday to South Lincoln Avenue and Southeast Boulevard saw some branches and limbs down on the east side of South Lincoln Avenue and moved the larger pieces. A large branch had broken off a large tree in a yard at the southeast corner. A note was being left for the service department to take care of the rest in the curb lawn.
– Police responded to the 300 block of East Third Street for a domestic dispute reported at 8:49 a.m. Saturday. Officers spoke with a woman and man and a male friend, learning there was an argument over who stayed out all night and who was home taking care of the man’s son. The son had stayed overnight at his aunt’s residence. They were told to keep it inside instead of outside and to keep their voices down. They were told eventually someone will get arrested and that police can’t keep coming there to watch over their arguing in public. They were also told to talk with the landlord about both of them being on the lease and if one or the other needs to leave.
– A caller at 5:01 a.m. Saturday reported juveniles in the parking lot in the 500 block of East Pershing Street. Officers found three adults in the parking lot and one female juvenile who said she was waiting for her grandmother to pick her up after leaving a nearby event. The grandmother arrived a short time later and the three adults left.
– John Mohr, of West Fifth Street, reported at 3:49 a.m. Saturday that his iPad mini was stolen from his residence two months ago. An investigation is pending.
– Officers were dispatched at 1:42 a.m. Saturday to North Lincoln Avenue to assist Goshen Township Police officers who were entering the city attempting to stop a blue Dodge truck for violations in their jurisdiction. Goshen units were picked up at North Lincoln Avenue and East Third Street trying to stop the truck, which was traveling at low speeds. The truck failed to stop for the stop sign at North Lincoln Avenue and East Third Street and failed to stop for the red light at Lincoln and State Street. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle over multiple city streets. The vehicle was eventually stopped on the west side of the Circle of Care building on Pershing Street where the driver fled on foot. Officers were able to catch up and the suspect was taken into custody and turned over to Goshen Township Police. The vehicle was towed from the scene. Charges from the city police department are pending.
– Police were called at 12:04 a.m. Saturday to the 300 block of Hickory Lane to assist the fire department with a residential lockout. The homeowner told the fire department she didn’t want them to pry open the door due to the damage it might cause. She said she would go to her husband’s place of business to get keys.
– A caller at 10:12 p.m. Friday reported people on the playground at First Christian Church, 1151 E. Sixth St., but they were gone when police arrived.
– Tyler Morrison, 18, of 894 E. Fourth St., was charged with criminal trespass and a female juvenile was charged with delinquency and released to a parent after police were called at 8:59 p.m. Friday for several people on the roof top of a local business. The report said they had climbed over a stair railing and jumped a wall to gain access to the roof. One of the people said he had a foot injury and was evaluated by fire department first responders but declined transport to the hospital.
– A well-being check was requested at 8:57 p.m. Friday for a resident in the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue. Police made contact with the man who said he had some health problems and had not been out of the house for a while. The caller was contacted and told he was OK.
– An intoxicated person was reported at 8:47 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of East Third Street. Officers found the person in the 1200 block and provided a courtesy transport to his residence.
– An officer on patrol on East Pershing Street at 7:40 p.m. Friday was flagged down for a hit/skip accident. Karl Schrom of Highland Avenue reported an unknown vehicle hit the rear of his truck, smashing the tail light, flattening a tire and causing a big dent on the rear driver side.
– A caller at 6:43 p.m. Friday reported a fight between four or five people in the 400 block of Aetna Street. No one was there.
– Police spoke with Rose Avenue resident Lawrence Zagotti at 4:04 p.m. Friday regarding damage to his vehicle in the 200 block. He was unaware of the cause but wanted a report on file.
– A caller at 1:08 p.m. Friday claimed a city worker was parked wrong side to the street on Highland Avenue at East Third Street with cones out. Police found a brown truck on the no parking side with a cone in front and a cone at the rear of the trailer hitched to the truck. Workers were working on a residence and were told about the complaint and asked to move to the other side. They said they had just unloaded some material. No city truck or workers were seen in the area.
– A reckless operator was reported at 11:04 a.m. Friday on North Lincoln Avenue, but was not found.
– A man came to the police station at 7:18 a.m. Friday to report being assaulted at his residence in the 600 block of Cedar Street and had obvious injury to his face. He said his girlfriend’s 16-year-old son punched him in the face twice after he threw cold water on him to wake him up for school. Officers made contact with the juvenile and he admitted punching him twice and had swelling on his right hand. He was taken into custody for domestic violence/delinquency and taken to the Tobin Center.
– Fire department personnel at 7 a.m. Friday reported seeing a male juvenile going into the road and almost getting struck on East Third Street between North Ellsworth Avenue and North Broadway. He was wearing an orange shirt. The juvenile was located on East Sixth Street and was told to stay out of the road.
– An attempted burglary was reported in the 500 block of East Fourth Street at 6:24 a.m. Friday where a woman said someone attempted to get into her residence by unlocking the door, but she was able to latch it before they could gain access. She didn’t see anybody, but believed a male was driving a vehicle through a field. Officers planned to check the parking lot.
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– Shirley Miller, Speidel Road, Hanoverton, reported at 8:30 a.m. Friday her husband, David, listed a camper for sale online and someone agreed to pay $800. However, they sent a $2,800 check using Priority Mail Express, postmarked in Carson, Calif. on the account of The Agency Group Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Miller believed the check suspicious and filed a report.
– Judy Williams, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported a possible overdose at 10:39 p.m. Thursday. Marcus Vincent was passed out on his kitchen floor and had bled from his head for an unknown reason, but he refused to go to the hospital.
– Mark Houk, Ridge Way Road, Rogers, reported in May that the previous August he hired Chelsea Chimney Service to install a woodburner in his home, but it was not installed properly and had to be removed. On Jan. 19, the owner of Chelsea Chimney Service removed the woodburner and gave Houk paperwork explaining he would try to repay Houk the $1,600 as soon as he could. On Thursday the prosecutor’s office determined the matter to be civil.
-Jenna Little, Depot Road, Lisbon, reported at 1:36 p.m. Thursday someone entered her vehicle and took both her Huntington debit card and her child support debit card. When she realized they were missing she canceled them, and the Huntington card had already been used twice.
– Tanya Tasker, Lantana, Fla., reported at 12:15 p.m. Thursday when she and her husband, David Tasker, divorced in 2010 the agreement was for him to rent the home on Hartley Road, Alliance, from her. He stopped paying the rent and she repossessed the home. He moved out one and a half weeks ago and she came to Ohio to find he took all the appliances, the central air unit, the furnace, the light fixtures and the handles from the kitchen cabinets. There are also broken and missing windows.
– Edward Grippi of O’Reilly’s, state Route 45, Lisbon, reported at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday a man came into the auto parts store at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday and told the clerk he needed money. When the clerk told him she was not going to give him any money he then asked for her credit card. She again told him “no” and he left.
– Frank Ieropoli, U.S. Route 30, Lisbon, reported at 9:44 p.m. Thursday his wife Missy Ieropoli was driving to meet a friend at the hospital in Columbus, but never made it there. The last communication he had with his wife was on the phone at 4:09 p.m. Deputies pinged her phone, and the last activity was at 8:20 p.m. in Columbus, but the phone was currently shut off. She was entered as missing.
Highway Patrol
– Alexis M. Fish, 20, New Cumberland, W.Va., was stopped northbound on Dresden Avenue at a red light at 6:43 p.m. Sunday in St. Clair Township. John James Swager, 21, Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool, was unable to stop in assured clear distance and struck Fish form behind. Swager was cited with assured clear distance. No injuries were reported.
Lisbon
– Police checked out the area of South Lincoln and Maple Street for a suspicious person reportedly being loud and out of control at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday. No one was located.
-A fight was reported at the Hornsby House at 12:01 a.m. Thursday between Todd Kirtley and Jay Farrow. Kirtley was charged with assault and taken to the county jail.
East Liverpool
– An officer reported seeing two men exiting a vehicle at a Heights Manor apartment building where suspicious activity had been reported in recent weeks. They found one of the men, Aaron N. Francis, 30, Huston Road, was on the trespass list for the housing complex. Officers had the men place their hands on a wall but said Francis became nervous, taking one hand off the wall and placing something into the waistband of his pants. They reported finding a white baggy containing a powdery substance in his waistband. Francis was charged with criminal trespass, and the suspected drugs were sent to a lab for testing, with additional charges possibly to be filed.
Salem
– An officer responded to Buckeye Elementary School at 4:04 p.m. Thursday in reference to a student who had gotten on the wrong bus. The problem was resolved before the officer arrived, and the child was en route back to the school.
– An officer responded to a 700 block East Fifth Street home at 4:52 p.m. Thursday where the resident reported damage to her swimming pool earlier that day.
– Police responded to a Woodland Avenue home at 5:21 p.m. Thursday where the resident reported someone had broken the tail lights on two vehicles.
– A complainant reported on station at 6:04 p.m. Thursday someone he knows had been following him through town.
– Officers responded to an 1100 East State Street business at 9:09 p.m. Thursday where a customer had become irate after a soda machine did not work. The customer was told not to return to the business.
– Zachary M. Lake, 20, 995 New Garden Ave., Salem, was arrested at his home on an active warrant out of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office at 11:47 a.m. Friday.
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– Steve Jenkins, U.S. Route 30, Hanoverton, reported at 11:21 a.m. Wednesday someone in a white pickup stopped at his home on Tuesday, identified himself as David Harrison and claimed to be doing a paving job down the street. He claimed to have extra materials and offered to do Jenkins’ driveway at a third of the normal cost. He agreed and they came and did only half the driveway before leaving. He wrote a check for $5,000 for them, but then told his bank not to cash it when they called on Wednesday morning believing it was a scam.
– Billy Brown, Endley Road, Lisbon, reported at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday someone removed his mailbox and post overnight.
Lisbon
– Police were called to the Hornsby House at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday to stand by while an ambulance transported a resident to a local hospital.
– Lori Crowe reported somebody was looking in CARTS vehicles parked in the lot on Jackson Street at 3 a.m. Tuesday, but police did not find anyone lurking about.
– Joseph Castelucci, South Lincoln Avenue, called at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday because he wanted someone removed from the residence. Police arrived and told the woman there she needed to leave, which she did.
– Thomas F. Ambrose, East Chestnut Street, reported in July being the victim of identity theft, with someone using his name, address, birthday and Social Security number to open a credit card through Chase Visa Amazon.com. He also did a credit check to determine if any other cards were opened in his name, which did not happen.
– Tracy Meek reported she was driving through Elkton about 4:30 p.m. Aug. 19 when someone in a dark colored Ford F-150 started following her closely to the point where she thought he was going to make contact. The man driving the pickup truck also repeatedly honked his horn and yelled at her during every traffic light after she arrived in town. Meek pulled over at Brian’s Barbershop and he continued to harass her, which is when she called police. The two men in the truck were described as being in their 20s or early 30s and the side of the truck had a business name she not catch in its entirety but it had something to do with trees. Police searched the area but did not find a truck matching the description.
– Chad Brewer, West Lincoln Way, reported Monday his apartment was broken into and items were stolen. Brewer said he may know who was responsible, and police questioned the woman, but she denied any involvement.
– Police were called to Smith Oil at 7:17 a.m. Monday after a banned customer, David Todd, showed up. The suspect was gone by the time police arrived but Todd was later located on South Park Avenue and warned the next time he would be charged.
– Rodney Harsh of Paul’s Taxi of Salem reported at 2:49 a.m. Tuesday that Sherrie Moore, 52, North Market Street, refused to pay her fare. After being unable to contact Moore, a warrant was issued for her arrest.
– Hannah M. Eshenbaugh, 16, Grandview Street, was driving on West Spruce Street when she went off the road at 8 a.m. Wednesday, striking a pole.
– Delmer R. Knauff, 52, West Salem Street, Salem, was cited for assured cleared distance after he drove into the rear of a vehicle operated by Donzella G. Domenico, 53, of Wheeling, W.Va., on East Lincoln Way at Jackson Street at 3:23 p.m. Aug. 19.
Columbiana
– Joseph Glista, Canterbury Court, reported at 12:46 p.m. Wednesday two personal checks were stolen from his checkbook and were later forged and cashed in Austintown.
– Amber Pine, 21, New Springfield, was arrested on a warrant through the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office following a traffic stop on state Route 14 near East Park Avenue at 6:28 p.m. Wednesday.
– A woman reported at 8:18 p.m. Wednesday someone was speeding on a yellow motorcycle on state Route 14.
– A man reported at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday there was a suspicious man in the area of Heck Road near Universal Percussion. Police checked but found no one there.
– A man reported at 5:54 a.m. Wednesday items were taken from Col-Pump during the night.
East Palestine
– David Heddleston III, 41, North Walnut Street, was taken into custody at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday on North Walnut Street on a fugitive from justice warrant through Pennsylvania.
– A South Washington Street woman reported at 5:58 p.m. Wednesday her juvenile son was not listening to her and trying to run away. Police spoke with the child and advised him of the consequences of his actions.
– Police were called to the 400 block of West Martin Street at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday for a report that a social worker was having problems with a 9-year-old girl who was refusing to cooperate so she could be transported to another location. The girl ended up cooperating and was taken to the other location without any problems.
Salem
– Roger Mullet, 28, of 279 W. Fourth St., was charged with assault, a first-degree misdemeanor, and taken to the county jail after police were called for a domestic in progress at 10:10 a.m. Thursday at the West Fourth Street property. Officers found that a physical altercation occurred between Mullet and his girlfriend after an argument about their children. The report said he struck her on the left side of her face, resulting in a red swollen lump on her left cheek bone area. A witness reported seeing Mullet hit the woman.
– Several residents reported their vehicles were entered, with Peggy Nedzelski of the 1000 block of North Ellsworth reporting at 8:53 a.m. Thursday that four vehicles parked at the residence were entered and change removed. A neighbor reported someone entered her and her mother’s vehicles. The only item missing was a ukulele. Tara Buss, of the 1100 block of East Ninth reported Thursday morning that $5 was stolen from her white GMC SUV and her daughter thought maybe someone entered the home when everyone left for the day. The residence was secure and police checked the inside of the house. Clyde Wolfgang, of North Lincoln, reported Thursday morning that someone entered his vehicle in the 800 block of North Union Avenue and took $20 worth of change from the center console. Paul Wagner, of West Perry, reported Thursday morning that someone entered his silver Chevy truck in the 300 block of West Ninth and stole a bag of change and his wallet containing identification cards and money. Heather Holenchick, of the 200 block of Highland reported Wednesday night that someone stole the GPS out of her vehicle. Nathaniel Clark reported Wednesday morning that someone entered his vehicle and took a wallet and a bottle of medication.
– Police responded to an area of East State Street near St. Paul School at 11:54 p.m. Wednesday for a report of an intoxicated male and a female. They were given a ride.
– Police were called at 11:46 p.m. Wednesday to the library parking lot, 821 E. State St., for a possible drug overdose. Officers made contact with a person who said he took pills he shouldn’t have. He was taken to SRMC.
– A wallet was found at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday at a local laundromat and placed in the police lost and found. The owner was identified but officers were unable to find a working phone number.
– A man on Fairview Court reported at 9:56 p.m. Wednesday that he and his wife have been receiving texts from an unknown person and the texts were suggestive in nature. Contact was made with the person who was told to stop or face charges. The person agreed to stop.
– Possible menacing was reported at 9:44 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Fair Avenue. An officer learned it was a civil dispute and was able to resolve the matter.
– A suspicious object was reported at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of North Ellsworth. An officer checked the item but found nothing of interest.
– Police were called at 8:29 p.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of North Lincoln to check a residence that the caller thought was supposed to be vacant but reported seeing somebody inside. The exterior was found locked, but there was a running fan in the window and some lights on. Nobody answered the doors. Officers spoke with a neighbor who said someone moved in several weeks ago. Officers were subsequently contacted by the person who is currently living there and he said he was in the process of purchasing the residence from the current owner.
– A shattered glass door was reported at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Salem Masonic Temple, 788 E. State St., where officers located the damage which appeared recent and saw the entire pane of glass shattered from top to bottom. A keyholder reported leaving the building at 5 p.m. and the door was fine then. Additional officers responded and the interior of the building was checked. It did not appear that anyone made entry or disturbed anything inside. The keyholder swept up the glass and was making arrangements to secure the door.
– A possible drug overdose was reported at 7:23 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of Ohio Avenue where a female juvenile allegedly took a large amount of pills. She was conscious and taken to SRMC.
– The chef at Boneshakers restaurant, 500 E. Pershing St., reported at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday that on Aug. 20, three men left without paying their bill. One returned to pay his tab, but the other two did not. The theft is under investigation.
– Adam Lodge, 24, of 811 S. Lundy Ave., was taken into custody at his home at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday on a felony warrant for receiving stolen property. He was turned over to a deputy and taken to jail.
– A woman from a pediatric health care center at 1076 E. State St. reported at 8:44 a.m. Wednesday that she arrived for work at 6 a.m. and pulled up in front and saw a white pickup parked at the east side of the building backed up. She saw two young males on the roof area throw bags into the back of the truck, then they saw her and got into the vehicle and drove off. Nothing appeared damaged or entered. The rear of the building was checked and a window ledge at the top was bent back a little and the parking cement block was pushed back towards the building.
– Police responded at 8:37 a.m. Wednesday to the 1300 block of South Lincoln Avenue and spoke with an alleged victim who said a newspaper delivery person clipped his arm with his vehicle after the victim told him to slow down. The victim advised the incident escalated to physical contact after the delivery man exited his vehicle. The victim said he was struck in the head a few times and knocked to the ground, but he did not want to pursue the matter and denied medical attention. Officers advised contact would be attempted with the newspaper service and delivery man.
Perry Township
– Police were called at 6:23 p.m. Wednesday for an unwanted man on a property in the 2200 block of North Lincoln Avenue. An officer stood by while the male removed his belongings.
– Roger Higgins Jr., 33, last known address Route 9, Kensington, was taken into custody at Fresh Mark at 8:54 a.m. Tuesday on a warrant out of Alliance for failure to appear for jail on a charge of theft.
East Liverpool
– Alice Seibert, Michigan Street, reported her 86-year-old husband struck her, saying he did not know what he was doing due to having dementia. Her brother then struck her husband, Seibert reported. She declined to file charges. Adult Protective Services was called.
– Home health care provider Marsha McGinnis reported she arrived at a client’s home on Lincoln, where a neighbor began accusing her of being a dog thief. When McGinnis left the client’s home, she found a pellet hole in her windshield.
– A truck knocked out a red light on Boyce Street and when officers caught up with it at Harvey Avenue, the driver was unaware he had struck the light.
Liverpool Township
– Officers were dispatched to the LaCroft Avenue home of Angela Walsh, who reported her father, George E. Montgomery, 63, Florence Street, had broken out a window of her home and entered without permission. She had locked him in a bathroom until officers could arrive. They reported finding Montgomery in the bathroom, where he began yelling and had to be handcuffed. He appeared intoxicated and had minor cuts to his hand and face. He was charged with criminal damaging/endangering and criminal trespassing.
St. Clair Township
– Shandon N. Mackall, 33, Old Fredericktown Road, reported being harassed on her phone.
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– East Palestine dispatchers reported at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday someone reported there was a disturbance at the State Line Tavern parking lot where a man and woman were arguing in the parking lot. Deputies checked the parking lot and inside the establishment, but found no disturbance.
– Renee Huffman, state Route 14, East Palestine, reported at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday she was involved in an argument with her husband, Ed Huffman, about money issues. He raised his voice and began throwing items around the house. She and her 6-year-old child left the home before it went any further.
– Joyce Vecchio, state Route 164, Lisbon, reported at 2:38 p.m. Tuesday there are unauthorized charges on her Sears Mastercard, which she believes were made by her son, who may have taken the credit card from her mailbox. She has not used the card in years.
– David Shivers, East Pershing Street, Salem, reported at 6:46 p.m. Tuesday he moved his sister’s vehicle and struck a utility pole beside the barn, damaging her passenger side front fender and mirror.
– Diane Porter, Old Irondale Road, Wellsville, reported at 2:36 p.m. Tuesday her daughter Joann Merriman is in the hospital and she is staying at her home watching her granddaughter. The daughter’s husband had left the house a few days ago and is now calling her daughter at the hospital wanting her vehicle. He has also reportedly been making threats to go to the house and burn things if she does not give him the keys to her car. Deputies told Porter to call if he comes there causing a problem.
Highway Patrol
– Sandra Lee Evans, 76, North Lima, was attempting to make a left hand turn onto County Road 6 from a private drive in Beaver Township, Mahoning County at 5:33 p.m. Saturday and struck Andrew Bolyard, 27, New Springfield, who was eastbound on County Road 6. Evans was cited for right of way and Bolyard and his passenger, Randy Bolyard, 23, New Springfield, were taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Columbiana
– A Columbiana Dodge employee reported at 5 p.m. Tuesday there was minor vandalism done to a vehicle in the lot.
East Palestine
– Police were called to 66 S. Washington St. at 10 p.m. Sunday for a report of criminal mischief. Police found a vehicle belonging to Jason Monac of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., was scratched when someone placed a traffic cone on the car.
– Sheryl Tomor, West North Avenue, reported at 11:47 p.m. Sunday a rock was thrown at a window to her home.
– John Barton, Brookdale Avenue, reported at 12:55 p.m. Monday he received a scam saying he had inherited $9 million. He told police he did not give out any of his personal information.
Lisbon
– A vehicle belonging to the county mental health center and driven by Jerry Robinson of East Liverpool reportedly struck the bumper of a car driven by Gwen Swiger of Salem in the Apple Grove apartments at noon Tuesday, pulling the bumper nearly off.
-A vehicle being driven by Pamela M. Bricker, 39, state Route 45, Leetonia, was stopped in traffic on East Lincoln Way at 7:50 a.m. Monday when it was struck in the rear by a vehicle operated by Dalton R. Madden, 23, Saltwell Road.
East Liverpool
– Officers were called Tuesday night to the West Fourth Street residence of Jason P. Kutzner, 19, who reported family members of Patricia Flaherty were sitting outside his home. He pointed out to officers a vehicle parked on Jefferson Street facing his house, and after the officer drove past, the vehicle had pulled in front of Rayl’s Market on Fourth Street. Officers spoke to the driver, Scott D. Bostaph, 22, Bradshaw Avenue, who is Flaherty’s son, telling him it is not a good idea for him to be in the area and to stay away from Kutzner. Kutzner has been identified as the driver of a vehicle that struck Flaherty Sunday night on Dresden Avenue, resulting in her death. No charges have been filed in that case, which remains under investigation by city police and the county coroner’s office.
St. Clair Township
– Officers responded Tuesday night to a residence on Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road for an unconscious male, where they were advised by Kasie Sharps that she found her boyfriend, Davis Jones, 33, kneeling by the toilet. While trying to help him, Sharps reportedly found syringes and stamp bags with suspected heroin near him as well as three syringes and glass pipes in Jones’ possession. Paramedics with North Star Critical Care were attempting to revive Jones and told officers he had “shot up” four packets of heroin, according to reports. They administered four doses of Narcan which caused him to revive. Jones was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drug abuse instruments.
Salem
– Police responded to Dollar General, 2350 E. State St., for an alarm activation at 1:32 a.m. Wednesday. A helium balloon was found floating in the back stock room which is believed to have set it off.
– A caller at 9:13 p.m. Wednesday reported possible shots fired in the 100 block of Woodland Avenue where residents heard a loud explosion and observed what appeared to be smoke drifting in the air near a motion light. Officers found several small pieces of watermelon which were fresh, then found the main part of the watermelon in a north-south alley where it was evident someone ignited or detonated an explosive inside a watermelon. It was evident by the moisture and because the remains of the watermelon originated outward from the point of detonation. Two males dressed in black were seen walking in the alley prior to the incident. There did not appear to be any damage from the explosion.
– Loud persons were reported in the 1100 block of East State Street at 9:04 p.m. Wednesday. Two people said they were shouting at one another but would lower their voices to avoid any further disturbance.
– A woman on Edgewood Drive talked to police at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday with several questions concerning two messages she received from an unknown person. No threats were made and she will contact police if she receives more.
– Police responded at 6:33 p.m. Tuesday to the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge for a report of theft. A woman said her stepdad took money, her medication and her phone out of her purse. While officers were speaking with her, he showed up at the residence. He said he didn’t take anything and gave verbal consent for officers to search his vehicle and also willingly emptied his pockets. He did not have any of the items on him or in his vehicle. The incident is under investigation. Police had been called at 5:44 p.m. Tuesday for a verbal dispute in the 800 block of Homewood Avenue and saw a male and female walking down the road. The female said she had a fight with her stepdad who left in her vehicle and had stolen several items. The male was her boyfriend who was trying to calm her down. She filed the separate theft report regarding the items.
– A vehicle owned by Betty Jessop of Columbiana was struck from behind during a hit/skip in the parking lot at Sally Beauty Supply, 2955 E. State St., at 5:42 p.m. Tuesday. A vehicle backing up struck the rear of her parked vehicle.
– A woman from Southeast Boulevard reported Tuesday she received a bill from a tow company out of New York City saying her vehicle was towed from an accident. She said she’s never been to New York City and she only has one vehicle that she’s currently driving. An officer told her to go to the BMV and have them take her name off the vehicle registration that was not hers. She was also told to check with her bank and social security to see if any other information had been stolen. The officer followed up with New York City police and they advised their detectives were looking into it.
– Police were called at 10:01 a.m. Tuesday to the 300 block of East Third for a verbal dispute over personal matters. The female left for the day.
Leetonia
– Justin J. Schneider, 25, Canterbury Hollow, Ky., has been charged with fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine following the test results of evidence recovered during an incident on June 28.
– Richard E. Koffman, 22, Leetonia, has been charged with possession of heroin following the test results of evidence recovered during an incident on July 1.
– Officers searched the area of Washington Street and state Route 344 at 10:34 a.m. Aug. 16 in reference to a suspicious person, but were unable to find anyone matching the description.
– Tasha McCluskey, Leetonia, was charged with driving under suspension following a traffic stop at Columbia and Nold streets at 10:34 p.m. Aug. 19. A search of the vehicle revealed various drug and drug paraphernalia which were forwarded for testing, with additional charges pending the results. Children services was contacted due to the presence of three children in the vehicle at the time of the stop. A passenger in the vehicle, Andrew Wright, 29, Rogers, was charged with obstructing official business and arrested on an active warrant out of the Mahoning County sheriff’s office.
– Officers responded to a possible domestic disturbance near Wick Park on Sunday.
– Officers responded to a report of breaking and entering at a village owned building on East High Street at 2:46 p.m. Monday.
Goshen Police District
– Christopher D. Conrad, 22, Damascus, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia-marijuana; and Jamon McKinley Winphrie, 18, Youngstown, possession of drugs-marijuana after a patrolling officer observed a blacked out vehicle in the Damascus Elementary parking lot at 2:57 a.m. Aug. 16.
– John Taylor, 64, 12205 Goshen Road 54, Salem, was charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated, failure to control and menacing after officers responded to the area of his home at 9:54 p.m. Aug. 18 in reference to a possible drunk driver and found that he had struck a house and another vehicle while they were en route. Due to Taylor’s high level of intoxication, Damascus first responders arrived to evaluate him, at which time he attempted to strike an officer. Taylor was transported by ambulance to the Salem hospital for further evaluation, then to the Mahoning County jail.
Salem
– Firefighters received a call at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday from SRMC regarding a fire alarm. A smoke detector had activated due to construction dust. Maintenance was working on replacing the faulty detector.
Police
Salem
– A wire was reported down in a driveway in the 500 block of West Sixth Street at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday. A man said he was backing his motor home out of the drive and clipped the phone wire. The phone company was notified by the fire department.
– An officer on patrol at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday was advised by a motorist of alleged criminal damaging to his vehicle, saying his windshield was damaged by a person on an upstairs deck of apartments at Lundy Avenue and Aetna Street. The officer noted what appeared to be new cracks in the front windshield. The officer went to the alleged location where it happened and spoke to the suspect and others who all denied throwing rocks and gave a different story.
– Police were asked at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday to check the well-being of a person in the 1000 block of East Ninth Street who called the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office making threats. Police spoke to him and learned from his mother that he was not taking his medication. He didn’t remember calling the sheriff’s office or making threats.
– A man on Wisconsin Boulevard reported at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday that he believed he may have lost his wallet at Speedway. He couldn’t find it and that was the last place he had it.
– Police were called to check the well-being of a resident on South Madison Avenue at 10:24 a.m. Tuesday. The man said he was fine, but a little ill and said he would call his employer.
– A hanging wire was reported at 6:47 a.m. Tuesday on Franklin Avenue and Southeast Boulevard. The fire department was called to the scene.
– Debris was reported at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday on Jefferson Avenue where someone removed trash and limbs from a curb lawn and placed them in the street. The items were removed from the street.
– Ronald Handy Jr., 43, whose address was listed as 423 W. Pershing St., was cited for driving under suspension and a turn signal violation after an officer on patrol at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday found a vehicle with a registration violation. The vehicle attempted to flee before the officer activated the overhead lights and siren, with the vehicle stopping in the 100 block of West Third Street. The driver was under several suspensions. K-9 Simon was deployed and confirmed the presence of a narcotic odor. The driver was cited and released, with additional charges pending.
– An officer at 1:42 a.m. Tuesday saw a suspicious vehicle parked at the Salem Community Center, 1098 N. Ellsworth Ave., after business hours. Contact was made with both occupants who said they were playing Pokemon Go. They were told to leave.
– Criminal mischief was reported at 12:19 a.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of Fairview where officers found unknown people had placed fireworks in a trash can and knocked several others over. Nobody was found.
– A suspicious odor was reported coming from an apartment in the 100 block of North Union Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Monday. An anonymous caller said neighbors were smoking marijuana. Officers made contact with them and told them about the complaint.
– A dog was reported loose at 8:17 p.m. Monday at South Lincoln Avenue and Franklin, but was not found.
– A caller at 8 p.m. Monday reported several juveniles playing in the duck pond catching turtles at Waterworth Memorial Park. An officer told them to stay out of the pond. A parent arrived on scene and was upset with her child because she was told not to leave the yard. The juveniles left the park.
– Police responded to the 1100 block of East State Street at 7:10 p.m. Monday for a reckless operator. A driver was allowing others to ride on the outside of her vehicle. She was told not to do that.
– A wallet was turned over to police at 5:31 p.m. Monday and placed in lost and found.
– Police were called at 3:50 p.m. Monday to respond to the 400 block of West Fourth Street, along with fire department first responders and EMT Ambulance, for a male possibly needing medical attention. He was having a medical issue and was transported to Salem Regional Medical Center.
– A suspicious woman was reported at 1:06 p.m. Monday in the 1900 block of Oak Street where officers found the female in a wooded area behind a residence. She was ok and was just sitting in the woods smoking. Officers didn’t find anything suspicious and she was sent on her way.
– A woman at 11:24 a.m. Monday reported her purse and her husband’s wallet were taken from their vehicle while they were inside Walmart on East State Street.
– A telephone wire was reported down at 10:28 a.m. Monday in the 2100 block of Southeast Boulevard. The downed line was removed and the phone company advised.
Perry Township
– A resident in the 600 block of Michigan Avenue reported at 5:12 p.m. Monday that a semi truck took out a telephone line connected to his residence from the roadway while traveling northbound. He was told to contact the phone company to have the line replaced.
– Police responded to the 1400 block of U.S. Route 62 for a two-vehicle accident at 4:42 p.m. Monday. William Lee Arnold, 51, whose last known address was Alliance, was cited for assured clear distance after his westbound vehicle struck the rear of a westbound vehicle driven by Chasity Kellogg, 20, of Salem, who was stopped in traffic. Kellogg and her passenger, 22-year-old Brittany Malone were both transported by Green Township EMS to Salem Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
– Police responded at 3:35 p.m. Monday to the 400 block of Benton Road where a 4-year-old juvenile obtained the keys to a black Dodge Stratus and placed the vehicle into reverse. The vehicle rolled backwards into the lawn of a neighboring trailer, causing damage to a flower garden and coming inches from striking the trailer itself. A copy of the report will be sent to Children Services for further investigation.
– Amy Cefalo, 25, of Cortland, was cited for failure to yield after she failed to see the traffic signal on the four-lane U.S. Route 62/state Route 45 bypass change from green to red and her eastbound vehicle struck a northbound vehicle driven by Dennis Erdel, 50, of Salem, on North Ellsworth Avenue, at 12:08 p.m. Monday.
– Police, along with KLG Ambulance and township fire department first responders, arrived at a residence in the 1200 block of Somerset Drive after receiving a call at 10:38 a.m. Monday from Salem Area Visiting Nurses regarding an alarm. The SVNA had received the alarm from the residence and was unable to make contact with the homeowner. The resident was found to have a low blood sugar reading and was transported to SRMC.
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County Sheriff
– Matthew Watson, North Surry Road, East Liverpool, reported at 8:16 a.m. Tuesday one of his two kayaks was missing from the KOA campground on Winona Road Monday night. It was there on Sunday, but missing Monday night.
– Marice Mayle, Bye Road, East Palestine, reported at 5:44 a.m. Monday both his truck and his brother, Delmus Mayle, were gone that morning. Mayle’s wife, Talina, told him his brother asked on Sunday to use the truck to go to Cleveland, but she told him no. The keys are also missing from her purse.
– Tracy Thomas, Bayard Road, Minerva, reported at 7:48 p.m. Sunday there were children out on dirt bikes on the road. Deputies spoke to the kids’ parents and reminded them not only is it against the law for the children to ride the dirt bikes on the road, but people drive quickly around the bends in that area and could possibly hit them.
– Adam Mead, Churchill Road, Lisbon, reported at 4:53 p.m. Sunday he is in the process of moving and his father-in-law, Richard Johnson, had been harassing him.
– Rueben Rockwell, Pass Lane, Lisbon, reported at 4 p.m. Sunday there were two suspicious people in a silver Escape trying to locate a home where someone going by the name of Bones is.
– East Liverpool police brought in Hollie Reese, Rubicon Street, East Liverpool, on charges of possession of drug abuse instruments. At 11:47 p.m. Monday while searching her belongings, jail employees found her to have two hypodermic needles, capped with the liquid substance already in them ready to use. The liquid will be tested prior to criminal charges being filed.
– Elaine Ferguson, Miller Road, Leetonia, reported at 2:44 p.m. Monday someone used her identity to get Comcast cable service in New Haven, Conn. She received a letter from a collection agency in Jacksonville, Fla, claiming she owes $457 for an account between April 2014 and July 2016.
– A car was reported on fire in the parking lot of Gorby’s in Negley at 3:16 p.m. Monday. Larissa Ritteger, Clarkson Road, Rogers, told deputies she was driving down the road when she heard the vehicle make a loud noise and she pulled it into the parking lot. It caught fire and it was pushed away from the propane tanks and gas pumps. Negley firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire.
– Shawn Ketchum, Oakdale Avenue, Wellsville, reported at 7:04 p.m. Monday his landlord, Rodney Golden, left the residence with lumber owned by Ketchum. Golden told deputies he did retrieve lumber from his rental property, most of which was his, but two pieces mistakenly taken did belong to Ketchum. He was enroute to return the two 2×4 pieces of lumber.
– At 8:52 p.m. Monday someone anonymously asked deputies to check on two boys in the Twin Oaks trailer park, believing someone is abusing them. Deputies spoke to the mother, who said the children are fine and showed both children to deputies.
– Jean Freer, Bye Road, East Palestine, reported at 10:53 a.m. Monday someone has been taking money from the account of her husband, Howard Freer. The withdrawals began on July 14 and stopped on Aug 19 when they found out about the problem and put a freeze on the account. About $3,000 is reportedly missing.
-Mitchell McGuire, Foundry Hill Road, Hanoverton, reported at 10:41 a.m. Monday he has a vacant mobile home in Gavers and he has heard a neighbor is going inside that home to use the shower.
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Highway Patrol
– Brooke Alison Taylor, 25, Alliance, was southbound on Westville Lake Road in Knox Township at 10:15 a.m. Friday and was rear-ended by Whitney Jo Wallace, 18, Shelton Road, Salem. Wallace was cited for assured clear distance.
– Christine A. Ensell, 39, Dyke Road, Rogers, was northbound on state Route 45 in Center Township at 8:15 a.m. Friday and slowed to turn into a private drive and was struck from behind by Marc A. Farrant, 31, Youngstown. Ensell was taken to the SRMC with possible injuries. Farrant was cited for assured clear distance.
– Andrew R. Suchy, 62, Willoughby, was eastbound on state Route 14 in Unity Township at 9:25 a.m. Thursday and some kind of unknown object damaged his vehicle.
– Brook A. Bowyer, 44, state Route 154, Rogers, was westbound on state Route 558 in Fairfield Township at 11 a.m. Sunday and went off the right side into a ditch while attempting to avoid Anthony Joel Aguilera, 51, Slippery Rock, Pa., who failed to yield from a stop sign on Middleton Road. Aguilera was cited for failure to yield.
– Johnathan Michael Quinones, 18, Willow Springs, N.C., was westbound on Ridge Road in West Township at 12:30 a.m. Sunday and swerved to avoid three deer and went off the right side down an embankment and into a ditch. No citations were issued.
– Terry L. Davis, 48, Westfield Road, East Liverpool, was walking southbound on state Route 39 in Yellow Creek Township at 2:21 a.m. Sunday and was struck by a southbound vehicle that continued on. Davis was taken to the ELCH with non-life-threatening injuries.
– Troopers are looking for the driver of a vehicle owned by Clifford F. Westover, Pine Hollow Road, Lisbon, that was northbound on state Route 7 in Middleton Township at 11 p.m. Saturday and went off the left side into an embankment. The driver was not found and the passenger, Laura J. Sanders, 51, Pine Hollow Road, Lisbon, was not injured.
– Paul R. Faulkner, 21, Hoopes Road, Salem, was northbound on state Route 9 in Hanover Township at 8:40 p.m. Saturday and went off the right side in a curve and over-corrected then went left of center into a guardrail and continued on. He was later cited for failure to control.
– Logan Lyn Winters, 21, Lyons Avenue, East Palestine, was southbound on South Pleasant Drive in Unity Township at 7:46 p.m. Saturday and was rear-ended by a vehicle that then continued on.
– Alexzandria A. Nelson, 25, Canton, was eastbound on state Route 172 in Hanover Township at 4:26 p.m. Wednesday and went off the right side into a ditch and rolled over. She was cited for failure to control.
– Robert S. Boggs, 41, Depot Road, Salem, was northbound on state Route 9 in Butler Township at 5 p.m. Thursday and was struck by Jeffrey Lee Hardgrove, 46, Winona Road, Salem, who failed to yield from a stop sign on Winona Road. Hardgrove also struck Arlene B. Miller, 81, Mechanicsburg, Pa., who was stopped westbound on Winona Road. Hardgrove was cited for right of way.
Columbiana
– Kurt Whitman, Lisbon, was driving for Baker Towing at 4 p.m. Monday on state Route 164 when he was rear-ended in the PNC parking lot by Patrick Mangee, Youngstown. No citations were issued.
– Police left a message with a Parkview Drive resident at 6 p.m. Monday that car needed to be moved from the street.
– Mary Miller, East Park Avenue, reported at 7 p.m. Monday someone attempted to her home through the back door sometime within the last few days.
– Brandon White, 38, Leetonia, was cited for driving under suspension during a traffic stop on state Route 46 at 8:48 p.m. Monday. He was also arrested on an active warrant through the Canfield Police Department.
– Betty Lucas, North Main Street, reported at 9:26 p.m. Monday someone was trespassing in her back yard. Police checked but found no one there.
Lisbon
-A caller reported seeing a woman steal a gas can from the front porch of Martha Oliver, West Washington Street, while she was mowing the back yard at 12:43 p.m. Monday. Using the information provided by the witness, Chief Mike Abraham went to the suspect’s property on West Washington Street and saw a large wet spot underneath the rear of her vehicle and he could smell the faint odor of gasoline as if someone tried to wash it away. Police knocked on the door and spoke to Sheila Johnson, who retrieved the gas can and admitted to trying to put the gasoline in her car. Johnson, 55, was charged with theft.
East Liverpool
– Responding Monday night to a complaint of a couple soliciting money in the parking lot of the Smith Oil Co. on St. Clair Avenue, officers found Hollie C. Reese, 26, Rubicon Street, and Shayne B. Kosek, 28, Seville Lane, sitting at the gas pump. Asked for her driver’s license, Reese reportedly said she had none but did have driving privileges, but her court paperwork indicated she was driving outside her allowable rights. She was cited for driving under suspension, and during an inventory of the vehicle in preparation for towing, officers reported finding in her purse a case containing several spoons with residue and a pipe consistent with the type used for smoking crack cocaine. She was additionally charged with possession of drug abuse instruments. Kosek was found to have an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.
– Thomas A. Redmond, 55 and Michael S. Graham, 40, no addresses listed, were cited for non-compliance after reportedly being found working inside a West Ninth Street home which had recently been condemned by the city housing inspector. Reports noted the “condemned” sign had also been removed from the home.
– Ashley Kent, 28, no address listed, was charged with theft after reportedly taking a container of baby formula and can of coffee from Giant Eagle, concealing them in her purse.
– James R. Dunlap, 34, no address listed, reported he and his fiancee were drinking at a local bar and began walking home when two men who know his fiancee came out of a Lincoln Avenue residence and invited her inside, leaving Dunlap on the sidewalk. The two men then ran back out and punched Dunlap in the face several times.
– A Smithfield Street woman called Saturday, reporting her husband was not breathing. Officers found him unconscious on the kitchen floor, a syringe underneath his leg and a burned spoon on a table. ASI ambulance crews revived him with Narcan, according to reports.
– Jason Call, Avondale Street, reported having trouble with a family member and, the next morning, finding his vehicle with two flat tires.
– Krysan Howard, 55, reported that, while bartending at Scotty’s Bar, she appeared in an embarrassing surveillance video which is now being shared with family and friends by a woman she knows from West Virginia. The same woman has been driving past her home and sending Howard voice mails and texts, she reported.
– Melody Monteiro, St. George Street, reported the side mirror broken off her vehicle while it was parked outside her home.
St. Clair Township
– Ann L. Rhodes-Smith, 49, no address listed, was charged with the theft of multiple items from Walmart, which loss prevention officers said she placed into her purse.
– Responding to a report of a woman trying to flag down traffic on Dresden Avenue, officers found a 15-year-old girl who was acting out against her parent.
– Officers responded to report by Misty D. Hanlon, Gonzales Avenue, of a man trespassing, with no other details reported.
– John Muschweck, Stagecoach Road, reported a gun stolen.
– Shawn O’Hanlon, Bloomfield Road, reported finding a 43-inch flat screen TV lying against the back of his house. Officers took the television into evidence.
– While sitting at a red light on Dresden Avenue, a vehicle driven by Danny L. Miller, 63, Grant Street, Newell, W.Va., was struck from the rear by a pickup truck driven by Frank E. Kraft, 69, Sprucevale Road. Officers arrived to find Kraft lying on the seat of his truck, not responding to North Star ambulance crews. He became combative to paramedics and officers as they tried to tend to him, but Kraft was ultimately moved to a waiting helicopter ambulance and flown to UPMC in Pittsburgh. He told officers he did not recall anything other than driving north on Dresden Avenue. Witnesses reported seeing his truck all over the road and Kraft inside, hitting the sun visor with his hands.
Hancock County arrests
Thomas Eakin, 60, of Salem, Ohio: DUI (aggravated); Aug. 20.
William E. Johnson, 52, of New Cumberland: DUI; Aug. 19.
Shannon H. Simpson, 34, of Newell: Probation violation; Aug. 18.
James R. McNeal, 20, of Weirton: Wanton endangerment with firearm; Aug. 18.
April Marie Stanley, 41, of Weirton: Capias; Aug. 17.
Laurie Christine Wren, 41, of Wheeling: Driving under revocation (DUI); Aug. 17.
Lisbon
-The fire department responded to what turned out to be a false alarm at the county Board of Development Disabilities office building on Route 45 at 6:49 a.m. Tuesday.
Police
Perry Township
– A woman from West Perry Street reported a case of verbal harassment at 12:14 p.m. Sunday, saying she was in the 1800 block of state Route 9 for a child exchange with her ex-husband when a female with him was yelling and was threatening her.
– Juveniles were reported walking along the road on Pine Lake Road between Goshen Road and state Route 45 at 10:48 p.m. Saturday. They told police they were walking back to a family party down the road.
– Michael T. Smith, 31, of New Cumberland, W.Va., was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle with no driver’s license after police conducted a traffic stop at 3:25 a.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of West State Street on a vehicle reported missing.
– A resident in the 1300 block of West State Street reported his vehicle missing at 12:12 a.m. Saturday, saying the alleged suspect was given permission to use the vehicle to take out the garbage at the end of the drive and hadn’t returned in over an hour. The vehicle was entered into the law enforcement data base for officers to be on the lookout for it.
– A resident in the 2000 block of Countryside Drive reported vandalism to his yard at 11:20 p.m. Friday. Police found that a large Ford truck, silver in color, drove through the front yard, causing damage. The resident reported he believed he knew who it was. The incident was under investigation.
– Police were advised at 5:39 p.m. Friday that a male had been riding an electric motorized two-wheeler on the road on Elberon Avenue and causing traffic to stop as he rode in and out of traffic. Officers spoke to two males at one residence and attempted contact at another residence, but no one would answer the door. No one would admit to being the operator.
– A resident from Quaker Lane called police at 5:17 p.m. Friday about a civil matter involving the purchase of a home and property and the closing of the transaction as to who actually owned the property after the other party moved into the residence prior to actual closing and whether the resident could go into the residence. A property on North Union Avenue was listed on the report. The resident was told to contact the realtor or attorney to have their rights and responsibilities explained.
– Police were advised at 5:12 p.m. Friday about a person who was at the Salem Police station who pulled too far beyond the crossing gates at South Lincoln Avenue when they activated and the gate came down on the northbound vehicle operated by Eveline McHugh of New Castle, Pa. The report said the driver panicked and backed up, breaking the northbound gate. There was no damage to the vehicle, but the gate was damaged. Norfolk Southern was notified and had a repairman at the crossing within half an hour.
– A possible road hazard was reported at 3:30 p.m. Friday south of the intersection of U.S. Route 62 and North Lincoln Avenue/state Route 9 where the roadside appeared to be washing out. The Ohio Department of Transportation was made aware of the location to check if repairs were needed.
– Police responded at 11:19 a.m. Friday to the 1300 block of North Union Avenue for an alarm at a residence. Police were met by a neighbor who said they saw their neighbor had fallen and was unable to get up. A keyholder arrived and after entry was made, it was found the male had fainted and became sick after regaining consciousness. KLG responded and evaluated him.
– An East Liverpool resident called police at 11:10 a.m. Friday to check on his son after he was not brought to the designated location and time for a custody exchange. Police responded to Garfield Road and attempted contact, but did not get a response. He was told to contact his legal counsel regarding the civil matter.
– Police responded at 8:53 a.m. Friday to the 1700 block of South Lincoln Avenue after a resident reported locating a wire that he believed was used in an attempt to enter his locked shed. No entry was made and no damage was done to the door. He wanted a report due to a prior theft from the residence.
– Police responded to the 1900 block of South Lincoln Avenue for a reported burglary with an assault at 2:30 a.m. Friday. The victim was transported to SRMC.
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County Sheriff
– Bethany Wilson, state Route 9, Hanoverton, reported at 11:44 p.m. Saturday her now ex live-in boyfriend got mad and threw the television.
– A Rogers area woman reported at 12:26 a.m. Sunday someone has been calling her and hanging up. She was concerned because when this happened four years earlier she was robbed.
– Debra Ramsey, Hanna Drive, Hanoverton, reported at 8:37 a.m. Saturday sometime overnight someone stole her Hillary Clinton sign from her front yard. It was handpainted.
– Tami Greaver, state Route 164, Leetonia, reported at 10:58 p.m. Friday she was driving home from work on Lisbon-Canfield Road near Lodge Road when an SUV passed her. Suddenly the driver’s side mirror was struck by something and water was splashed onto her vehicle. The mirror was broken.
– Teresa Owens, Y and O Road, Wellsville, reported an harassing phone call with heavy breathing on the other end at 10:22 p.m. Thursday.
Highway Patrol
– Ryan Tyler Letarte, 22, Edward Circle, Columbiana, was westbound on Southern Avenue at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday when his vehicle reportedly malfunctioned and he went straight through the Lower Elkton Road intersection and into a ditch and a hill. He was cited for stop sign.
– Sandra S. Moore, 69, Laredo Drive, Negley, and another vehicle were westbound on Frederick-Clarkson Road in Middleton Township at 4 p.m. Aug. 17 and the other vehicle struck Moore from behind and then continued on.
– Samantha Jo Bailey, 18, Salineville Road, Salineville, was eastbound on state Route 39 in Washington Township at 12:19 a.m. Friday and hit a deer.
Columbiana
– A Sitler’s Florist employee reported at 8:41 a.m. Sunday the business was broken into sometime during the night.
– Bob Burkle reported at 3:49 p.m. Sunday a dog bit him and his dog on Quincy Avenue.
– Police warned two boys for trespassing after finding them on Col-Pump property at 6:26 p.m. Sunday.
– A woman reported at 6:53 p.m. Sunday a 10- or 11-year-old girl was crying near the Sandwich Factory. Police spoke with restaurant employees who said the girl was crying when they first came in but they didn’t see any suspicious activity.
– A boy reported at 7:28 p.m. Sunday his camera was stolen in the area of Railroad and Elm streets.
East Palestine
– Mary Rogers, Bacon Avenue, reported at 7:15 p.m. Friday she received two phone calls she believed were scams.
– Police warned Joseph Altenburg, Bacon Avenue, for loud music after receiving a complaint at 10 p.m. Friday.
– Matthew Barr, 26, Niles, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Carbon Hill Road Saturday at 11:29 a.m.
– Zoning violation notices for high grass were sent to the following on Sunday: 1037 N. Market St., 684 E. Main St., 67 Leake St., 73 Leake St. and 145 Ashley Lane.
– Zoning violation notices for junk motor vehicles were sent to the following on Sunday: 105 E. Main St., 800 E. Taggart St. and 650 E. Martin St.
– A zoning violation notice was sent to 195 Prospect St. after someone reported on Sunday there were tires piled up behind the garage.
Lisbon
– Police came across an elderly man walking on state Route 154 at 8:11 a.m. Sunday. While waiting for an ambulance, a woman called from East Lincoln Way to say she was his caretaker. The man was transported to a local hospital anyway since the caretaker did not have legal guardianship over him.
– Patricia A. Huff, Darner Road, Lisbon, reported at 12:43 a.m. Sunday being assaulted by her sister’s boyfriend. She declined to press charges and just wanted a report on file.
– Susan Murphy reported her Samsung Galaxy tablet was stolen from her car was parked in the Save A Lot lot about 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
– Police were called to the Cedar Street park at 9:38 p.m. Sunday in regard to people hanging out in the picnic area, but there was no one there when an officer arrived.
– Earl Hershman, North Jefferson Street, reported Friday a house window had been egged.
– Melissa Timmons, North Market Street, reported Aug. 16 getting prank calls from someone making animal-like sounds and other weird noises.
– Police were told a woman was sitting behind the Rite Aid building at 2:21 p.m. Friday. The woman lives at the nearby Hornsby House and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital to be examined.
– A man who appeared to be drunk was reportedly lying on the side of the road on South Green Street at 9:17 p.m. Friday. Police searched the area but did not find anyone about.
– Police were asked to check on a North Jefferson Street resident at 2 p.m. Friday. Police spoke with both parties and determined everything was fine.
– A caller reported someone on West Lincoln Way just east of Brian’s Barbershop was playing drums loudly at 9:44 p.m. Thursday. Police spoke with the people, who agreed to keep it down.
– A caller reported there was a woman behind the Dollar General and Rite Aid who appeared to have blood on her back at 7:54 p.m. Thursday. Police checked the area but did not find anyone around.
– Police were called to a state Route 154 residence at 7 p.m. Thursday, where a 13-year-old boy was reportedly punching and kicking holes in the wall. The youth told police he became frustrated with his siblings and lost his temper. He was told if he caused any more problems he would be taken to the county juvenile detention facility.
– Greg McClintock reported his wallet was stolen from his vehicle while he was attending a block party on Saturday evening. His car was parked in a back yard on High Street between 5 and 10 p.m.
– Police responded to a report of a couple yelling on West Lincoln Way at Beaver Street at 11 p.m. Saturday. Police arrived but no one was around.
East Liverpool
– While executing a search warrant as part of an investigation at the home of Lucas L. Sims, 31, Thompson Avenue, officers reported Sims refused to answer the door after they announced multiple times their identity as police officers. Officers said a family member told them he wasn’t home, but they determined a latched gate would have been too difficult to lock from the outside, and they were forced to knock on the door using a pole borrowed from the dog warden because they could not reach it due to the gate. The Special Response Team was called to assist in making entry due to the unknown number of dogs inside the residence and, two hours after officers arrived on the scene, when the SRT was about to enter, Sims and two women emerged from the house. Officers reported that Sims said he felt they had not announced themselves properly and he was intimidated because officers knocked on the door. The two women reportedly said they knew police officers were outside but Sims made them sit on the couch and instructed them not to open the door. Sims was charged with obstructing official business. The dog warden removed nine dogs due to their unfit living conditions, according to reports. Detectives from the city and Hancock County, W.Va. were able to search the residence and remove several items they said were needed for the on-going investigation. Sims also agreed to provide a DNA sample, they reported.
– Officers responded Saturday to Alton Street for a dispute and spoke with Jenna Smith, who had visible bruises on her arms she said were caused by her live-in boyfriend and father of her child, James R. Dunlap, 34. Dunlap reportedly admitted there was confrontation with pushing and shoving, and Smith said he grabbed her, pushing her into the wall. Dunlap was charged with domestic violence.
Wellsville
– Police were called around 4:49 a.m. Saturday to a Broadway home. David Butcher said he was sleeping when he was awakened by a loud banging noise on the mobile home. He saw someone run away.
– Judith Hughes, Broadway, reported the theft of two angel statues, two solar lights, four crochet mallets and some miscellaneous items taken from their yard sale.
– Michael Russell was charged with theft for allegedly shoplifting at Save-A-Lot Saturday. He allegedly attempted to conceal a package of boneless skinless chicken breasts down the front of his pants. Russell was taken to the station, where he told officers it was stupid of him to try to steal, and that he was saving the extra money to buy a pack of cigarettes. He was released to sheriff’s deputies on a warrant.
– Rilee Livolsi, Main Street, reported at 11:41 a.m. Sunday white 2011 Hyundai was struck by another vehicle while parked in front. A neighbor overheard the crash and spotted an older green-colored car traveling west on Oak Alley but didn’t know if it was involved in the incident or not.
– Cynthia Johler, Main Street, reported at 12:18 Sunday said her 2007 Saturn was struck by a vehicle while parked on 17th Street.
Salem
– A spokesman for Gene’s Drive Thru, 1750 E. State St., called at 11:09 a.m. Monday to report a theft. A female entered the business and placed a bottle of alcohol in her purse, then purchased another bottle. Police had a similar report last week.
– A Continental Drive woman advised of a possible scam at 7:31 a.m. Monday, saying she was contacted by a man who said he was from American Health Supply and sold her a knee brace. She provided the man with personal information but no credit card information. She was told to contact Medicaid over the issue and to monitor her credit.
– Police were called at 7:08 a.m. Monday to the 300 block of Hawley Avenue for a dispute involving a man and woman outside screaming at each other. Officers attempted several times to make contact at the residence, but the people involved would not answer the door.
– A man on East Fourth Street reported at 3:19 a.m. Monday that his cell phone was stolen from his residence earlier in the evening and he believes he knows who is responsible, but didn’t actually see anyone take it. He was told to contact his cell phone provider.
– An alarm was reported at 2:14 a.m. Monday in the 300 block of East State Street. The exterior of the business was found secure. The keyholder responded and the interior was also checked, with the alarm reset.
– A man in the 300 block of East Third Street was told to keep the noise down after police responded at 11:27 p.m. Sunday for loud music.
– Police responded at 9:56 p.m. Sunday to Centennial Park for an argument between juveniles. Officers spoke with a female juvenile who said she was sitting at a pavilion when another female came up to her and starting making threats to beat her up. She wanted to press charges against the other female because this was not the first time they had an altercation. She was told she would need to fill out a statement with her mother present and the incident would be sent to the prosecutor’s office for review.
– An anonymous caller at 6:54 p.m. Sunday spoke with an officer about illegal drug activity in the city. Information will be sent to the Columbiana County Drug Task Force.
– A suspicious vehicle was reported at 6:29 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West State Street, but was not found.
– A neighbor dispute was reported at 6:11 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of East Fifth where police spoke to both halves of the dispute and learned problems developed recently after someone vandalized an item on one person’s property and the suspect was believed to have come from the other person’s residence in the 800 block as evidenced by surveillance video. The neighbor that had been previously vandalized was allegedly harassing the neighbor in the 800 block, resulting in a family member of that neighbor responding and engaging in a heated argument with the neighbor from the 900 block. Another family member of the neighbor in the 900 block advised of several scratches that appeared on a moto-rcycle parked outside but they had not witnessed anyone cause this. All parties were told to stop contact.
– Police and firefighters responded at 5:56 p.m. Sunday to the 500 block of Woodland Avenue for a burning complaint. The owner was burning leaves in his backyard and was advised about the ordinance against burning leaves in the city. The owner put out the fire.
– Police at 5:21 p.m. Sunday checked both East and West Pershing Streets for a report of a light gold SUV with West Virginia plates and an infant being held on the lap of an adult seated on the front passenger seat. The vehicle was not found.
– An animal was reported in a vehicle with the windows cracked in the Walmart parking lot at 4:11 p.m. Sunday, but the vehicle was no longer there when police arrived.
– A Salem area man reported at 3:46 p.m. Sunday that he went to pick up his two daughters in the 500 block of West Sixth Street and was advised by one of them that their stepfather and another male were physically fighting in the residence.
– Suspicious activity was reported at 3:21 p.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of Oak Street where a woman said a female who had been hanging out in the wooded area behind her residence was now walking around in the area. Officers tried to locate the female but didn’t find anyone fitting the description.
– A possible waterline break was reported at 2:17 p.m. Sunday on Merle Road where a large amount of water was flowing down a sidewalk from a yard. The water department was notified.
– A Columbiana man called at 1:55 p.m. Sunday to request officers check the apartments he owns on East Sixth Street to see if people were there without permission. Officers were unable to make contact with anyone.
– Jeffrey Winter, 50, of 847 S. Lundy Ave., was taken into custody at 1:20 p.m. Sunday at his residence on a warrant out of Columbiana County for failure to appear. He was processed and turned over to a deputy.
– Police were called to a medical call at 10:26 a.m. Sunday on Vine Avenue, along with fire department first responders and EMT Ambulance. A female had allegedly taken a large amount of cold medicine. She was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.
– A woman in the 1100 block of Maple Street reported at 9:53 a.m. Sunday that her roommate had thrown trash at her and inside her room. Officers spoke with the roommate who said she opened the woman’s door and threw trash into the room because the woman will not clean up after herself. Officers told both of them to stay away from each other and not speak if they can’t be civil. No injuries were reported.
– A verbal dispute with neighbors over ongoing issues between them was reported at 3:39 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of West Wilson Street. No signs of violence were observed and both parties were told to stay away from each other.
Salem
– Firefighters were called at 11:21 a.m. Monday to the 500 block of South Madison Avenue for a case of illegal burning. The resident told police and firefighters he burned some personal papers to prevent identity theft. The fire was in the back yard in a burning container. He was advised of the open burning laws and given a warning.
– Firefighters were notified at 10:24 a.m. Monday about an oven fire in the 400 block of South Madison Avenue. Upon arrival, the resident was outside and said there was a fire inside her oven. Firefighters found smoke venting from the oven and opened the oven door, extinguishing the fire. The oven was removed from the home and venting was used to vacate the smoke. Upon further investigation, a plastic kitchen utensil was found laying in the bottom of the oven on the heating element. The resident was told to replace the stove.
Police
County Sheriff
– Zack Whitehead, Bethesda Road, Hanoverton, reported at 7 p.m. Saturday someone he doesn’t know is using his credit card in New York.
– Janice Logan, Rose Drive, Lisbon, reported at 5:10 p.m. Saturday a man who works for Roseland Apartments locked up the area where the mailboxes are located five minutes before it was supposed to be locked and she could not retrieve her mail and when she confronted him he threatened her.
– A deputy was called to the a home one state Route 518, Lisbon, at 10 p.m. Friday for a report of automatic gunfire. The deputy spoke with Benjamin Kenney, who was shooting an automatic rifle in a safe direction. He was told not to fire the rifle that late in the evening.
– Randy Garretson, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, reported at 8:56 p.m. Aug. 15 someone stole his Champion generator, a Dewalt air compressor and a red Johnson chainsaw from his home while he was away.
– Larry Graham, Franklin Square, Salem, reported at 9:16 a.m. Sunday he wanted Richard Allen removed from a property on state Route 558 as Allen was drunk and threatening him. Graham told deputies that he and Allan had been living together but were not related. Allen was charged with domestic violence and taken to the county jail.
– Scott Jones, Baker Road, Lisbon, reported at 10:53 a.m. Sunday someone entered two of his vehicles during the night and took a pair of Bluedo Bluetooth headphones.
– A deputy was called to a Speidel Road home at 3 p.m. Sunday after Phil James reported someone entered his vehicle and took a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses and a change purse with $10. He also reported a sunglasses case was missing from his wife’s vehicle inside the garage, and a weed eater was also missing from there.
– Deputies were called to Heck Road in Fairfield Township at 12:11 p.m. Sunday for a report of a suspicious person on the property. Deputies spoke with a man who said that he had permission to be on the property and was just checking his deer stand. The man provided deputies with text messages between himself and the property caretaker regarding his intent to be on the property.
– Fred Steel, Greenwood Road, Lisbon, reported at 1:16 p.m. Sunday someone is buying a property off him and the person left items on his property. Steel reported that a backhoe was left and someone had taken items off of it and he wants to have the backhoe removed.
– Betsy Cochran, Richey School Road, Hanoverton, reported at 2:35 p.m. Sunday someone entered two vehicles on the property and took items and also took items from the garage.
Columbiana
– Kim Sharpe reported at 12:23 p.m. Saturday her mom’s ring was missing or stolen from a Parkside apartment.
Salem
– Jenny L. Isaacs, Fair Avenue, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop at Pershing and Fair at 1:19 a.m. Sunday. The plates were confiscated.
– Police responded to the 200 block of South Broadway at 11:04 p.m. Saturday for a report of intoxicated persons and spoke with them.
– At 10:50 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 300 block of Hawley for a report of a loud party and found a large fire. Steve R. Miranda, Jr., Goshen Road, was cited for underage consumption and taken to the county jail.
– At 10:40 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 1400 block of Maple Street and Centennial Park for a report of two vehicles driving recklessly through the baseball field and fleeing the area. Police were unable to locate them and some damage to the grass was observed.
– At 9:38 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 2400 block of East State where the complainant advised a person possibly took several items without paying for them and fled in a vehicle heading eastbound.
– Police on patrol in the 100 block of Sharp Avenue at 9:08 p.m. Saturday observed an excessively large cookout fire. The person said they just started it and it did return to a normal size a few minutes later.
– At 9:03 p.m. Saturday, police in the Pershing and Howard area made a traffic stop for an equipment violation and the K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics. Police located a substance but it was not enough to test. The driver was issued a written warning for an equipment violation.
– Police responded to the 1200 block of Maple Street at 7:45 p.m. Saturday for a welfare check and found the resident deceased from apparent natural causes. The coroner responded.
– At 5:56 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 700 block of East State where a man was sitting in the parking lot playing Pokemon Go and someone came up from behind and punched him in the face and fled. Police spoke to the suspect who said he had no idea what happened. The report will be sent to the county prosecutor’s office for review.
– At 5:14 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the 400 block of Continental Drive to check on a boy. The child looked OK. The father said an intoxicated woman tried to hold his son and he didn’t allow it and she got angry. The complainant was advised to call the police if there are any more problems.
– A resident from the 600 block of East Fifth reported at 4:17 p.m. Saturday being threatened. The other person was contacted and told to quit it or face telephone harassment charges. He said he didn’t make any threats .
– Police received a menacing by stalking complaint at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. The woman said her ex-boyfriend was harassing her over ending a relationship and she wanted it documented.
East Liverpool
– Joshua E. Brooks, age and address not listed, was cited for failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident at 2:41 a.m. Saturday after police received a report of a hit and run in front of Scotty’s Bar on St. Clair Avenue. Police found Brooks, who admitted to hitting the rear of a vehicle driven by Cynthia Patterson, address not listed, and then leaving after he “panicked.” Brooks told police he returned to the scene to retrieve his bumper, which had fallen off.
– Police were called to the 200 block of West Sixth Street at 11 p.m. Friday after Amy Crummitt reported that she was locked out of the apartment by Terry Vennum. Police found that Vennum had blocked the door to the apartment with a refrigerator and was highly intoxicated. He agreed to leave for the night but was charged with disorderly conduct after he refused to listen to police orders to stop yelling and cursing at officers and others nearby, and also after he became belligerent toward his daughter and attempted jumping out of her truck while she was taking him home. He was taken to the county jail.
– Jessica R. Garcia, Oak Street, reported at 6:14 p.m. Friday someone got into her car and took money while she was went into her home to retrieve some belongings.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Debra Ramsey, Hanna Drive, Hanoverton, reported at 8:37 a.m. Saturday someone stole a hand painted Hillary Clinton sign from her yard during the night.
– Dan Patterson, Rainbow Lane Circle, reported at 9:21 a.m. Saturday someone entered his shed and stole several items.
– Dana Linger, state Route 170, Negley, reported at noon Saturday her brother was supposed to receive a package containing a silver bar that weighed 100 ounces and when the package arrived it was empty, but contained a note stating that the Post Office lost the material. Linger told deputies that she has already contacted the Post Office and the sender about the matter.
– A deputy was called to an Alderlick Road home in Wayne Township at 2:20 p.m. Saturday for a report to an attempted break in. The resident told the deputy that someone had opened the door on the east side of the home. A fence was bent down on the same side of the property.
– A deputy was called to a Dyke Road home in Middleton Township at 12:27 p.m. Saturday for a report of a drug overdose. EMTs were able to revive the man while deputies found that a juvenile at the home had a warrant out through the juvenile court. The boy was taken to the jail.
Columbiana
– Raymond Gnipp, address not listed, reported at 9:22 a.m. Friday his car was keyed.
-A man reported at noon Friday someone was burning tree limbs in the area of West Park Avenue. Police checked and told the residents to put the fire out.
– A man turned in a bicycle he found on Friend Street near Highland Avenue at 2 p.m. Friday.
– Ben Washburn, Brenda Lane, reported at 3:26 p.m. Friday someone was speeding on a dirt bike up and down Brenda Lane and the area of Friend Street. Police checked and found the dirt bike at a home but it was not in the street.
– Police found the Fairfield Avenue railroad crossing gates were malfunctioning at 3:34 p.m. Friday.
– Julie Landon, 25, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on North Main Street at 6:31 p.m. Friday.
– A man reported at 8 p.m. Friday a dog on Pittsburgh Street came after him and some kids riding bicycles. Police spoke with the dog’s owner, Amy Mateer, about the complaint, and Mateer said she would fix the problem.
East Palestine
– Andrew E. Schrack, South Street, reported at 4 p.m. Thursday someone entered his home and took a 52-inch TV.
– Relatives of Nicole Hilton, 46, North Liberty Street, reported her missing at 7:46 p.m. Thursday. They told police Hilton was last seen in the area of Negley earlier that day around noon. Hilton was later found that night by the Lisbon Police Department.
Salem
– Police responded to a call by the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) at 2:23 a.m. Saturday regarding a vehicle being operated in a reckless manner on Southeast Boulevard toward East State Street with no lights on. It was traveling at a slow rate of speed and ran into several curbs. It turned eastbound on East State Street and stopped in the road in the 2700 block of the street. Police were advised that an ambulance was attempting to stop the vehicle due to the reckless driving. An officer was en route when the vehicle traveled outside the city and was stopped on state Route 14 near Washingtonville by the OIU officer and the ambulance. The highway patrol responded and the person was taken to the Salem Police Department for a breath test and arrested for OVI.
– At 4:26 p.m. Friday, a complainant was on station advising someone made the front door to her residence inoperable and she could not get out. She was advised of the options and police made contact with a family member at the residence who advised the door was broken and the complainant has been using the back door. The family member was advised of the complaint.
– At 4:29 p.m. Friday, a Jennings Avenue resident called police regarding identity theft and someone had gotten her personal information and signed up for a new phone account and debit card. The complainant received several letters in the mail about new accounts and needed a police report to get them canceled.
– Police responded to the 600 block of West Eighth Street at 6:04 p.m. Friday for a report of a suspicious man. The complainant advised he located a juvenile who said she was frightened after a male motioned for her while in a vehicle. An officer spoke with the juvenile and the other male and found everything was OK.
– At 8:28 p.m. Friday, police in the 1100 block of East Third Street were flagged down for children playing in the 1300 block of the street. Police located them and warned them about the dangers of playing in the street.
– At 6:39 p.m. Friday, police responded to the 100 block of Woodland Avenue where the complainant advised his father showed up at the residence demanding a cell phone be returned. The phone was in the possession of the complainant’s son and he said that his father had freely given it to him. Police advised the complainant to give it back to avoid further conflict. The complainant said his son, father and mother criminally trespassed at his residence due to them coming to the house when he isn’t home and attempting to take his children. He said this is an ongoing problem with all three and they continue to try and cause problems with his children. The complainant was advised about obtaining a restraining order and advised all three of the criminal trespass complaint and they would be arrested if they returned. Police returned to the residence at 6:55 p.m. and the complainant advised that his mother had his son’s cell phone which is in the complainant’s name and refused to return it. The complainant said this was also ongoing with the court system with his mother. Police advised a report would be made and he could contact his attorney.
– At 9:22 p.m. Friday, police responded to the 100 block of West Fourth Street and issued an illegal burning citation after observing a very large fire. Firefighters responded and advised the fire was not burning clean firewood and was too large and too close to the residence.
– A dog was reported at large at 5:42 p.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of East State Street. An officer found the dog, but it took off. The owner was told if officers find the dog, they’ll attempt to catch it.
– A man on Stewart Road reported at 5:24 p.m. Thursday that he was told something fell out of the bed of his truck while he was driving and the police were called about it. He looked in the area, but found nothing.
– An officer on patrol at 4:01 p.m. Thursday stopped a vehicle in the 900 block of Newgarden Avenue for a traffic violation. K-9 Simon alerted to a narcotic odor and a search of the vehicle located several items of contraband. The driver was issued a written warning for the traffic violation. The driver and passenger were released and charges are pending laboratory results.
– Police at 12:20 p.m. Thursday checked a car in a parking lot with dogs inside. The owner came outside when police arrived and said she was only inside the store 15 minutes and gave them water.
– Police responded to Walnut Street at 9:40 a.m. Thursday to assist EMT Ambulance with a man. Officers were able to gain entry to the residence and assisted the man to the ambulance.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Jonathan Anderson reported at 10:33 a.m. Friday he was visiting his girlfriend’s parents home on state Route 45, Lisbon, and found someone keyed and dented the tailgate of his 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck.
– Robert Soules, Country Club Drive, Salem, reported at 9:35 p.m. Thursday his wife has custody of her 14-year-old grandchild, who was allowed to visit with her mother Erin Marino of Homeworth Road. However, Marino told Soules she was not bringing the child back until Sunday. Deputies called Marino back and explained she needs to go through the courts if she wants to get more visitation, but for now she could get in trouble if she interferes with the current custody situation.
– Darlene Bickle, Steubenville Pike, Lisbon, reported at 8:37 p.m. Thursday her son was cleaning out her car and went inside to do something. When he came back outside the vehicle was gone.
– James Dennan, Lowmiller Road, Minerva, reported at 7:14 a.m. Tuesday he had a domestic dispute with Adena Hensley about her acting out due to her drinking habit. Deputies gave Hensley a ride to Salem where she had somewhere else to stay.
– Diana Clark, Bates Road, Minerva, reported at 12:15 p.m. Thursday someone named Mike Conderos contacted her on instant messenger and somehow obtained her phone number. He has now been calling claiming to be in South Africa and both he and his son do not have any money. He has been trying to get her to send money. She found out he is from Anamosa, Iowa. Deputies told her to contact her phone provider to have his number blocked.
– A Lisbon area woman reported at 11:23 a.m. Thursday her 16-year-old son has psychological issues and medication is not helping. Recently he ripped the lighting fixtures from the ceiling of his room. On Thursday morning he became upset and she had to use a leg of a stool to fend him off. He also broke a window in the living room and punched a storm door, breaking the glass before he left. The boy then rode away on his bicycle.
Highway Patrol
-Stephen J. Jeffcoat, 24, of Tallmadge, was cited for failure to control after he went off the road and into a tree while driving on Lusk Lock Road in Elkrun Township at 3:38 p.m. Sunday.
Lisbon
-A clerk at the Days Inn called at 9:44 a.m. Thursday because there was a man found passed out in a room and refusing to be transported by ambulance to a hospital. Police arrived and convinced the man, Robert Sagenich, to be transported to an area hospital for examination.
-A clerk at Smith Oil reported a motorist drove off without paying for gas at 10 a.m. Thursday. Using the license plate number, police tracked down the vehicle owner, who said her daughter had used a credit card to make the purchase. She was told to check with the credit card company to see if the transaction went through and to also contact Smith Oil.
Columbiana
-A residential burglar alarm went off at 222 N. Bayshore Drive at 8:10 a.m. Thursday, and police determined it was due to homeowner error.
-A caller reported two cars were racing on East Friend Street and onto East Park Avenue at 7:09 p.m. Thursday. Police checked the area but did not find the vehicles.
-A woman at Harmony Village reported at 10:30 p.m. Thursday her neighbors were working on their cars in the garage and she felt it was too late to be making that much noise. Police checked but were unable to locate any such noise.
-Tracey Spooner reported Thursday a ring had been stolen from her home.
East Palestine
– Police received a call about a suspicious man in a vehicle in a parking lot on South Market Street at 1:19 p.m. Aug. 11? They found Kaleb E. Simpson, 26, state Route 7, New Waterford, leaving the lot and pulled him over after determining his vehicle had been reported stolen and was still listed as such. Simpson said he had recovered his vehiclae but had not gotten around to contacting authorities.
-An employee at Tom’s Tire turned over six bad checks paid to them by a 43-year-old North Market Street woman after they were unable to reach her to make restitution.
-A NAPA employee brought in a bad check issued to them from an Ellwood City, Pa., woman. Charges will be pursued after police were unable to contact the woman.
-An East Taggart Street woman reported Thursday her 17-year-old son slapped her hand away after she dumped water on him. She was trying to get him out of bed after he refused to take out the trash.
-Police responded to a residential burglar alarm on Malibu Drive at 1:14 p.m. Wednesday but the home was found to be secure.
-Andrew E. Schrack, South Street, reported someone stole a 52-inch flatscreen TV from his home between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday. The report indicated Schrack has an idea was responsible.
-A highway patrol trooper reported a car stopped on state Route 165 in Unity Township at 2:27 a.m. Tuesday, and the driver said he was trying to deliver medicine Dr. Cohen’s office in East Palestine when he was chased by two white men in a red vehicle, who also threatened him with a knife and a baseball bat. The driver was hard to understand and afraid to return to East Palestine to file a report. The trooper advised the man to find a translator and call the police department about the incident.
-Wayne Floor, East Clark Street, reported there was a groundhog in his neighbor’s yard at 11:33 a.m. Tuesday but it left and everything is fine.
-A man reported Tuesday that someone disposed of an American flag in recycling Dumpster, and police were going to contact the American Legion in the morning.
-Mark Daumbald reported Wednesday someone dropped off a bike in front of his East Main Street home and it has been there for the past few days.
-Samuel J. Bister of Salem was cited for driving without a licensed driver on South Washington Street at 10:50 a.m. Thursday.
-Savannah S. Patterson of Carrollton was cited for speeding on Bacon Avenue at 6:28 p.m. Wednesday.
-Justine Schnarrenberger of Salem was cited for speeding on West Martin Street at 5:29 p.m. Wednesday.
St. Clair Township
– A complaint was filed Thursday about a person causing a scene inside Tim Hortons, state Route 170. No details provided.
– Officers responded Thursday to Echo Dell Trailer Court, Echo Dell Road, for a call of public assistance. Officers twice asked the occupants of the residence if there was any problem or if they were needed there, and both times they were told there was not a problem. Officers cleared the scene without incident.
– Police were dispatched Tuesday to Chase Bank, state Route 170, on a possible case of fraud. A bank teller told officers an individual had been at the bank to cash a check, but the signature didn’t match the account holder’s signature. An investigation is pending.
– Orville Adkins, McDonald Street, reported Tuesday he believes a woman known to him took $200 from his wallet while she was at his residence.
– A Mrs. Reed, Ruby Drive, reported Tuesday that flamingo yard decorations that were part of a cheerleading fundraiser had been destroyed and removed from her yard. She also reported some damaged mailboxes in the neighborhood.
– Lataya Coles, McCoy Avenue, reported Monday that her residence had been entered while she was at work. She reported finding her front door unlocked, a window open, and an air conditioner on the floor. She did not find anything missing, though.
– Jennifer Grimm, no address, reported Monday that her vehicle had been tampered with while it was parked at Summit Square, Dresden Avenue.
– An officer responded to a domestic Monday at a Duke Road residence in which new parents reportedly were arguing about their 2-week-old son. Both were cooperative with the officer, stating they “were having some problems with their relationship.” The report states the parents agreed to “give it a few days and see where the relationship goes.” Other family members also were present.
– On Wednesday, a vehicle driven by Jeffery C. Banicki, Smith Dairy Road, East Liverpool, was slowing to make a right turn into Smith Oil gas station, East Liverpool Road, when it was struck from behind by a hit-skip vehicle, described as a black Chevrolet Cavalier. No injuries reported.
Salem
– Officers responded to the 1900 block of Oak Street in reference to suspicious activity reported at 3:28 p.m. Friday by a resident, who told officers that she and her daughter found some alcohol bottles, hypodermic needles and morphine in the woods behind their house. She advised a female had been back there two days ago watching her daughters swim. Officers collected the items and they were destroyed. She was told to call police the next time they see someone in that area.
– Police were called at 3:10 p.m. Friday to the 1100 block of Maple Street where two sisters live together and were not getting along, with one saying the other one kicked her in the leg as she walked by. They were advised to stay away from each other the best they can. One said she was packing and moving out and all things at the residence were in her name. She was advised to seek input from the prosecutors about shutting things off if she moves out and said she understood. The one who called police said she was fine with everyone trying to stay away from each other. The mother also resides there. No physical violence was observed.
– A resident in the 800 block of Homewood Avenue reported at 2:23 p.m. Friday that he saw three juveniles coming down a private driveway and one was on a board and fell into the road. Officers told the one girl and two boys to stay off the road and out of other people’s private property. The three reside in the 700 block of Franklin and ranged in age from 10 to 13 years old. They were told to stay out of areas where they’re not supposed to be.
– A wallet was found on the street at Ohio Avenue at 12:09 p.m. Friday. The contents seemed intact and the owner was contacted to pick it up.
– A suspicious vehicle was reported at 10:43 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of West 16th Street, but was not found in the area.
– Police responded at 10:34 p.m. Thursday to the 600 block of East Sixth Street along with fire department first responders and EMT for a female having a medical problem. They found an unresponsive female had possibly overdosed. The female was given Narcan and transported to Salem Regional Medical Center. Items recovered at the scene will be sent for testing.
– A suspicious person was reported at 10 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of North Lincoln Avenue, but was not located.
– Police responded at 9:06 p.m. Thursday to Centennial Park for possible drug usage. An officer spoke with some kids who someone said were using illegal narcotics, but the officer observed no odor or any signs of narcotics use.
– A woman at the police station at 8:08 p.m. Thursday reported finding property, which turned out to be medication. No prescription information for the owner was available, so the property was disposed of properly.
– An obstructed roadway was reported at 7:58 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of South Lundy Avenue where officers found unknown persons had knocked over several cones that had been in the road covering holes in the new pavement. Officers reset the cones.
– A dog was reported left in a vehicle in the 2300 block of East State Street at 7:40 p.m. Thursday. The animal in question had food and water inside the vehicle. Three windows were open. The owner was advised of the complaint.
– An alarm was reported at 7:37 p.m. Thursday on Quaker Lane where the homeowner arrived and the residence was checked and found secure. The owner will have the system checked.
– A domestic dispute was reported at 7:35 p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of South Lincoln Avenue where police learned a mother and juvenile daughter got into a physical altercation outside of the city limits. They were told to file a report with Goshen Township Police since the incident took place in their jurisdiction.
– A clerk at Smith Oil, in the 900 block of East State Street, reported at 7:08 p.m. Thursday that an unknown female in a Lincoln pumped $27.25 in gas in left without paying. The registration was provided to police. Contact was made with the driver and she told police she paid with a credit card. The business will be advised.
– A woman in the 300 block of East Fourth Street reported at 6:45 p.m. Thursday that a television was stolen from her while she was in the process of moving. The theft is under investigation.
– A dispute was reported at 6:34 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of East Sixth Street. A person involved was located in an alley and reported there was a verbal dispute. The parties were told to stay away from each other.
– A fight was reported at 6:22 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Newgarden Avenue where three males were in an altercation and one had gone to a hospital. The incident was under investigation.
– A domestic dispute was reported at 6:21 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of West Fifth Street. A man said his father had been removed from the residence earlier in the day for allegedly causing problems and had returned and wanted to go inside to get his belongings. He did not want him there. The man said they got into a pushing match and he was struck in the leg and had his hand punched. He didn’t want to press charges.
– A suspicious person was reported at Reilly Stadium at 6:10 p.m. Thursday. An officer located the person in question in the 1100 block of East State Street and she said she wanted to harm herself. The officer called first responders and an ambulance and she was taken to the emergency room for an evaluation.
– A possible burglary was reported at 6:04 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of East Third Street. A woman came home to find her door open. Police cleared the house both on foot and with the K-9 Simon. The woman was told to report if she finds anything missing.
– A dog was reported at large at 5:42 p.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of East State Street. An officer found the dog, but it took off. The owner was told if officers find the dog, they’ll attempt to catch it.
– A man on Stewart Road reported at 5:24 p.m. Thursday that he was told something fell out of the bed of his truck while he was driving and the police were called about it. He looked in the area, but found nothing.
– An officer on patrol at 4:01 p.m. Thursday stopped a vehicle in the 900 block of Newgarden Avenue for a traffic violation. K-9 Simon alerted to a narcotic odor and a search of the vehicle located several items of contraband. The driver was issued a written warning for the traffic violation. The driver and passenger were released and charges are pending laboratory results.
– Police at 12:20 p.m. Thursday checked a car in a parking lot with dogs inside. The owner came outside when police arrived and said she was only inside the store 15 minutes and gave them water.
– Police responded to Walnut Street at 9:40 a.m. Thursday to assist EMT Ambulance with a man. Officers were able to gain entry to the residence and assisted the man to the ambulance.
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-Anatoly Symoni, Homeworth Road, Alliance, reported at 1:35 a.m. Thursday he argued with his girlfriend, Lauren Martin, and she slapped him across the face. He signed a refusal to prosecute form.
Lisbon
– A CARTs bus driven by Cindy Miller was struck by a pickup truck operated by Rosalie Shannon, West Lincoln Way, in the county government services parking lot at 1:11 p.m. Wednesday.
– A Maple Street resident texted someone at 8:28 p.m. Tuesday to say he wanted to harm himself, and police arrived along with an ambulance to transport him to a local hospital.
– Police were asked to check on the well being of a person who lives in an apartment house on East Lincoln Way at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday. Police arrived and spoke with the man, who said he was fine and purposely ignores calls from his estranged wife. He said they are going through a divorce and she will not leave him alone.
Columbiana
– Police stood by while the city fire department extinguished a truck fire at the Duke and Duchess parking lot at 11:56 a.m. Wednesday.
– A solicitor’s permit was issued at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday for North Coast Wholesale Foods.
– Paige Macklin, 22, New Waterford, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop at 5:36 p.m. Wednesday.
East Liverpool
– Officers responded to a call Aug. 18 for an unresponsive male at a Morton Street residence. It was discovered the man had died of natural causes. The county coroner and ASI Ambulance Service also were on scene.
– Police reported Aug. 18 a grandmother took custody of three grandchildren, ages 10-and-younger, because they were left alone at a Mapletree Street residence. A warrant was requested, but no specifics were included.
– Officers responded Aug. 17 to a domestic along Lisbon Street involving a mother, son and father, in which the father picked up a butcher knife and told a case worker to leave the house. The mother told officers her son wanted her to kill her husband. The son was taken to ELCH for evaluation. The prosecutor is to review the case for possible charges against the father.
– Dennis L. Hildebrand, Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool, was cited for failure to control Aug. 17 after the vehicle he was operating along Parkway Avenue left the roadway and struck a tree. Hildebrand said he lost control while rounding a bend on the wet pavement. Hildebrand, along with two 16-year-old passengers, were taken to ELCH with possible injuries.
– A vehicle owned by Andrew Clark, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, reportedly drifted down an alley Aug. 17, traveled across Laurel Lane, and struck a parked vehicle owned by Heather Caldwell, Main Street, Harrisville, Ohio. The Clark vehicle also reportedly struck a utility pole, damaging a transformer. No citation listed.
– While traveling Aug. 16 along Orchard Grove Avenue, a vehicle driven by Vikki Anderson, Vine Street, East Liverpool, reportedly was attempting to pass emergency units, stopped on a call, and struck a vehicle owned by Claudia E. Johnson-Brown, Orchard Grove, East Liverpool. Minor damage reported to both vehicles. No citations listed.
– A vehicle operated Aug. 16 by Mandy L. Leggett, Mercedes Place, Canfield, Ohio, was stopped on state Route 11 ramp, yielding to traffic, when a vehicle operated by Alex P. Payne, East 4th Street, East Liverpool, failed to stop and struck it from behind. No citations listed.
– Donald C. Nesselrode, Blakely Street, East Liverpool, was cited Aug. 15 for failure to re-instated license following a two-vehicle accident along state Route 39 that also included a vehicle driven by Arica M. Douglas, Railroad Street, East Liverpool.
– Daniel C. Carroll, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, was cited Aug. 15 for improper backing following an accident along Market Street where it meets St. Clair Avenue and East 6th Street. Carroll stated he started to proceed from Market when an unknown vehicle, coming in other direction, forced him to back, resulting in his vehicle striking a stopped vehicle, behind him, operated by Brie A. Richards, West 4th Street, East Liverpool.
– Kara L. Lockhart-Virden, Homewood Avenue, East Liverpool, was cited for failure to yield following an accident Aug. 13 along Bradshaw Avenue. Reports state a vehicle operated by Melinda R. Schneider, Ephriam Street, East Liverpool, was traveling east on Bradshaw when the Lockhart-Virden vehicle, traveling south through a private lot, pulled onto Bradshaw and into the path of the Schneider vehicle.
– Vehicles operated by Michelle L. Wiley, Carole Drive, Salem, and Christine M. Plumley, Mapletree Street, East Liverpool, were in an accident Aug. 12 at East Avenue and West 5th Street. Reports state the Plumley vehicle pulled into the path of the Wiley vehicle. No citations listed.
– A vehicle owned by Linda R. Tustin, Eutaw Avenue, East Liverpool, was parked Aug. 7 at her residence when an unknown vehicle, turning from Maine Boulevard, struck it, causing damage.
– A vehicle operated by Kaitlyn M. McCoy, McKinnon Avenue, East Liverpool, was struck Aug. 6 at Parkway and Pennsylvania avenues by an unknown vehicle, which fled the scene.
– A vehicle operated Aug. 16 by Kelley E. Hill, Mt. Larel, N.J., was stopped on state Route 11 ramp, yielding to traffic, when a vehicle operated by Johnna Abdalla, state Route 213, Hammondsville, struck it from behind. No citations listed.
– A vehicle operated by Kay L. Montgomery, Maple Avenue, Wellsville, was backing from a parking spot Aug. 4 along Smith Street, and struck a stopped vehicle operated by Millard Hicks, Lang Street, East Liverpool. The Hicks vehicle had stopped for a pedestrian using the crosswalk located outside Milligan Hardware.
– A vehicle operated Aug. 16 by Lyda G. Dye, Stagecoach Road, East Liverpool, was stopped on state Route 11 ramp, yielding to traffic, when a vehicle operated by Kaitlyn D. Grimm, Independence Square, Wellsville, failed to stop and struck it from behind. No citations listed.
St. Clair Township
– Officers investigated a disturbance Aug. 14 on Glen. No details provided.
– Officers responded Aug. 12 to a burglary on Annesley Road. No details provided.
– A juvenile reported missing Aug. 13 from the Swickard Street area was later found in East Liverpool.
– A John Street resident reported Aug. 13 that glass from both a storm door and entry door was damaged by a thrown rock.
– Officers investigated a disturbance Aug. 13 along Purinton Avenue involving the custody of a child.
Goshen Police District
– Robert E. Pinkerton Jr., 48, 18085 Fourth St., Beloit, was charged with fourth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor assault after Goshen Police Chief Steve McDaniel responded to the home at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday where Pinkerton reported being assaulted by his stepson. However, the stepson’s mother said Pinkerton had punched her in the mouth. The mother said Pinkerton had moved out awhile ago, but returned the previous night to stay over. She said he had been drinking all day and became angry, punching the walls and throwing a table, at which point the stepson left his room. Pinkerton reportedly punched the stepson in the face, then threatened his life with a knife. The stepson also said that Pinkerton had continuously struck him on his broken foot, as well.
Leetonia
– Michael Smith, 34, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop on Madison Street at 7:55 p.m. Aug. 12 in which he refused to submit to field sobriety tests for suspected DUI. A search revealed suspected illegal items that were sent for testing with additional charges pending.
– Officers discovered two juveniles on a boat they did not own on Madison Street at 1:29 a.m. Monday.
– Dustin R. Morrow, 31, 47206 Calcutta Smith Ferry Road, Calcutta, was charged with receiving stolen property, fictitious plates, false iden-tification and speed after a traffic stop at 5:43 a.m. Tuesday at 344 and State.
Salem
– Police responded to a complaint of solicitors in the 500 block of Bank Street at 1:44 p.m. Thursday. An officer located the persons and found they had no permit. They were told to stop soliciting and get the proper permits through the city or they will be cited.
– Gregg Martin, of Renkenberger Road, Columbiana, was cited for assured clear distance after he rear-ended a vehicle driven by Linda Crider, of Beloit, pushing her into Debra Ketchum of South Union Avenue, on East State at 10:06 a.m. Thursday.
– Police responded to the 1400 block of Buckeye Circle at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday after a resident saw a man under a vehicle parked along the street. He reportedly had a flashlight and upon a nearby resident turning on a porch light and opening the door, the man immediately left. He was wearing a brimmed hat and backpack.
– Donald Huff, 36, of 187 Plymouth Place, was taken into custody at 9:47 p.m. Wednesday on East Sixth Street on a warrant for a probation violation.
– An officer at 8:22 p.m. Wednesday saw evidence of a minor accident in a north-south alley next to a property in the 400 block of West Pershing. A westbound vehicle turning south lost control on loose gravel, causing it to fishtail and the front passenger side to hit a chain link fence, resulting in minor damage. Police were able to identify the driver and a citation is pending.
– A domestic issue was reported at 5:56 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Southeast Boulevard. Officers arrived and found a female who appeared to be having a medical problem. she was taken to SRMC.
– A caller at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday reported a juvenile throwing rocks and sticks at the ducks at Waterworth Memorial Park. An officer spoke with the boy and told him not to torment the animals. The boy left.
Perry Township
– An officer on patrol at 6:38 p.m. Wednesday located a vehicle parked at Egypt Road and Pine Lake Road. After a lengthy search, a male and female were found and told not to trespass.
– Police responded at 1:59 p.m. Tuesday for a complaint of three males climbing the water tower on Stewart Road. Prior to officers arriving, employees from the water department arrived and chased the males off.
– A female on Allen Drive reported at 6:36 p.m. Monday that a boy was standing out in the front of her house with friends and began antagonizing her dog. Police spoke with the boy who said he yelled at the dog because it was barking.
– A woman in the 1100 block of West Perry Street reported Monday that she had sold a car and the check was no good when she took it to the bank. She made several attempts to get her vehicle back or the money but the other parties are unwilling to cooperate. She was told her options.
Salem
– Firefighters were called at 9:22 p.m. Monday to Ohio Avenue to remove a bat from a house.
– A resident called at 8:19 p.m. Monday for an odor complaint in the 400 block of Woodland Avenue. Firefighters found the odor possibly coming from the condenser of the refrigerator. The owner was advised to have the unit serviced if the odor continues.
Police
Salem
-Police responded at 3:48 p.m. Wednesday to Walmart where there were solicitors seeking donations for Second Chance Ministries. The loss prevention officer said the organization has previously been told not to solicit since they haven’t applied through the company to do so. Three men from Columbus were told to leave. None of the organization’s facilities are in northeast Ohio.
– Officers responded at 11:09 a.m. Wednesday to Liberty Street for a motor vehicle accident involving a flagger from a paving company. A vehicle allegedly struck a flagger while the company was paving and the victim requested an ambulance. The victim said the driver of a blue car struck his left leg with the rear of the vehicle. No visible injuries were observed. He was taken to SRMC. Officers located the driver at a residence and spoke with him about the incident. He said he did not strike the flagger.
– A resident at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday reported an intoxicated female beating on the back door in the 100 block of South Howard. The person had been a visitor but was no longer welcome. The resident said the woman had broken an outdoor ornament on the back door, damaging it. The resident didn’t want to press charges for the damaged ornament but was notifying the landlord about damage to the door in case he wanted to pursue it. The female was told to leave. She did.
– An officer on patrol at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of West Pershing Street saw a man inside a fenced enclosure at a closed business. The gate to the fence was wide open. The man said he was looking to see if they had a spare tire he could use. Nothing appeared out of order and he left without incident.
– An officer on patrol in Centennial Park at 6 p.m. Tuesday stopped and talked with several people gathering around a vehicle. K-9 Simon indicated the presence of narcotic odor during an open air sniff. A very small, unmeasurable amount of suspected marijuana shake was located in a vehicle. The officers cleared after a brief question and answer session with several people in the park about the capabilities of the police K-9.
-A woman from Jennings Avenue reported Tuesday someone used her debit card number to make fraudulent charges to her bank account.
– A Hanoverton woman reported a dispute in the 100 block of East Fifth Street at 2:32 p.m. Tuesday, saying a friend was holding property for her and will not give it back. The friend said the property was in the garage and he lost the key. Both sides made arrangements for when the key is found.
– An anonymous caller reported a dog in a vehicle in the Walmart parking lot at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police found the dog in a running vehicle with the air conditioning on. No windows were down. After a few minutes, the vehicle’s remote start shut off the car. An announcement was made in the store and the female driver came out and claimed it had only been a short time she had been in the store. A check with dispatch showed officers had been on the scene 25 minutes. The dog did not appear distressed at any time.
-A woman at 12:14 p.m. Tuesday made police aware of a domestic incident between her daughter and her daughter’s husband over the weekend, saying she’s now afraid for her daughter’s safety. She was advised to contact police next time she’s aware of an incident occurring.
– A spokesman for Kid Zone on East State Street reported a shoplifter at 12:42 p.m. Tuesday. An employee said a female left the rear of the store without paying for clothing. She followed the girl into the parking lot where the female gave back the clothing. The girl was taken into custody for delinquency and later released to her mother.
– A domestic in progress was reported at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of West Wilson Street where a man said his ex-girlfriend’s stepmother hit him with a baseball bat after an argument ensued. He had arrived home to find her in the driveway picking up his ex-girlfriend’s daughter.
– A verbal dispute was reported between neighbors at 9:04 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of Vine Avenue where the downstairs resident said the upstairs resident was pounding on the floor all day so the downstairs resident banged on the ceiling. The upstairs resident said the people downstairs were intoxicated and set off fireworks, causing him anxiety. Officers saw no indication of fireworks and no smell of gun powder. All parties were told to stay away from one another.
– A man on West Wilson Street reported at 8:50 p.m. Monday that two neighborhood kids, ages 7 and 9, threw rocks at his vehicle, damaging the hood. The case will be turned over to the juvenile officer.
– No citations were issued after an accident at 7:12 p.m. Monday at Howard and State. A westbound vehicle driven by a 17-year-old boy slowed down in the intersection for a bicycle that crossed in front of him. The traffic light turned green for a northbound vehicle driven by Oscar Triplett, 76, of New Garden Avenue, who then went through the intersection and was struck by the teen’s vehicle. Officers were unable to determine who was at fault. The boy and a passenger signed waivers to be treated at the scene, but were advised to go to the emergency room to be checked by a doctor. The driver and passenger in the other car were taken to SRMC.
– A suspicious person was reported causing a disturbance at a business in the 200 block of West State Street at 6:55 p.m. Monday. The male left before police arrived, but an officer spoke with a family member who said the male had mental problems and appeared slightly intoxicated. The caller said the person flagged down a red Chevy truck and left heading north on Jennings.
– Police were called at 6:43 p.m. Monday to West 16th Street for a person to be removed. A previous tenant was picking up some belongings, but brought several people that the caller did not want on the property. She was advised to gather her things and then left with her family.
– A man on East Fifth Street was trying to get his vehicle back from his ex-girlfriend but reported at 3:48 p.m. Monday that she was refusing to give him the keys. Officers contacted her and she said she did not have the keys and has been telling the man he can pick up his vehicle from her residence. She said he continued to send harassing text messages. An officer told the man he could have the vehicle towed and to stop all contact with the ex-girlfriend.
– An unruly juvenile was reported running down the street from a day care in the 700 block of East Third at 11:13 a.m. Monday. Officers located the boy and his mother, who took him home.
– A woman from Penn Avenue reported at 9:45 a.m. Monday that she believed a known male was following her, along with reporting other issues. The man was getting his medication at a local pharmacy and was not following her, police found.
– Police were called at 9:11 a.m. Monday to SRMC for a reported theft from the gift shop area.
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– Heather Hurst-Daniels, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, reported at 9:16 a.m. Wednesday her boyfriend’s brother, Randy Hetrick, has been using her Social Security number to access her bank account and purchase MoneyGrams at Walmart in Calcutta.
– Roger Weikart, Georgetown Road, Salem, reported at 5:44 p.m. Monday someone shot out his dining room window. The round could not be found inside the home, but he heard shots from an adjoining property on Carey Road. The neighbor, Bill Long, said he was shooting an AR-15 223 caliber rifle in the backyard and did not know he damaged the window, but was willing to take care of the damage.
– James and Sherry Hupp, Taylor Road, Negley, reported at 11:50 a.m. Monday an unruly 13-year-old son who is causing their 10-year-old to also misbehave.
Lisbon
– Police were called to a North Market Street home at 1:41 p.m. Monday in regard to a man intending on harming himself. The man was on the phone with a counselor when police arrived, and arrangements were made to transport him by ambulance to a local hospital.
– An official from Apple Grove apartments reported at 2 p.m. Monday he was in the middle of making arrangements to have a resident transported to a medical facility for a mental evaluation when he took off running into the county fair campground. The man was found hiding in a wooded area between the campground and Apple Grove and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
– Police responded to Sherman Street in regard to juveniles setting off fireworks at 12:34 p.m. Tuesday. Police spoke to the youths, who were setting off bottle rockets, and their mother, and they were warned about setting off fireworks in village limit.
– Justin Duffy, Maple Street, reported at 4 a.m. Saturday some people were causing a ruckus and when he confronted them he was shoved into a wall. Police spoke with the neighbors, including Steven Boso, who said they had been having problems all night with Vernon Ballard. According to Boso, when Duffy came outside he mistakenly thought Ballard was responsible for the disturbance, so Ballard shoved him, but the misunderstanding had been worked out and everything was fine. As police were preparing to leave, Boso began yelling and slammed the door loud, so police cited him for disturbing the peace.
– A West High Street resident reported Monday her change purse containing $24 was stolen from her vehicle console. Police later found a change purse and Hawthorne confirmed it belonged to her, but she said the gum and condom inside did not.
– William Henthorne, North Vine Street, reported Monday receiving a call from someone claiming to be from the IRS and telling him he was going to be arrested that day. Henthorne was advised this was a scam.
– Josh Lentz, Morton Street, reported Saturday a five-shot speed loader was stolen from his vehicle.
– Joan Cook, East Lincoln Way, reported Monday that Stevie Halverstadt hired someone to remove trees and stumps from the rear of her dance studio on East Washington Street, and the worker, using a back hoe, pulled off siding from Cook’s garage and damaged the wood wall supports. She said her cement slab in front of the garage was also damaged. Cook was told this was a civil matter. Halverstadt said she hired Scott Rudder and let him use her back hoe to remove the trees, and she said the garage was rotten when she lived there 15 years ago.
– Police were asked to accompany John Shuman while he retrieved his personal belongings from a West Lincoln Way residence at 11:19 a.m. Monday. His girlfriend claimed the ATV Shuman was wanting to take was stolen, but police determined it had not been reported as such.
– Amanda Kord, West Lincoln Way, reported Friday her husband’s SUV had been entered and a Carhartt coat and pack of cigarettes were missing.
– Police were called to a disturbance at an apartment house on North Market Street at 2:38 a.m. Friday and police found Scott Rudder there, even though he was not allowed on the property. Rudder said he was allowed to be there as long as he had no contact with the Liberts, and he was told to bring the court order to the police station to be examined.
– Amy Englert, East Lincoln Way, reported there was a bat in her apartment at 2:09 a.m. Sunday. Police helped in catching the bat, which was safely released.
– A Mrs. Minor reported Aug. 4 she had money stolen from her purse while at the Vista Center.
– Police were called to the home of Audria Dean and Charles Weyand, state Route 154, at 3:23 p.m. Aug. 11 about a dispute over a wagon. William Halligan, who is Weyand’s grandfather, was said to be on his way to retrieve a wagon and causing a disturbance. Police watched the video provided and determined Halligan was not acting in a disorderly manner. He was given the wagon back and police left.
– Sally Downard, West Spruce Street, reported her daughter was walking on Spruce Street when she was stung by bees at 11:09 a.m. Friday. Downard said there was a large bee’s nest in the tree across the street and she was concerned for the children since he daughter had already been stung twice. A neighbor said he had spoken with the property owner, who intends to take care of the problem.
– The burglary alarm was going off at Carter Lumber at 1:37 a.m. Aug. 6 and a door was found unlocked but there was no sign anyone had been inside.
– Linda Reynolds, East Lincoln Way, reported Friday her Nikon camera was stolen from outside her home after she took some pictures for the garage sale she was having. She laid the camera down and went inside and it was gone upon her return.
Highway Patrol
– Cade Wyatt Zimmerman, 16, Old Route 344, Leetonia, was northbound on Leetonia Road in Salem at 6:40 a.m. Monday and went off the east side into a ditch, a sign and a mailbox. He was cited for failure to control.
– Lori Ann Ables, 45, Metz Road, New Waterford, was eastbound on U.S. 30 in Center Township at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday and went off the right side into an embankment and electric fence. She was cited for failure to control.
Columbiana
– A Paul’s Cafe employee reported at 10:47 a.m. Tuesday someone broke into the restaurant on South Main Street the night before and took money.
East Palestine
– Charlie Biser, South Market Street, reported at 8:30 p.m. Monday her son’s bike was damaged.
– Lonie Charlton, East Main Street, reported at 9 p.m. Monday she was being harassed by someone she knows.
– Nora Eaton, Brookdale Avenue, reported at 11 a.m. Monday her neighbor’s dog was barking at them while they are outside getting water. Shortly after, Kyle Cope reported that his neighbors threatened to kill his dog.
East Liverpool
– Officers responded Wednesday to a Dakota Avenue residence where a female was found, reportedly overdosed, in a bedroom. She was taken to the hospital.
– Making a traffic stop Tuesday along Jackson Street on a vehicle parked outside a suspected drug house, police confiscated a small piece of crack cocaine from the floor board of the back passenger seat area, where a man had been seated, and a single pill, believed to be vicoden, from a purse of a female passenger, also in the back seat. The suspected drugs are to be sent to a lab for testing.
St. Clair Township
– Police were notified Saturday by a woman who had rented a car from Enterprise Rental to transport her and two other women to the Steelers game. After the game, the women went to a bar in the Wellsville area. They later rented a room at a Calcutta hotel, inviting a man and a friend to the room after meeting up with him at the bar. The woman said she passed out, woke around 5:45 a.m. and noticed the vehicle missing. However, the women’s purses, which were left in the vehicle, were in the hotel room. The man was not given permission to take the vehicle, the woman claimed. Police contacted the man, who said he did have permission. The car was retrieved and no charges filed.
– A vehicle driven by Trena M. Colgrove, Northside Avenue, was rear-ended by another driven by Michael E. Hallam, Purinton Avenue, Saturday at the intersection of St. Clair and McGuffey Drive; no citations listed.
Hancock County arrests
Kenneth Lee Cooper, 53, of Toronto, Ohio: DUI (third offense); Aug. 13.
John S. Machen Jr., 41, of Weirton: Domestic battery (warrant); Aug. 10.
Nicholas S. Faulk, 26, of Newell: Stolen property into state; Aug. 9.
Thomas Lee Yaegel, 40, of Newell: Driving under suspension (DUI); Aug. 8. Capias; Aug. 3.
John Doe, no age listed, no address listed: Battery on police officer, public intoxication, obstructing an officer; Aug. 5.
William C. Camp, 43, of New Cumberland: Failure to register as a sex offender, battery (two counts); Aug. 5.
Melissa Jo Stander, 41, of Danville, Ohio: Capias (probation violation); Aug. 5.
Timothy W. Stander, 41, of Danville, Ohio: Capias (probation violation); Aug. 5.
Brandon Lee Speece, 22, of Wellsville: Capias (probation violation); Aug. 5.
Damien S. Graham, 34, of New Brighton, Pa.: Capias (probation violation); Aug. 5.
Miguel Angel Fernandez Aponte, 36, of Palm Harbor, Fla.: DUI; Aug. 5.
Jason D. Mullins, 32, of Salem, Ohio: Capias; July 30.
Chance M. Rowland, 23, of New Cumberland: DUI; July 29.
Lisbon
-The fire department responded to a report of wires down on Wayne Bridge Road at 10:47 a.m. Tuesday.
POLICE
Highway Patrol
– James R. Kelly, 38, state Route 154, Lisbon, and Patrick L. Souders, 42, Jimtown Road, East Palestine, were eastbound on state Route 154 in Middleton Township at 8:55 p.m. Aug. 8 and Souders slowed to turn left onto Riffle Road when Kelly attempted to pass and struck Souders as he was turning. Kelly then went off the road and overturned. Kelly was cited for improper passing and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while Souders was taken to Trinity Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
– George B. Adkins, 62, Lincoln Street, East Liverpool, was westbound on U.S. 30 in Elkrun Township at 4:55 a.m. Aug. 9 and hit a deer.
Columbiana
– The owner of American Auto Body reported at 1 p.m. Monday the company was being harassed and equipment was damaged by an employee who was terminated last week. No arrests were made.
– Robert Macklin, West Friend Street, reported at 5:31 p.m. Monday his ex was at his house and she was not supposed to be there.
– The Highway Patrol reported at 7:42 p.m. Monday there was a reckless driver coming toward the city on state Route 344.
– A woman reported at 11:39 p.m. Monday someone in a red car was speeding from Circle K to Parkview Avenue. Police checked but did not see the vehicle violate any traffic laws.
– A New York man requested at 11:50 p.m. Monday police check on his girlfriend on South Main Street as they had an argument over the phone and it now appeared to be disconnected.
County Sheriff
– Deputies and the Ohio State Patrol Post both responded to a domestic violence dispute on Jefferson Street, Salineville, at 11:20 p.m. Monday. David Earich was yelling and so irate a deputy had to take out a taser to convince him to stop. Earich’s mother, Amy Earich, said she was on her porch when her son, who has mental issues, began repeating himself and becoming agitated. She locked the door, went upstairs and put the couch against her bedroom door for her own protection. Her son managed to break into the house and bust through the bedroom door pushing her to the floor and yelling she is a liar. Her other children scrambled to get help while one 15-year-old daughter attempted to get him off their mother. The girl told deputies Earich grabbed her by the throat and put her to the wall. Her mother ran down the stairs. A 10-year-old daughter ran out of the house to the neighbor’s for help while the 16-year-old daughter jumped off the roof hurting her leg while running to the neighbor’s for help. One of the neighbors, Crystal Bach, called deputies. David Earich, 29, Jefferson Street, Salineville, was charged with domestic violence.
St.Clair Township
– While on patrol Sunday morning, an officer reported seeing an eastbound vehicle on Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road with an expired license tag and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to stop until pulling into the Sheetz parking lot, where the driver, Timothy B. Carey, 49, Darlington, Pa., was found to be driving with a suspended license. An open can of beer was noticed by officers on the passenger seat floor, and both Carey and his passenger, Terry L. Geary, 54, New Galilee, Pa., said they had been sharing it. Officers reported finding a smoking device between the passenger seat and console, but both Carey and Geary denied ownership. Officers asked Geary to remove her boots and reported finding a baggy of suspected marijuana inside one. She was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Carey was cited for failure to reinstate, expired plates and open container in a motor vehicle.
Salem Township
– Kelly Rulli, Lisbon-Canfield Road, Salem, reported at 1:10 p.m. Monday sometime overnight someone ripped her mailbox off the pole and stole it. Constable Dan Valentine located the mailbox, damaged, laying to the south of her home near Butcher Road and returned it to her.
Salem
– A vehicle owned by Richard Cochran was parked in the lot at Aldi’s, 2495 E. State St., at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday with a passenger inside waiting for the driver, her mother, who was inside shopping when a vehicle driven by a woman pulled up and struck the left rear quarter panel area above the wheel. The other vehicle then backed out and went to the other side and was approached by the driver of the damaged car, who had come out of the store and was advised by her daughter what happened. The other vehicle pulled back out and went over to Marc’s where the driver of the damaged car talked with the woman, then the other vehicle left the scene. An officer spoke with the woman in the other car who denied such action occurred.
– A spokesman for Gene’s Drive Thru, 1750 E. State St., reported at 10:51 a.m. Tuesday that a person had possibly been stealing from the store over the past week. He said a known female at 7 p.m. Monday bought a bottle of vodka but when she was at the counter, he saw another bottle inside the purse she was carrying. He told her he could see it so she put it back. During an inventory, he found eight bottles of the same kind of vodka to be short. An officer advised him that her returning a bottle and paying for the other is one thing, but if he can’t prove anything regarding the other eight, then he should just restrict her from coming in anymore. He said he would probably do that. He was given the report number in case she wants to talk with an officer.
– Joseph Linger, of East Fifth Street, reported at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday that he noticed damage to the left rear of his vehicle. He believed the damage occurred when he was parked at the rear of the Memorial Building, 785 E. State St., between 4:45 and 6 p.m. Monday.
– Suspicious activity was reported at 2:57 a.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of Lexington Avenue where a caller said it sounded as if an unknown person was attempting to gain entry into a secured facility. Officers checked the area but found nothing out of the ordinary and no one around.
– An alarm was reported at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of East Second Street. All outer doors were checked and appeared secure. A keyholder arrived and the interior was checked, with all fine.
Police
County Sheriff
– Deputies responded Saturday morning to the residence of Jeff Hamilton in the Country Squire Mobile Home Park, Alliance, where Hamilton advised an unknown male had tapped on his daughter’s window, telling her she was pretty. When Hamilton went outside to confront him, the male jumped into a vehicle and sped off.
– Deputies were dispatched Saturday morning to the Butler Mobile City for a report of suspicious activity but, after checking the area, found nothing out of the ordinary.
– Responding Saturday to the intersection of state Routes 344 and 558, deputies spoke with a woman who said her husband is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and, when stopped at the intersection, he exited the vehicle. When she tried to get him back into the vehicle, her husband became combative toward her. KLG Ambulance was called to evaluate her husband, but his wife didn’t want him taken to the hospital.
– Kathy Jordan, state Route 30, Minerva, reported she received a letter in the mail from Key Bank saying it has a charge in her name, but Jordan said she does not have an account at that bank. A fraud investigation has been initiated.
– Deputies returned a 911 call to Penny Hill and Charleen Smalley, Railroad Street, Hanoverton, during which Smalley reported someone defecated in the house and she believed it was Hill. Hill told deputies she was looking for information about assistance, and she was referred to the proper agency. Both women said they did not need a deputy.
– Responding Friday to reports of a kid wearing a mask and riding a dirt bike in the area of Teegarden Road and Clewell Drive. Several campers advised the kid was not doing anything wrong and was just riding the bike. Deputies were unable to locate him.
– Nina Graves, Commerce Street, Wellsville, reported someone broke into her property on state Route 39. They checked the property and nothing was missing, but someone had forced entry through the back door.
-Matthew Kent, Saline Street, Irondale, reported Friday being assaulted by a person he knows but signed a refusal to prosecute.
– Bonnie McCalle reported Friday night an attempted breaking and entering but did not want a deputy to respond, saying she would complete a report later.
– Deputies and New Waterford first responders checked the area of Bye Road in Unity Township Friday evening for reports of a white male stumbling and drooling. They were unable to locate anyone of that description.
Highway Patrol
– While traveling northwest on Columbiana-Waterford Road at 11:10 a.m. Saturday, Joshua W. Dent, 26, state Route 344, Leetonia, drove off the north side of the roadway, striking a ditch, culvert and tree. He told troopers he fell asleep. Dent was cited for failure to control.
– A 2013 Kenworth driven by Casey J. Jones, 42, 12th Street, Homeworth, was stopped on Westville Lake Road Friday morning when a southbound 2016 Freightliner driven by Jared J. Bigger, 23, Cadillac, Michigan, tried to turn into a private drive. The trailer on Bigger’s truck struck Jones’ truck. No charges were reported.
– Courtney R. Davis, 23, Wayne Bridge Road, Lisbon, was eastbound on state Route 170 in St. Clair Township Thursday morning when another eastbound vehicle came into her lane, striking her right front fender. Davis said the other vehicle, which left with the driver unidentified, was a silver SUV of some type.
East Liverpool
– A loss prevention officer at Giant Eagle downtown reported seeing Kristy L. Steed, 45, no address listed, conceal multiple items valued at more than $35 in her purse then attempt to leave without paying. During a search of Steed’s purse, officers reported finding a syringe and a copper scouring pad in the outside pocket. She was charged with theft and possession of drug abuse instruments and issued a trespass notice for Giant Eagle.
– Brandi Cope, 23, no address listed, reported Friday she had made $1,700 on a date in West Virginia and her boyfriend grabbed it in the Woodland Hills parking lot and would not return it. Asked by officers to clarify what she meant by “date,” Cope reportedly told them she meant prostitution. She was advised to speak with the law director about filing charges against her boyfriend.
– Elder Bill Lehner of The Lord’s Community Church, Jackson Street, reported Friday a window air conditioner had been removed to gain entry, with a TV/DVD combination taken. On Saturday, Jennifer Adrian reported a ceramic heater and a dehumidifier had also been taken and she located them at a pawn shop in Chester, W.Va., as well as learning the name of the woman who pawned them. Adrian told officers she wanted to speak with the pastor to determine what steps will be taken before charges are filed.
– After St. Clair Township Police reported a vehicle stolen from their area had been spotted on Globe Street near the Sparkle Market, city officers located the vehicle, which was towed by First Class Towing.
– James E. Evans, address not listed, reported his daughter, who lives with her mother in East End, reportedly came upon some items that appeared to be narcotics. A report will be forwarded to Children’s Services.
– Randy Morrell, 775 Ohio Avenue, had just purchased a 1994 Ford Mustang and was driving it into the garage when he lost control, striking the garage, damaging the front end of the vehicle and the door and wall of the garage, owned by Richard Spahr.
– Kara L. Lockhart, 50, Homewood Avenue, was cited for failure to yield Saturday night after she came southbound through a private lot and pulled into the path of Melinda R. Schneider, 53, Ephraim Street, who was eastbound on Bradshaw.
Salem
– Daniel L. Shafer, 43, Salem, was cited for fictitious plates following a traffic stop in the 700 block of East State Street at 9:48 a.m. Saturday.
– Police responded to the 700 block of West State Street at 10:06 a.m. Saturday in reference to a suspicious person and spoke with a man walking around a building who said he had been in an argument with his girlfriend at her home near the state Route 45 bypass and had left to let her calm down.
– While investigating a report in the 700 block of West State Street at 10:20 a.m. Saturday, an officer discovered a black key magnetic box containing a rolled $20 bill with a white substance inside as well as an empty syringe packet.
– A Continental Drive resident reported at 11:19 a.m. Saturday constant verbal altercations with her live-in boyfriend and requested information about her options of dealing with it. She was provided information about the eviction process and told to contact the department if the arguments escalate.
– Officers responded to Centennial Park at 12:51 p.m. Saturday in reference to two possibly intoxicated men. The men said they were walking home due to an illness.
– A West Pershing Street resident reported at 1:15 p.m. Saturday a person he knows was making threats toward him.
– An officer responded to a Roosevelt Avenue home at 5:11 p.m. Saturday where the resident reported a juvenile neighbor had been driving a small mini bike on the adjacent property and he was concerned it would damage his property. The officer spoke with the juvenile’s mother who said she would speak to him about the issue.
– Officers responded to a Continental Drive home at 9:21 p.m. Saturday where the resident reported a verbal altercation with another man in which he asked the man to leave and he refused, eventually striking the complainant in the face and starting a physical altercation. The other man left prior to officers’ arrival. The resident refused medical treatment and did not wish to press charges.
– Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity in the 2100 block of Pearce Circle at 9:54 p.m. Saturday, but were unable to find anything out of the ordinary.
– Officers responded to a 400 block Arch Street home at 10:21 p.m. Saturday in reference to someone yelling for help from a window. The homeowner said their son was watching a loud movie and was yelled at to turn it down.
– Officers responded to a report of a man on the ground in the area of South Union Avenue and Oak Street at 10:28 p.m. Saturday and found him lying in a ditch suffering from an apparent medical issue. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital.
– Police responded to a report of a suspicious person welling profanities in the area of Rose Avenue and Vine Street at 11:31 p.m. Saturday, but were unable to find anyone.
– Nicholas K. Larson, 20, Salem, was charged with underage consumption after a patrolling officer observed him drinking an alcoholic beverage in a 500 block South Broadway Avenue parking lot at 1:06 a.m. Sunday.
– Officers responded to the area of North Lincoln Avenue and East Third Street at 1:34 a.m. Sunday where a man reported someone had used a bat to break out two windows of his vehicle.
– Police responded to a report of two men and a woman arguing in a 2500 block Lexington Avenue parking lot at 2:42 a.m. Sunday, but upon arrival found they had already left.
– A woman reported on station at 2:42 a.m. Sunday that she had given a man a ride home and he made advances toward her that she rebuffed. She said at that time he became angry and stuck her in the face, then fled the area.
– Officers responded with medical personnel to a report of an unresponsive man in the 200 block of South Madison Avenue at 5:23 a.m. Sunday and stood by until the man was transported to the hospital.
– Officers responded to a report of an infant walking around without a parent in the 700 block of East Fifth Street at 9:23 a.m. Sunday. The mother was found following an investigation and the incident was forwarded to children services.
– Officers responded to a child custody dispute in the 900 block of West Wilson Street at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Those involved made an agreement pertaining to the child for the remainder of the day and they were advised to seek legal counsel.
Perry Township
– A West State Street resident reported at 6:07 p.m. Friday someone overnight had place a pack of lit firecrackers inside her mailbox. She said although the mailbox was not damaged, some mail had been burnt.
– Constance Freeman, 33, 1360 W. State St., Salem, was arrested on an active warrant out of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear while at her home at 7:35 p.m. Friday.
– An officer was flagged down in front of a Brittany Lane home at 8:02 p.m. Friday in reference to a domestic dispute between spouses. The officer spoke with both individuals who said it was only a verbal altercation.
– Desmon Ford, 41, Alliance, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on West State Street at 9:55 p.m. Friday.
– A North Lincoln Avenue resident reported at 12:41 a.m. Saturday an ongoing issue in which people in a vehicle were yelling obscenities at him. He said the vehicle had stopped and five people, none of whom he could identify, got out and approached him, but left when he got to the front door of his home.
– An officer responded to a child custody issue in the 1700 block of Painter Road at 6:33 a.m. Saturday and explained child custody laws to all involved. They were told to stay away from each other and the incident was forwarded to children services for review.
– A customer at an 1800 block South Lincoln Avenue business reported accidentally leaving his wallet on the counter and finding it missing when he returned. Surveillance footage showed another customer take the wallet and leave the store. Charges are pending upon identification of the suspect.
– Police responded to the state Route 14 interchange and U.S. Route 62 at 9:04 p.m. Saturday where a driver had traveled off the roadway and down the embankment at the dead-end. The driver said a vehicle in front of him had slammed on the brakes and he swerved to avoid a collision. The driver refused transportation to the hospital.
POLICE
Highway Patrol
– While eastbound on state Route 172 in Hanover Township Thursday, a vehicle driven by Samantha A. Bailes, 21, Niles, went off the right side, striking a ditch. Neither she nor her two passengers were injured. Bailes was cited for failure to control.
East Liverpool
– Officers responded Saturday to the West Fourth Street home of Donna Dearth, 50, who reported David J. Jackson, 50, Jackson Street, spit in her face and pushed her up against the wall. A witness also gave police officers a statement at the scene. Jackson was found walking past the Hot Dog Shoppe, and he told officers it wasn’t him and it was Dearth being a problem. Jackson was charged with assaulting Dearth and transported to the county jail.
– Responding to a 911 call from a man threatening to hurt himself, officers located him on Sixth Street and, after several minutes of discussion, he agreed to go to the hospital for professional help. Officers drove him to the hospital and walked him inside.
– Dezba Y. Petties, Palissey Street, reported a person she knows wrote a nasty note on her vehicle, flattened a tire and wrote the same message on a window of her home. She was advised to file charges with the law director.
– Angela S. Conrad, Pennsylvania Avenue, reported the father of one of her children came into her home at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday and began arguing with her while she was getting ready for work. About two hours into the argument, he back-handed her in the mouth twice, causing a swollen lip. She refused to file charges. The next day, Conrad returned to file charges, saying there had been a second incident later the previous day. While Conrad was filing the complaint, the man reportedly called on her cell phone and advised he was destroying her house, and officers went to the home,where the children said the man had gone to the basement. The basement door was found open and the man gone.
– Caithlynne Godosik, McKinnon Avenue, reported her rental vehicle missing from in front of her home, and Chester police later reported it had been involved in an accident there during which a female driver exited the vehicle and ran. The vehicle was towed from the scene.
– Diana Bucheit, Maine Boulevard, reported a package stolen from her porch. It had been delivered by the U.S. Mail and she never received it.
– Emily Smith, Lisbon Street, reported her juvenile son struck her in the back with a banister railing, broke the tail light lens, mirror and dented the left front fender of her vehicle and tried to stab his father with a screwdriver then fled before officers arrived. They located him a short distance away and transported him to the Tobin Center.
– A domestic violence warrant was to be issued against Clarence McKinnon, 49, Oak Street, after his wife, Mary McKinnon, 47, reported she had asked him to take a shower prior to undergoing a medical treatment and he began yelling at her, calling her nasty names. Mr. McKinnon reportedly asked for his money from her purse and got the purse. When Mrs. McKinnon grabbed for the purse, she told police, her husband punched her in the arm. Their 13-year-old son told his father to stop his behavior, causing Mr. McKinnon to call his son names, push him and strike him in the head with a set of keys, according to reports. Mrs. McKinnon said she wanted charges filed, and officers agreed to prepare a warrant.
– While patrolling the area near Green Lane due to drug activity, officers reported seeing a vehicle backed into the BP station at 3 a.m. with two occupants inside. The vehicle sat there for awhile then raced out of the parking lot, running a red light at Dresden Avenue, according to reports. Officers said the vehicle traveled a considerable distance before stopping for their activated lights, and the driver, Robert S. Smith, no address listed, said he was trying to find a safe place to pull over. Asked why he was out at 3 a.m., Smith reportedly pointed to his female passenger, Lyndsey Meredith, and said because he was out with a woman not his wife. He was asked if he had any weapons and Smith said he had a pistol, which was next to his leg beside the driver’s seat. He was ordered several times to keep his hands on the steering wheel and officers asked why he failed to notify them about the weapon as he had learned in his CCW course, but Smith said he was caught by surprise and having the weapon slipped his mind. He was charged with failure to notify officers about the weapon and running a red light. Meredith’s purse was checked for weapons and a bag of what she identified as cocaine was discovered, according to reports. It will be tested, with charges pending against Meredith, who reportedly told officers she forgot it was in her purse.
– While on patrol Saturday morning, officers reported seeing a red pickup truck turn from Dresden southbound onto Grant Street, going the wrong way on the one-way street. The truck was missing a front tire and was running on its rim. The driver, Michael Smith, 31, New Cumberland, W.Va., said he was taking his aunt’s truck to Busy B to get a tire before she awoke. He reportedly smelled strongly of alcohol but said he had been drunk the previous night and wasn’t now. Smith was charged with OVI and a one-way street violation.
– Christine M. Plumley, 36, Mapletree Street, was southbound on East Avenue and came to a stop at West Fifth Street but then pulled into the intersection, into the path of Michelle L. Wiley, Carole Drive, Salem, who had the right-of-way, according to reports. No injuries or charges were reported.
St. Clair Township
– Christopher L. Williams, 24, Lantz Court, was northbound on Sprucevale Road when he said he spun out on loose gravel, striking a southbound vehicle driven by Beth A. Hilbert, 73, Park Boulevard West. The road had been freshly chipped and sealed that day, according to reports. No injuries or charges were reported.
Salem
– An officer responded to a dispute in the 200 block of Penn Avenue at 1:22 p.m. Friday and found a woman who said a man had yelled at her for blocking the sidewalk while he was walking. The man admitted that was why he yelled at her.
– Officers responded to a report of a loud person in the area of Fair Avenue and Oak Street at 4:14 p.m. Friday and spoke with a man who said he had been arguing with his girlfriend via cell phone. He was advised to keep the noise level down.
– Patrolling officers observed a child approximately 8 years old running in the roadway in the area of Roosevelt Drive and East Third Street at 6:26 p.m. Friday. The officers were familiar with the child and his mother, who they saw in a vehicle across the street, and attempted to stop him, noticing he wore no shoes. The mother also attempted to stop the child by driving along side him despite officers telling her multiple times to get out and catch him. Other officers arrived and eventually corralled the child in the 1400 block of East Third Street and returned him to his mother’s vehicle. A copy of the incident was forwarded to children services.
– An officer responded with first responders to a medical emergency in the 500 block of East State Street and stood by until the person was transported from the scene.
– An officer responded to Centennial Park at 7:10 p.m. Friday in reference to a juvenile kicking over trash cans. The juvenile told the officer it was an accident.
– A West Fourth Street resident reported at 7:33 p.m. Friday her ex-husband had taken their son without permission despite her having full custody. An officer advised her that matter was civil in nature but contacted the father, who agreed to return the son.
– An officer responded to a report of a dog on a roof in the area of North Lincoln Avenue and East Sixth Street at 7:39 p.m. Friday, but was unable to find any such thing.
– Officers responded to the 200 block of Rose Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Friday where a resident reported someone had entered through the back door and removed a television.
-A 16-year-old Salem male was charged with unruly and delinquent charges after an officer responded to the intersection of West State Street and Dodge Drive at 3:47 a.m. Saturday for a report of a vehicle sitting at the light and found him asleep at the wheel. He was turned over to his mother.
POLICE
County Sheriff
-Mary Ann Steiner, Heck Road, East Palestine, reported she was selling a horse trailer online when someone calling himself Pedro Cortez sent her a check for $1,980 and saying it was a down payment. Steiner took the check to the bank and learned it was bogus. Cortez told her she could keep $300 and send him the rest, but Steiner was told to have no further dealings with the person.
– Rebecca Simpson, state Route 7, New Waterford, reported while she was out of town some people she knows took the following items from her home: two TVs, an Xbox and Playstation 3. Simpson gave her son $120 get the items back, and he returned without the money and the items. Her son said a black drug dealer held one of them at gunpoint and then took the money and his car for two hours.
-A deputy was called to a home on Chain School Road, East Palestine, at 2:14 p.m. Thursday, where a woman reported her grandsons had been fighting. Neither was injured, and the parties were advised to stay away from each other until they cooled off.
Lisbon
-A clerk at Smith Oil reported a motorist drove off without paying for gas at 5:46 p.m. July 29. Police caught up with the vehicle on South Lincoln Avenue, and the driver said she did pay but agreed to go back to resolve the dispute. The clerk called back to say she had been mistaken and the driver had paid.
-Melissa Almy, state Route 154, reported she was at the Cedar Street park for soccer practice Tuesday evening when someone entered her unlocked car and stole her purse.
-Police were called to a Kastner home on Garfield Street at 7:25 a.m. Friday after he caught a 17-year-old boy inside his unlocked vehicle. The boy was charged in juvenile court with theft after he was found with an iPod stolen from a vehicle belonging to Zach Lewton, West High Street, and receiving stolen property for money stolen from an Austintown youth with whom he was riding around town on Thursday night. The boy is originally from Beaver Falls, Pa., but has lived outside of town on Mattix Road for the past two months.
Columbiana
– Robert White Jr., 65, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Lisbon Street at 5:11 p.m. Thursday.
– Anna Greeneisen, 34, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on state Route 344 near city limits at 5:52 p.m. Thursday.
– Angela Trump, 44, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Union Street at 7 p.m. Thursday.
East Palestine
– Marlis Freeze, East Taggart Street, reported at 2:38 p.m. Wednesday she received another scam check in the mail.
– Rachael Freeman, East Taggart Street, reported at 12:50 p.m. Thursday she has been receiving telephone calls day and night.
– A state Route 170 man reported at 6:42 p.m. Thursday someone needed to tell the Pizza Hut employee to stop speeding up and down the streets through town. Police stopped the man and warned him of the complaint. At 7:10 p.m. a woman reported that she yelled at the Pizza Hut driver on West Clark Street and he yelled back obscenities. At 8:22 p.m. the state Route 170 man reported the employee took the Pizza Hut sign off his vehicle and was going up and down in front of 153 W. Clark St. slowly and waving. Police spoke with the man and said that if the behavior didn’t stop he would be cited for disorderly conduct.
Salineville
– Police and first responders were called around 9 a.m. Aug. 9 to a Mill Street home regarding a woman who may have overdosed. The woman was stabilized and transported to a local hospital.
Salem
– At 11:02 a.m. Friday, police responded to the 900 block of East State Street and checked for a license plate number on a video surveillance camera of a hit-skip incident. No license plate was visible and the driver was a male.
– At 9:19 a.m. Friday, police responded to the 2500 of Bentley Drive where the complainant advised of receiving a call supposedly from the IRS claiming she owed money and was under investigation. The complainant believed it was a scam and wanted it documented.
– Police responded to the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge regarding a property dispute at 11:34 a.m. Friday. The resident agreed to let the complainant get some of her property and they made arrangements to get it at a later time.
– At 2:26 a.m. Friday, police responded to the area of South Lundy and Franklin avenues where a woman said she had been assaulted in a bar on South Broadway Avenue by a female known to her. Police observed marks on her neck, arm and nose, however she declined treatment. Police spoke with the suspect on Vine Avenue who also had visible injuries. Photos were taken of both people. After an investigation the report will be sent to the county prosecutor for review.
– At 11:36 p.m. Thursday, police responded to the 200 block of West 5th Street where the complainant advised a vehicle backed from a residence into her vehicle parked on the street and fled the area. Police checked the area but were unable to locate it.
– At 10:09 p.m. Thursday, police responded to the 100 block of Woodland Avenue for a juvenile problem where the complainant advised his children ran away after being dropped off by another family member. He declined to enter them as missing and police checked the area but were unable to locate them.
– At 9:39 p.m. Thursday, police responded to Broadway Avenue where a dog was reported loose and three males captured it and it was taken to the humane officer.
– Police responded to the 200 block of Ohio Avenue at the request of the Tuscarawas County Childrens Services for a welfare check and were unable to contact anyone. The agency was advised.
– Police responded to the 800 block of Franklin Avenue near South Union Avenue at 5:43 p.m. Thursday along with the fire department where lines were down. Police maintained traffic control until Ohio Edison arrived and turned the power off.
– Police responded to the Ohio Avenue and Pershing Street intersection at 5:26 p.m. Thursday for a malfunctioning traffic signal. Ohio Edison advised it was aware of the problem.
– At 4:38 p.m. Thursday, police responded to the 700 block of East School Street at Waterworth Memorial Park where the complainant advised of seeing people fighting in the park and police were never around. She was advised to call police wherever she saw something and she also advised that her boyfriend’s son had been assaulted in the park by juveniles. An officer located the juveniles who said they had been playing a game when another boy threw rocks at them. One juvenile said the boy exchanged words with another. Police spoke with the other boy who said one threw rocks at him. Police advised them to stay away from each other.
– At 4:13 p.m. Thursday, police responded to the 900 block of East 3rd Street where the complainant advised that cash was stolen from her purse. The incident is under investigation.
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County Sheriff
– Valerie Bowers, Scroggs Road, Lisbon, reported an assault at 7:14 p.m. Tuesday. William Seth McMillan told deputies he saw Gary A. Shell Jr. in the woods behind his house and went outside to find out why he was there. He found Shell and two other men he did not know, retrieving two marijuana plants from the woods beside his house. Shell reportedly picked up a large tree branch and McMillan picked up a large tree branch to defend himself. Then Shell reportedly dropped the branch and took out a picket knife. When McMillan dropped his branch, the knife when back into Shell’s pocket. Then Shell reportedly picked the branch up again and charged McMillan. After blocking the tree branch, McMillan said he was able to get the branch away from Shell and punched him to get away. The three men grabbed two potted marijuana plants and left. Deputies attempted to reach Shell, who did not call them back. McMillan had blood on his hands and arms as well as a ripped T-shirt.
– Mattie Smith, West Point Road, Lisbon, reported at 9 p.m. Tuesday he found someone had broken into the Nazarene Church. It appeared someone entered through a basement window, ransacked the refrigerator and entered a safe upstairs. However, Pastor Michael Sims reported the safe was already empty and nothing else appeared missing.
– Timothy Adams, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, reported he had fraudulent activity on his phone bill.
– Jody Rugar, Cameron Road, Wellsville, reported at 7:59 p.m. Tuesday, a woman she knows has been harassing her via text message. Deputies attempted to contact her but was unable to.
Lisbon
– Christopher C. Boone, Signal Road, Columbiana, was stopped in traffic on state Route 154 by Carter Lumber at 10 a.m. Monday when he began backing up to give a semi-trailer room to turn, and he struck a car behind him, which was driven by Key-Marra Armour of Youngstown. Boone was cited for improper backing.
– Police spoke to Lisa Odea at 3 p.m. Aug. 4 after receiving a complaint she was yelling at neighbors and vehicles in the vicinity of South Lincoln Avenue and West Washington Streets. Odea said there was a small boy she knows by the road and she was afraid he was going to be struck by a vehicle, which is why she was yelling. Odea was told to call police the next time.
– Police were called to a domestic dispute on North Jefferson Street at 10 p.m. Monday. The dispute was between a father and son, and neither wanted anything done. The father made arrangements to spend the night elsewhere. The son had a cut on his head, but he said it was from something else.
– Rebecca Hill, Apple Grove apartments, reported at 8:47 a.m. Tuesday someone took her food stamps card and used it. She found a receipt in her purse that she did not put there that stated the charge was declined due to insufficient funds.
Columbiana
– A man reported at 7:42 a.m. Tuesday his son’s car was keyed during the night on Old North Avenue.
– A woman reported at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday there was a badly injured fawn on state Route 14 near the Woodland Run entrance. Police checked and found the deer had gone into the woods.
– David M. Weikart, 45, Columbiana, was arrested at 12:41 p.m. Tuesday on North Main Street on a warrant through Mahoning County for failure to appear for a fourth OVI charge.
– A Fairfield Avenue woman reported receiving harassing text messages at 2:41 p.m. Tuesday.
– A man reported at 4 a.m. Wednesday a tree was down and blocking the road on North Elm Street. Police stood by until the street crew removed the tree.
East Palestine
– Ronald Fuller, owner of Fuller’s True Value Hardware on North Market Street, reported at 9:23 a.m. Monday an apparently abandoned disabled vehicle was parked in the alley beside his store and had been there since last Tuesday. Police checked and found a note that the fuel pump had gone out, and it would be removed soon. There was no contact information for the owner. The vehicle was ticketed and towed as being an obstruction to traffic.
– Elaine Pedro reported at 8:27 a.m. Sunday someone spray painted her car during the night while it was on Park Avenue.
– A Marshall’s Bar patron reported at 2:11 a.m. Sunday their vehicle was stolen from East Taggart Street.
Leetonia
– Officers responded with Columbiana police to a 400 block Columbia Street home at 11:38 p.m. July 26 in reference to someone holding a family hostage with an automatic rifle. The officers entered the home with guns drawn and cleared the house. The incident is being investigated as a false call and charges are pending.
– Mitzi S. Stoddard, 27, East Liverpool, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Columbia Street at Nold Street at 8:12 p.m. Aug. 4. A passenger, Natalie Flannigan, 33, East Liverpool, was arrested on an active warrant out of the sheriff’s office. During the traffic stop, officers uncovered multiple items that were sent for drug testing.
– A Wilson Street resident reported at 2:21 p.m. Aug. 5 she believed someone had been in her home.
– An officer investigated a report of possible shots fired at the police station at 1:22 a.m. Saturday and found it to be fireworks being set off near the station.
– Larry Macklin Jr., Leetonia, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop at 5:16 p.m. Monday.
Perry Trownship
– Police were made aware at 10 p.m. Tuesday of a downed tree blocking the road near the 1800 block of Cider Mill Road. An officer remained until the road department arrived and said the officer was no longer needed.
– An officer was asked at 9:56 p.m. Tuesday to assist the Sheriff’s Office with a residential alarm on Shining Tree Lane. The residence was found secure.
– A resident on Salem Unity Road spoke with police at 12:04 p.m. Tuesday regarding a civil complaint against a local monument company on West State Street regarding a order placed for a head stone and paid for in advance. She said she made several attempts at contacting the owner but has had no response, even to a certified letter sent to the owner. She was told to contact a lawyer to remedy the problem.
Salem
– A hit/skip accident was reported at 3:06 p.m. Wednesday at Smith Oil on East State Street where a parked vehicle owned by Eugene Lockney of Arch Street was damaged by another vehicle, possibly a Jeep Cherokee, which left the scene. The report said Lockney’s vehicle was parked facing west near the front of the building while another vehicle with a witness was parked at the pump area. The suspect vehicle attempted to go through the gap between the two vehicles and struck the left front outside mirror of the Lockney vehicle, then continued through the parking lot and westbound on East State Street without stopping. Lockney was standing there and attempted to stop the other vehicle, which appeared to pick up speed to get out of the lot and leave on purpose, he and a witness said. No injuries were reported.
– Police assisted the sheriff’s office in attempting to serve multiple warrants Wednesday afternoon. No warrants were served due to address changes.
– A Columbiana woman reported at 12:47 p.m. Wednesday that her vehicle was legally parked in the Walmart lot when another vehicle entered the lot and the driver drove down the aisle the wrong way and attempted to make a left turn into a space next to her vehicle, striking it and ripping the bumper cover off. The driver drove to the next row and went into the store. A witness provided the registration and a description of the vehicle which was later located on South Broadway Avenue, along with the driver. Officers were unable to verify the driver’s identity and he could not provide a driver’s license so the vehicle was impounded.
– A caller at 12:43 p.m. Wednesday reported numerous children that run out onto the street in the 500 to 600 block of East Fourth Street and ride bikes across the street without looking. They hide behind a large tree in front of a property and throw rocks at cars when they drive by. Officers didn’t find any children in the area at the time of the response, but passed the information to the afternoon shift to check the area.
– Police responded to the parking lot of Marc’s at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday, but found all quiet. No alarm was found.
– Police were investigating a hit/skip at 10:03 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of South Lundy Avenue which resulted in a driver and a passenger going to a hospital. A vehicle driven by Paige Seeley, 18, of South Lundy Avenue, was at the red light on Franklin and was going to turn left onto Aetna Street when another vehicle came up and rear-ended her vehicle. The other vehicle backed up and struck her vehicle again, then sped off and left the scene. The other vehicle was described as a faded red sedan. The driver was taken by ambulance to Salem Regional Medical Center. The mother of a 2-year-old girl in the vehicle took her to the hospital herself.
– A man who was deemed highly intoxicated came to the station at 9:28 p.m. Tuesday to speak with an officer but was told to come back to make a complaint when he’s sober. He was also told if he leaves his residence while intoxicated again, he’ll be arrested for persisting public intoxication. Officers made sure he made it back home safely.
– A clerk at SuperUSA in the 1600 block of South Lincoln Avenue reported at 9:02 p.m. Tuesday that a male pumped $28.21 worth of gasoline and left without paying.
– An asset protection associate at Walmart on East State Street reported at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday that a female placed multiple items in a handbag and left the store without paying. The value of the items was $118.27.
– An open window was reported on a vehicle in a car lot at 7:04 p.m. Tueday in the 200 block of West State Street. The keyholder was enroute after police found a vehicle with a window half down.
– Police responded for an animal complaint at 6:13 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of East Perry Street where a dog had been outside with no water. An officer found the dog had shelter and appeared to have kicked over the water and food bowl. The officer gave the dog water.
– Police responded at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday to Centennial Park for a well-being check on a male lying down inside his vehicle. The driver side door was open and all windows were down. He said he was just taking a nap and was OK.
– A Lisbon woman reported at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday that she lost her license while in the city and wanted to see if police had it. She was told she’ll be notified if her license is turned in.
– A reckless vehicle was reported at 3:52 p.m. Tuesday in Centennial Park and identified by name. The vehicle was already gone, but the officer was going to attempt to contact the person about the complaint.
– Barking dogs were reported at 9:38 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of East Fifth Street, but no dogs were found.
– An officer was stopped at 9:22 a.m. Tuesday by a parks department employee at Waterworth Memorial Park advising of a red trailer parked in the lot off and on for weeks. The license had a Maryland plate. The employee only needed it moved from blocking workers from mowing grass since the trailer was sticking out over some of the yard area. If officers locate the owner, the vehicle will be moved.
– An officer at 8:47 a.m. Tuesday assisted Enterprise with recovering one of its rental cars on South Howard Avenue.
– An officer on patrol at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday was stopped by a female who said her vehicle was covered with a large amount of dirt from the paving company that was cleaning the road preparing it to be paved. The vehicle was parked in a lot next to North Broadway Avenue in the 200 block of East State Street near Sugartree Alley. She had been told to check the vehicle because a male wearing an orange shirt was outside with a leaf-type blower blowing dirt and rocks all over the area for the street sweeper coming by.
– A man at 8:11 a.m. Tuesday pointed out a small plastic type of paper with skulls on it in a parking lot in the 300 block of North Lundy Avenue. An officer will have it checked out by the drug task force if needed.
Salem
– Firefighters were called at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday regarding a bat at Quaker Day Care on South Broadway Avenue. The bat was removed.
– Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at Salem Regional Medical Center at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, with nothing showing on arrival. Hospital maintenance found the alarm was accidental because construction workers hit a detector. The alarm was reset.
– A residence in the 500 block of Washington Avenue was evacuated after firefighters found elevated carbon monoxide readings when investigating an alarm at 8:36 a.m. Wednesday. The alarm company had advised no illness to residents at the time. Columbia Gas responded and red-tagged the water heater and advised the residents to have it repaired. The gas was shut off and the structure deemed safe by Columbia Gas.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– A teenager, Peyge Grimm, Canal Street, East Rochester, reported at 2:02 p.m. Friday a neighbor dispute. Her grandmother, Denise Grimm, said she took some trash out and her neighbor, Tonya Jett, came out of the house yelling about her poisoning their dog. The grandmother claimed she felt threatened by Jett, but deputies listened to a recording of Jett and Grimm yelling at each other and did not hear any threats made. Jett told deputies Grimm gave dog food and something to drink to her daughter’s 9-month-old pitbull puppy. The puppy had to be put down because the vet reportedly told Jett his body was “going septic.” There was nothing in the paperwork regarding the puppy which indicated it was poisoned.
– Wendy Frantz, Kingsman, reported at 12:49 p.m. Friday she was moving her concession stand at about 3 p.m. on July 29 and when she returned at about 5 p.m. the concession stand and grill were both gone. Some of the vendors saw an older man in his early 60s in a faded red truck possibly involved.
– Mike Urbania, Kelly Park Road, Columbiana, reported at 7:39 p.m. Sunday two brown pitbulls attacked a beagle, Sunny, on a nearby property. Deputies assisted while the dog warden investigated the complaint.
– Misty Russell, state Route 14, New Waterford, reported at 9:06 p.m. Sunday a man at a neighboring property took a photograph of her son and daughter as they were walking on the road. She said she attempted to talk to the neighbor to see why he took the photograph, but no one would answer at the house.
– Alan Warren, Jersey Ridge Road, Salem, reported at 9:36 p.m. Sunday his girlfriend Patty Fortunato was moving out of the home and after she loaded the last load, he locked the door behind her. Now she claims she still has belongings in the house and she sent him a text message saying she was coming back for it. Warren said she broke a screen to the window in the garage trying to get back inside after he locked the door. Deputies explained the eviction process to Warren.
– Robert Hopton asked deputies to standby while he took a picture of a home on Rocky Run Road in Yellow Creek Township for the bank at 2:31 p.m. Thursday.
– Anthony Ceccanese, East Canton, tried to report a case of unauthorized use of property on Georgetown Road, Salem, but deputies told him to file a report with his local department.
– Justine Cowapch, state Route 170, Rogers, reported at 1:25 p.m. Friday about three weeks earlier she had left her home at about 7 p.m. to go to work and her necklace was on the microwave. When she returned at 7 a.m., the necklace was not on the microwave. She at first thought she misplaced it, but has not been able to find it. Two people she knows were at the home when she left.
– Ken Kaplenk, Hanson Road, East Rochester, reported at 4:22 p.m. Friday someone stole scrap metal from his property and took it to Central Core scrapyard in Minerva. He had contacted the scrapyard after seeing a video of people entering his property at about 10 a.m. on Aug. 3 and stealing. The matter is under investigation.
– Dan Chitwood, Millrock Road, Negley, reported an assault at 9:12 p.m. Saturday. Sherry Wright, Jackson Street, East Palestine, signed a refusal to prosecute.
– Elicia Manasco, Cherry Street, Homeworth, reported at 2:56 p.m. Sunday reported 14-year-old boy ran away from home. While deputies were driving to the home, dispatchers were able to reach the teen on his phone and learned he walked for about 20 minutes in the woods and then became lost in a cornfield. He then found a deer stand in a tree. The Homeworth Fire Department was there and able to locate the deer stand, bringing him back to the house.
-Tanya Knight, Haessly Road, Hanoverton, reported at 6 p.m. Sunday there was a burglary while she was away from the home for the past two weeks. She found the front door and the windows were open. A pile of wood in the backyard was missing along with a tent and various car parts which were in a vehicle parked in the backyard. A whirlpool stove she was making payments on from Rent A Center was missing also. Packed boxes were thrown about the house.
Lisbon
– A caller reported there were people swimming in the Middle Fork of Little Beaver Creek below the dam at Willow Grove Park at 7:09 p.m. Sunday. Police checked and determined the people were fishing and having a picnic, and there were no safety concerns.
– A caller reported someone was laying in the middle of the alley behind Sentry Hardware at 1:11 a.m. Sunday. Police found Chasity Kaufman laying on her back and bleeding from her knees. She was transported by ambulance to a local hospital after being cited for public intoxication.
– Ryan M. Daniels of Niles was sitting at the traffic light on East Lincoln Way at Carter Lumber at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when he backed up to make room for a semi-trailer making a left turn, striking the vehicle behind him, which was operated by Karen S. Fulk of Olney, Ill.
– Kris Elsass, North Jefferson Street, reported Saturday his storage space at 121 W. Lincoln Way was broken into while he was incarcerated, and missing were extension ladders, a hot tub pump, tools, jewelry, TVs and other items.
– A caller reported there was a loud party at the Sadie Van Fossen pool at 9:15 p.m. Friday. Police spoke with the occupants and told them it was time to turn down the music and go home.
– Police called for a towing company to remove a vehicle found in the Valley View parking lot at 7:50 a.m. Saturday.
– Joseph Sponseller backed into a pickup truck in the county municipal court parking lot at 3:08 p.m. Saturday. The owner, Charles Handy, was found at the county fair and police remained while the parties exchanged information.
– Police were called to a South Jefferson Street home at 3 a.m. Monday in regard to a man who deliberately took some pills in an attempt to harm himself. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
Columbiana
– A Dunkin Donuts employee reported at 4:23 a.m. Sunday there was a man passed out in his car in the parking lot and they weren’t sure if the man was sleeping or if he needed help. Police checked and found the man was just sleeping and was going to be on his way.
East Palestine
– Wesley A. Henry, 35, address not listed, was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to the county jail after someone reported he was walking down Market Street highly intoxicated at 10:53 p.m. Friday
– Nicole Hilton, North Liberty Street, reported at 10:12 a.m. Saturday she was almost run over by a motorist in the alley near her home. Police found the incident happened two weeks earlier, and told her to call in a more timely manner next time.
– Police were called to the300 block of Park Avenue at 5:31 p.m. Saturday for a report of domestic violence. Police found that the woman and her child were injured in an altercation which stemmed from the suspect allowing another man to borrow the woman’s car. While taking the report, the man pulled up in the vehicle and was found to be under the influence. Michael Paul Murphy was charged with OVI and later released to a relative. Daniel L. Davis, 34, address not listed, was charged with domestic violence and taken to the county jail.
– Zoning violation notices for high grass were sent to the following on Saturday: 183 Edgeworth Ave. and 646 W. Martin St.
East Liverpool
– An officer reported seeing a vehicle leave a known drug location on West Seventh Street and pulled it over on state Route 11 northbound. He said a female was leaning back in the passenger seat and identified herself as Lacey L. Ammon, 26, no address listed, and officers found she had three outstanding warrants. They took Ammon into custody and after she complained of feeling ill, called an ambulance. She was checked out and found to be fine.
– Donald Coma, Grant Street, reported hearing a thump outside his home and finding a soldier statue that had been cemented into the ground lying on the sidewalk. It was intentionally pulled from the ground.
– Officers responded to a fight near the Busy B Muffler shop reportedly involving weapons or a bat. They reported finding Richard Stoddard and Mitzi Stoddard, who were told to stay away from the area. No addresses were listed for the Stoddards.
St. Clair Township
– Kelly A. Morris, 40, and Christopher C. Byrd, 26, addresses not listed, reportedly took items valued at more than $114 from Walmart, concealing them in Morris’ handbag. Both were charged with petty theft, possession of criminal tools and criminal trespass.
– A Martha Street man reported his neighbor’s house may be vacant and dogs left inside. No other information was reported.
– Nancy S. Martin, Maple Drive, reported damage to her property, with no other details reported.
Wellsville
– Mark C. Green, 30, of Elizabethtown, Ky., driving a US Xpress truck from Chattanooga, Tenn., pulled from the Family Dollar and ripped down phone lines on 17th Street on Friday.
– While on patrol at the Italian Festival around 11 p.m. Friday, police came into contact with Kelsey M. Miller, who was highly intoxicated. Two officers were advised to give her a ride to the station and let her call for a cab and wait there for it. During the ride to the station, Miller took off her shirt. When they arrived at the station, she said “Bye” and took off running across Main Street, into the Center Street area and entered a random home. She was returned to the station and cited for persistent disorderly conduct. Her mother arrived at the station and took her home.
– Police were called at 11:35 a.m. Monday to check a roof on an 18th Street house regarding people lying or dead on the roof. Two females were found A 12-year-old girl was reportedly sleeping on the roof all night. An officer went through the house with the mother, identified as Dawn Acker, Erie Street, East Liverpool. Officers smelled marijuana. Acker said the family had just moved into the house the day before. Two other children were inside the home. The case was turned over to Children’s Services.
Salineville
– Huntington Bank reported at 3:30 p.m. July 26 a vehicle coming through the drive-thru window leaking gas. Firefighters were called.
– Police were called at 5:11 p.m. to the Salineville Laundromat on East Main Street for a possible fight in progress. Officers spoke to Meghan McElroy and her boyfriend Jonathan White, who said they were in an argument.
– Police were called at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday to a Maple Hill Road residence to remove an unwanted person. Ike LeMasters agreed to leave the premises and received transportation.
– Police were called at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to a Jefferson Street address regarding some property damage in which a cigarette butt was found in the back seat of a truck. A person of interest was identified, but due to insufficient evidence, no charges were filed.
– Police were called at 11 p.m. Thursday to a Summitville Road home regarding a domestic dispute. Both parties were separated.
– Police were called at 1:14 p.m. Friday to a Water Street residence regarding an ongoing neighbor dispute. Dave Smith and Alice Bivens were advised to ignore each other.
– Police were called at 11:11 a.m. Friday to the Huntington Bank regarding a suspicious white Chevrolet Astro van with Pennsylvania plates and two occupants, which was parked at the bank for a short time and then left.
Salem
– Police responded at 11:04 a.m. Monday to a report of a storage shed being open at a vacant house in the city. There was no sign of forced entry and officers secured the door. They also found the front door of the house unsecured, so the house was checked and locked up.
– A suspicious person was reported in the 1300 block of Robin Avenue at 9:21 a.m. Monday. The caller said an unknown person was knocking on her door then left the area northbound in a vehicle. She provided the vehicle registration. An officer contacted the person and he said he accidentally went to the wrong house.
– A caller from the 2500 block of Lexington Avenue reported at 1:41 a.m. Monday that someone was trying to break into her apartment. Officers searched the area and spoke with the caller.
– Police responded to West Wilson Street at 8:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of a white vehicle with two male occupants that was observed driving slowly up and down the street several times as if looking for someone. A resident asked them who they were looking for, however, they only said a female and did not give a name before leaving the area.
– An officer on patrol at 6:49 p.m. Sunday saw a vehicle that had the windows broken out in a parking lot in the 300 block of East Pershing Street.
– An officer spoke with a woman from Sharp Avenue by phone at 4:24 p.m. Sunday regarding the well-being of her children. The father has temporary custody and she’s concerned he might leave the state with them. Children Services has an existing case and the officer made contact with the agency to forward information to the assigned investigator. The officer checked on the children and they were fine. The officer also reviewed custody paperwork and was advised by the father that he verified with the investigator and magistrate oveseeing the case that he can leave the state with the children as long as he abides by any visitation requirements. The officer will follow up to affirm the information.
– Karrie Taylor, 59, of 7034 W. South Range Road, was charged with theft and taken to jail after police were called at 2:23 p.m. Sunday for an alleged shoplifting incident at Walmart. An asset protection associate said she saw a female scanning only a portion of the merchandise that was in her shopping cart at the self checkout register. The female left the store with unscanned items without attempting to pay for the unscanned items.
Perry Township
– Police responded at 10:01 p.m. Sunday to Brittany Lane for a report of prowlers. A woman said she heard the doorbell ring but when she checked the front door, nobody was there. Police didn’t find anyone suspicious.
– Wires were reported hanging down due to a fallen tree limb at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Egypt Road. No low wires were found.
– A loud party was reported at 12:55 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of West Pidgeon Road. An officer spoke with people at the party about the complaint and they said they weren’t aware they were being loud, but would keep the noise down.
– A loud music complaint was reported at 8:53 p.m. Saturday on Pine Lake Road. The homeowner was told to keep the music to a minimum. Police also advised if they had to return, the party would be shut down.
– Marlene Senanefes, 64, of Lisbon, was cited for a stop sign violation after a two-vehicle accident at state Route 344 and Cunningham Road at 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Senanefes was traveling south on Cunningham Road and stopped at the stop sign, then traveled into the intersection at state Route 344 and was struck by an eastbound motorcycle operated by James Kozar, 46, who was on state Route 344. Kozar was taken by KLG to SRMC.
– Police responded to the 1800 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 1:08 a.m. Saturday for a report of people drinking alcoholic beverages in a parking lot. Nobody was located.
Goshen Police District
– James A. Stear, 49, Canfield, was cited for failure to control following a one-vehicle crash in the 10000 block of state Route 46 at 12:22 a.m. Sunday in which he was northbound and attempted to turn around in a driveway, backing into a ditch.
Police
County Sheriff
– Janet Birch, Mick Road, Wellsville, reported at 2:31 p.m. Sunday her mailbox was destroyed sometime overnight. She heard a loud crash between 8:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., but thought they were fireworks.
– Beverly Shivers, state Route 7, Rogers, reported at 12:20 p.m. Sunday she drove her car to the Rogers Save A Lot on Saturday and noticed it was driving funny. She was driving back on state Route 7 when the rear tire came off. After inspecting it, she believes all five lug nuts were intentionally taken off before she went to Rogers.
Highway Patrol
– Anthony J. Blatnica, 59, Corapolis, Pa., was flown by STAT MedEvac to St. Elizabeth’s Youngstown with serious injuries after the motorcycle he was riding eastbound on state Route 46 in Unity Township was struck by a Ram truck 3500 Q35 driven by John Raymond Wilson, 30, Pancake-Clarkson Road, Negley at 7:20 p.m. Thursday. Wilson, who was southbound on Neeld Road, was cited with failing to stop at the stop sign.
– Vera A. Courtwright, 34, Pine Lake Road, Beloit, was northbound on state Route 165 in Smith Township at 6:17 p.m. on Friday and began to make a right turn into a private driveway when she was struck from behind by Alexis O’Niel Maffei, 17, East Milton Street, Alliance. Maffei was cited with assured clear distance. No injuries were reported.
– Marvin J. Carroll, 63, state Route 154, Lisbon, was stopped on state Route 7 in Madison Township at 3:48 p.m. Saturday waiting for a vehicle in front to make a left turn. Another southbound vehicle behind him driven by Forrest R. Meek, 20, Sunset Lane, East Liverpool, struck him from behind and was cited with assured clear distance. No injuries were reported.
– Thomas Luke Wallace, 32, Georgetown-Damascus Road, Beloit, was eastbound on Buck Road in Knox Township at 5:31 p.m. Aug. 1 in Silverado pulling a trailer when a westbound Pontiac Grand Am driven by Jonathan C. Augustein-Corderio, 24, Walnut Avenue, Alliance, went left of center and struck the side of Wallace’s vehicles. Augustein-Corderio was transported by EMT to Alliance hospital with minor injuries and his passenger Gavin Shoffner, 17, Sebring, was listed with possible injuries.
– Stanlyn R. Watson, 32, Bidwell, was southbound on state Route 45 in Madison Township at 7:51 p.m. Wednesday when she went left of center, then over corrected and drove off the right side of the roadway, over an embankment and struck three trees. She and her passenger, Cassidy Paige Bowser, 21, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, were both transported by North Star EMS to ELCH with minor injuries. Watson was cited with reasonable control and OVI.
– Rachael N. Roberts, 26, Continental Drive, Salem, was traveling northwest on Lisbon Road in Salem Township when she drove off the right side of the roadway, re-entered the roadway and then went off the right side a second time striking a ditch. Roberts was cited with reasonable control, but was uninjured.
– Charles D. Smith, 70, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, was southbound on state Route 11 in Elkrun Township when the truck he was driving was struck by a falling tree at 6:19 p.m. Friday.
Columbiana
– While on patrol at 2:13 a.m. Saturday police found children in the park after hours and turned them over to a parent.
– Richard Hura, Columbiana, was stationary in a line of traffic facing southbound on North Main at 1:51 p.m. Saturday when he was struck from behind by Steven Withers, North Lima. Withers was cited with assured clear distance. No injuries were reported.
– A possible drunk driver was reported in the Burger King lot in a dark green Grand Am at 8:17 p.m. Saturday.
– Howard Cope, Firestone Avenue, Columbiana, reported at 8:25 p.m. Saturday it appeared an unknown person attempted to set his camper on fire. Police found that it appeared someone tried to catch the tires on fire sometime in the past week.
– A woman reported loud booming music coming from a home on North West Street at 9:33 p.m. Saturday. Police warned the resident to turn it down and that any further complaints would result in a citation.
– A woman reported at 9:50 p.m. Saturday a man wearing a white shirt and black shorts without shoes approached her on North Main Street asking if she wanted to buy cocaine.
Salem
– Officers stopped in Centennial Park off Oak Street at 4:38 a.m. Sunday for two suspicious vehicles in the park after hours.Two adults were told to leave. Five juveniles were taken into custody for unruly offenses. One of the five, a 17-year-old boy from East Liverpool, also was served a warrant from the county and turned over to a deputy. The other kids were two boys from East Liverpool, ages 15 and 17, along with a 12-year-old girl from Alliance and a 13-year-old girl from Beloit.
– Dylan Klaas, 20, of 1326 Jefferson Ave., was charged with underage consumption and taken to jail at 3:13 a.m. Sunday after a traffic stop in the municipal lot off Sugartree Alley beside the Salem News. No citation was issued for the fictitious plates due to it looking like a clerical error.
– Brandon Stonestreet, 23, of 33584 Coffee School Road, was cited for possession of marijuana drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension after a traffic stop at 5 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of South Lundy.
– Elizabeth Bennett, 20, of Woodsdale Road, was cited for failure to yield after hitting a vehicle driven by Toni Stout, 59, of Spring Street, at the intersection of Ellsworth and Wilson at 1:29 p.m. Friday.
– No citations were issued due to conflicting stories regarding a two-vehicle accident at 10:02 a.m. Friday on East Stat at Cunningham Road. The report said a vehicle driven by Roselina Juan, 41, of Ohio Avenue, failed to stop in time and collided with the rear of a vehicle driven by Beverly Grimes, 54, of Benton Road, who was stopped for the red light. Juan told police the other vehicle coasted backwards and struck her. Grimes was taken to SRMC after experiencing neck pain.
POLICE
County Sheriff
-Shawn Ketchum, Wellsville, reported Saturday that sometime overnight someone opened the unlocked toolbox on his truck and lit the mail in the mailbox on fire.
Columbiana
– At 5:04 a.m. Friday, a call was received that a washer caught fire at Compco.
– At 6:29 a.m. Friday, a caller said she was rear-ended at McDonald’s.
– At 8:16 a.m. Friday, James Felger was parked next to Theodore Houck in the police department parking lot. Felger began to pull out of the parking spot and misjudged the distance between the two vehicles, striking Houck’s bumper.
-At 10:31 a.m. Friday, Kimberly Cooper backed from a parking spot at the Dutch Haus and hit as parked behicle owned by Helen Helton.
– Following a stop at West Salem and North Vine at 6:19 p.m. Friday, Tiffany Rabquer, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension. Her passenger, James Rivera, was arrested for a county warrant.
-At 8:49 p.m. Friday, a welfare check was performed for a juvenile on Springfield Road.
Salem
-Police responded at 1:58 p.m. Saturday to the 800 block of East Third for a man who appeared intoxicated and was going in and out of a vehicle. An officer located the vehicle, but no person was around, then the man appeared and claimed the vehicle. He said he had not been drinking and reported having a head injury and being on new medication. A family member came on the scene and said the male may be suffering from traumatic brain injury. The officer did not feel comfortable with him driving so they left on foot.
– A Prospect Street man reported at 1:35 p.m. Saturday he came home from work and found a note in his mailbox saying if he doesn’t keep his dog quiet, someone would kill it.
– Justin Everett, 37, of 180 Ohio Ave., was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop at 1:04 p.m. Saturday on North Ellsworth Avenue.
– Walmart reported a woman placed a credit card into the self checkout register on Aug. 3, only to cancel the payment. She then left with $44.27 worth of merchandise. The manager also reported a woman used a credit card at the self checkout and the card was denied. She left the store with $154.99 worth of merchandise.
– At 10:34 a.m. Saturday, a man asked for a police escort to collect his belongings from a property on Continental Drive since he had a protection order against him. Police complied.
– Jeanne Kennedy, 54, of 310 Vine St., was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to control related to an accident at 2:11 a.m. Friday on South Broadway. She had reportedly hit a parked car owned by parked car, Mallory Roberts.
– A East Fifth Street man reported at 1:06 a.m. Saturday he was on South Lundy when the mother of his child kicked and dented the fender of his car. He did not want to pursue charges but wanted her told not to damage his property.
– An officer at 12:32 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of East State saw two woman arguing, learning they were sisters. One of the sisters left home with two friends to get pizza after she was told not to leave.
– Walmart advised police at 9:31 p.m. Friday a parked vehicle was moved to another part of the parking lot and had been parked there for over three weeks. Walmart wanted it towed away. It was.
– Karen Reynolds, of North Lincoln, reported at 8:37 p.m. Friday someone hit her vehicle while it was parked at Walmart parking.
– Animal neglect was reported at 8:34 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of North Howard. An officer saw the animal and no signs of abuse. The owner was told to make sure the dog is restrained at all times and to have some water outside on hot days.
— Noah McBride, 20, of Columbiana, was cited for assured clear distance after a three-vehicle accident at 6:30 p.m. Friday on State Street. McBride failed to stop for traffic and struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Allyson Bentz, 34, of Beaver Falls, Pa. A vehicle driven by Mark Frost, 68, of Columbiana, then struck the rear of the McBride vehicle.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Nancy Kirkbride, state Route 517, Lisbon, reported at 7:20 p.m. Thursday her granddaughters went to their father’s home in Beaver, Pa., and the 15-year-old got into an argument with her father. The grandparents came to get the granddaughter, and the father reportedly told them they would not get away with this.
– Cheryl Schweir, Columbiana-Lisbon Road, Columbiana, reported at 6:33 a.m. July 12 she found an elderly woman sitting on her back porch when she went outside to eat breakfast on her back table. The woman was very confused, but deputies and dispatchers were eventually able to determine she lived with family down the road. The woman has dementia and had wondered away before anyone noticed.
– A case of domestic violence was reported at 12:23 a.m. Friday. Deputies met Lonnie Sprouse at the Career Center, who said his girlfriend, Melissa Anderson, was intoxicated. He went to pick up his 3-year-old daughter, and Anderson began to tell him she wanted to go home with him and refused to let him leave. She then became irate and began to push him. As he was trying to put the child in the carseat, she grabbed his head from behind, clawing his face and pleading with him. Deputies went to Anderson’s home on state Route 45, found her to be intoxicated, sitting on the couch and claiming Sprouse stepped on her foot and broke it. She was taken to the Columbiana County Jail, charged with domestic violence. She reportedly became unruly while being transported.
Columbiana
– A woman reported at 1 p.m. Thursday a man was sitting on the sidewalk near the railroad tracks on South Main Street and was crying while talking on the phone and appeared to be upset and worried. Police checked but did not find the man.
– A man reported at 4:35 p.m. Thursday three kids were on a property at an abandoned home on South Elm Street. Police checked but didn’t find anyone there.
– A man reported at 5:55 p.m. Thursday someone had possibly sprayed a fire extinguisher in the bathroom at Firestone Park. Police checked and found no damage other than chemical residue left on the floor. A note was left with the park crew to check it on Friday.
– A man reported at 5 p.m. Thursday a washer caught fire at Compco. Police assisted firefighters on the call.
East Palestine
– Police were called to the 600 block of West Clark Street at 10:56 p.m. for a possible domestic. Police spoke with a woman who said it was a verbal dispute between a girlfriend and boyfriend. There were no signs of a physical altercation and the man had already left before police arrived.
– April Nail, West Street, reported at 12:27 p.m. Thursday she was assaulted by the father of her two sons. Joshua R. Andrews, 25, North Walnut Street, was charged with domestic violence after police found injuries consistent with Nail’s report. At 7 p.m, Nail reported being harassed and threatened by someone she knows.
– Barbra Watson reported at 7:17 p.m. Wednesday people in the 500 block of Edgewood Avenue had their car parked in the front yard.
– Some people reported at 1 p.m. Tuesday kids were throwing rocks at them while they were on the walking trail.
– Police checked on a report of animal welfare in the 600 block of North Market Street after receiving complaints. Police spoke with the dog’s owner, who agreed to take care of the concerns. The dog appeared to be healthy at that time.
– Marlis Freeze, East Taggart Street, reported at 11:32 a.m. Friday she received a check in the mail for $3,750 and when she called the phone number on the letter a man told her to deposit the check and call him back in two weeks. Freeze told police she believed it was a scam and wanted police to look at the letter.
– The county dog warden seized a dog from 330 W. Martin St. at 9:11 a.m. Friday after receiving a report of animal cruelty. A man reported the dog had been locked in a black crate in the back of a truck in the back yard with no food or water since Thursday.
East Liverpool
– Millard Hicks, Lang Street, East Liverpool, was stopped Aug. 4 at a pedestrian cross walk along Smith Street when a vehicle, operated by Kay L. Montgomery, Maple Street, Wellsville, backed from a parking spot at Milligan Hardware and struck Hicks vehicle.
– Kimberly A. Gadd, Harding Avenue, East Liverpool, struck a stop sign and some landscaping rocks Aug. 2 at Pond Street and St. Clair Avenue after the driver veered slightly to the left to avoid striking a dog.
– Lyda G. Dye, Stagecoach Road, East Liverpool, was yielding to traffic Aug. 3 on the on-ramp of state Route 11 North when Kaitlyn D. Grimm, Independence Square, Wellsville, failed to stop and struck Dye’s vehicle from behind.
Perry Township
– Patricia Lynn Hall, 66, Salem, was arrested on an active warrant out of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear on an OVI second offense following a traffic stop on Goshen Road at Colonial Drive at 10:34 a.m. Wednesday.
– An officer accompanied a towing company to remove a nuisance vehicle from the driveway of a North Lincoln Avenue home at 9:38 a.m. Thursday.
– An officer responded to a Pembrooke Drive home at 12:20 p.m. Thursday where a man reported letting two men who identified themselves as representatives from a cable company with a work order for the residence into his mother’s home. The man said the men appeared to be looking at the telephone/cable line, then removed a section and left, leaving the phone not working. He said upon contacting the company he found there was no work order for the residence, but later learned that they were at the wrong home and should have been at a neighboring residence.
– An officer responded to the 1800 block of Goshen Road at 12:28 p.m. Thursday where a delivery truck had drifted off the roadway into a ditch. No citation was issued.
– A South Lincoln Avenue resident reported at 2:33 p.m. Thursday someone damaged his broom and other items that were in the hallway of the apartment complex, noting an ongoing issue with someone staying with another resident there. An officer responded to the home at 9:20 p.m. the same day after the resident reported the person stole a rug from in front of his door. The alleged suspect said he did not steal anything and that he is currently seeking a protection order against the complainant. They were advised to stay away from each other.
– An officer responded to a Prospect Street apartment complex at 2:35 a.m. Friday in reference to a fight between three men. The officer spoke with all individuals involved who each refused medical treatment and did not wish to pursue charges. They were advised to stay away from each other the remainder of the night.
– Police responded to the area of Georgetown Road and West Pershing Street at 6:13 a.m. Friday for a report of smoke coming from behind a home. The resident was found to be having a large bonfire inside city limits and the Salem Fire Department was contacted to extinguish it.
Goshen Police District
– An officer responded to an 8000 block West South Range Road home at 8:17 a.m. Wednesday where the resident reported his wife had taken his cell phone during an argument. An officer returned to the home at 10:40 p.m. to perform a welfare check after someone reported a photo on the wife’s Facebook page of an injured hand and unknown threats in the comment section. The husband said he was unaware of the situation and Salem police checked with the wife at her place of employment, where she said everything was fine.
– An officer responded to a Redwood Drive, Beloit, home at 3:39 p.m. Wednesday where the resident had called 911 requesting police assistance and then hung up. The resident said she wanted her brother removed from the residence and was advised of the eviction process. She was also advised not to call 911 and hang up.
– An officer responded with Damascus medical personnel to a West Garfield Road home at 1:40 a.m. Thursday where a juvenile was having a severe seizure for approximately 20 minutes. The child was transported to the Salem hospital for treatment.
– An officer responded with the Beloit Fire Department to a Fifth Street, Beloit, apartment for a stove fire at 3:52 p.m. Thursday and found that the resident had fallen asleep while cooking hotdogs. No injury was reported.
– An officer responded to the Greenford Christian Church at 5 p.m. Thursday for a medical emergency and found the victim already being treated by Green Township medical personnel.
– An officer responded to the area of state Route 14 and Egypt Road at 9:55 p.m. Thursday in reference to a disabled vehicle and found that the vehicle’s serpentine belt had broken and the driver was waiting for someone to pull the vehicle home using a chain. The driver was advised not to do that and was told the vehicle could remain until the next day since it was off the roadway.
– Officers responded with Smith Township police to the area of state Route 14 and Smith-Goshen Road at 12:25 a.m. Friday where a motorist reported seeing two females who appeared to be disposing of a mobile meth lab. The women were found to be collecting scrap metal and were advised not to do it at night due to the possibility of being hit by a vehicle.
Salem
– An officer responded to an East Fourth Street apartment complex at 1:42 p.m. Thursday where a resident reported the smell of marijuana, but was unable to detect any odor.
– Officers responded with the fire department to a reported porch fire in the 100 block of West 14th Street at 5:42 p.m. Thursday. They stood by while the fire department extinguished the fire.
– An officer responded to a 100 block West Pershing Street home at 6:08 p.m. Thursday in reference to a dispute and found a neighbor arguing with the complainant’s young grandson. They were advised to stay away from each other.
– Jeremy Allen Bender, 38, 260 Railroad St., Salem, was arrested at his home at 1:13 a.m. Friday on an active warrant out of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office for failure to register as a sex offender.
– Officers assisted Perry Township police at a fight at an 1100 block Prospect Street apartment complex at 2:38 a.m. Friday. They stood by while Perry Township officers conducted the investigation.
– Hayden Scott Miller, 24, 14526 Salem-Alliance Road, Salem, was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments after his mother flagged down an officer in 1800 block of East State Street at 3:52 a.m. Friday to report she was transporting Miller to the Pittsburgh airport to fly to California for drug rehab, but that she believed him to have drugs in the car and was going to harm her. Officers searched Miller and found several items of drug abuse paraphernalia as well as pills and possible meth. Additional charges are pending.
– Officers responded with the fire department to a 100 block Georgetown Road home at 6:16 a.m. Friday in reference to a possible structure fire and found it to be a homeowner burning yard debris. The fire department extinguished the fire and warned the homeowner about open burning laws.
– An officer responded to a possible water line break in the 200 block of West Fifth Street at 7:08 a.m. Friday and found it to indeed be a water line break. The water department was advised of the issue.
– An officer responded to a North Ellsworth Avenue business at 9:43 a.m. Friday in reference to a customer who appeared ready to faint. Upon arrival the officer found the customer had already left.
– Police responded to the 300 block of East State Street at 9:58 p.m. Friday where a Niles resident reported an issue with her ex-husband that was found to be civil in nature.
– Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on East State Street at Cunningham Road at 10:02 a.m. Friday in which a driver had been stopped in the westbound lane at the stop light when allegedly struck from behind by another vehicle. The first driver was transported by ambulance to the Salem hospital after reporting pain in her neck. No citation was issued due to conflicting accounts and no apparent damage to the rear of the first vehicle.
– A Maple Street resident reported at 12:40 p.m. Friday finding cash and clothing missing from her home since the prior afternoon. She said she also found clothing missing a couple months prior.
– An officer responded to a 900 block West State Street business at 12:40 p.m. Friday where a man reported someone had stolen the dealer license plate off his vehicle, probably while he was in Poland. He was advised to contact that police department.
– An officer responded to a report of a man lying in a yard in the 2300 block of East State Street at 1:03 p.m. Friday, but was unable to find anyone.
– Elizabeth Ann Bennett, 20, Salem, was cited for failure to yield at a stop sign following a two-vehicle crash at South Ellsworth Avenue and West Wilson Street at 1:29 p.m. Friday in which she was northbound and struck a westbound vehicle. No injuries were reported.
– A state Route 45 resident reported at 3:31 p.m. Friday having lost her wallet at a 2400 block East State Street business while inside the store or in the parking lot. She said the wallet contained cash and several personal identification cards.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Deputies checked the Carbon Hill Road, East Palestine, area for suspicious activity reported at 11:32 p.m. Wednesday, but nothing was located.
– Jeff Gorby, North Street, North Georgetown, reported a fight at 12:25 a.m. Thursday. The people involved left before deputies arrived. Deputies spoke to his wife, who said her husband had been drinking and had argued with their son, but everything was now fine.
– Christy Soos, state Route 14, East Palestine, reported a prowler at 1:18 a.m. Thursday. Deputies checked the property and did not locate anyone.
– Lorie Peck, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, reported at child custody issue at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday. Her 11-year-old son called wanting to come home from his father’s house, but when she went to Dave Campbell’s house, Depot Street, Rogers, he refused to give her the child claiming it to be his week for visitation. The parents both told deputies the boy does this quite often when he is not getting his own way and deputies spoke with the child.
– Jordan McMillan, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, was found overdosed in the parking lot of the Y-Inn at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday. Negley EMS responded and was able to revive him. He was transported to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boardman.
– Ruth Guthrie, Winona Road, Salem, reported at 8:07 a.m. Wednesday her daughter Shelly Guthrie is refusing to return a 2014 Ford Focus, which is registered to the mother. Deputies spoke to the daughter, who claimed her parents are upset with her, and this was why they wanted the vehicle back.
– Joe and Vicki Walters, Campground Road, Wellsville, reported at 1:06 p.m. Monday reported the have been gone from their camper trailer at the Clewell Campground at Guilford Lake about a week and when they returned on Monday they found someone had attempted to pry the front door with a screwdriver. The intruder then broke a glass window next to the door, reached in and unlocked it. The thief or thieves tried to take the flatscreen TV from the living room, took keys from the hooks in the kitchen, stole some cast iron camp cookware and ransacked the cupboards. Finally, they forced the door of the storage shed and stole both a leaf blower and a weed trimmer from the shed. A Stanley screwdriver possibly belonging to the thieves was left behind on the shed’s workbench.
Highway Patrol
– Ryan J. Papic, 36, Elberon Avenue, Salem, was southbound on Jersey Ridge Road in Salem Township at 10 p.m. Monday and went off the left side into a mailbox and crops. He was cited for failure to control.
– Wayne E. Smith, 71, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, and Terry Allen Chamberlain, 46, Old Enon Valley Road, Pa., were driving on state Route 14 in Unity Township at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and Smith struck Chamberlain from behind. Smith was cited for assured clear distance, and Chamberlain and his passenger, Shahna M. Roberts, 41, Old Enon Valley Road, Pa., were taken to the Heritage Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
– Jennifer L. Hall, 31, Ridgewood Drive, Salem, and Brittany J. Stoner, 31, Canton, were eastbound on U.S. 62 in Butler Township at 3 p.m. Wednesday, and Stoner slowed in traffic and was struck by Hall, who then went off the right side. Hall was cited for assured clear distance.
– Joseph R. Gibson, 29, Avon, Ohio, was northbound on Roberts Road in Fairfield Township at 2:37 p.m. Monday and hit a deer.
– Kellie D. Foster, 47, Ridge Road, East Rochester, was westbound on U.S. 30 in Center Township at 10:44 p.m. Saturday and Joel M. Campbell, 35, Vale Street, East Liverpool, failed to yield from a stop sign turning onto U.S. 30 eastbound and struck Foster. Campbell was cited for failure to yield and OVI and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Foster and her passenger, Robert R. Foster, 48, Ridge Road, East Rochester, were taken to Aultman Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Lisbon
– Kristen Guappone, Buffalo Road, Kensington, reportedly unparked into a car belonging to Kenneth Woods, Washington Street, Washingtonville, while at the farmer’s produce stand in North Market Street 2:18 p.m. Wednesday.
– Jerry Westlake, High Street, Salineville, reportedly unparked into a station wagon belonging to Monique Kernich, Saltwell Road, Lisbon, in the Home Savings & Loan lot at 10:14 a.m. Wednesday.
– A caller reported there was a parked red truck leaking gas in the town square on South Park Avenue at 11:19 a.m. Wednesday. The fire department was contacted to clean up the spill.
– A child from Sherman Street called at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday because his parents were arguing. Police arrived and spoke with the father, who said he and his wife were arguing over their animals destroying the house and he yelled for her to get rid of the pets. The wife claimed her husband grabbed her by the neck but there were no visible marks and she declined to press charges. Meanwhile, the husband left to spend the night at a friend’s house.
– Rebecca Lavalley reported at 10:54 p.m. Tuesday her boyfriend, Shawn Haines, stole $60 from her. Haines was located on East Chestnut Street and claimed Lavalley gave him the money. Police took the $60 and returned it to Lavalley.
– Police assisted a sheriff’s deputy in responding to a possible break-in at the Sparkle supermarket at 4 a.m. Thursday. A window was found broken, and the only items stolen were several cartons of cigarettes.
Columbiana
– A Sparkle employee reported at 11:57 a.m. Wednesday a woman was stealing toothbrushes from the store. The matter is under investigation.
– Daisy Letson, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Lisbon Street at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Leetonia
– An officer responded to a private property crash in the 100 block of Columbia Street on July 27.
– An officer responded to a possible overdose of a female in the 300 block of State Street at 7:05 p.m. Sunday.
East Liverpool
– Ricardo Gonzalez, owner of Amazing Tan LLC, Walnut Street, reported Aug. 3 that forced entry was made into the business and change was taken from the register drawer. Officers noted glass at the bottom section of the door was broken. Gonzalez was to perform an overall inventory and report findings to the department.
– Officers, provided information about the whereabouts of possible marijuana plants, discovered and then destroyed three plants Aug. 3 in a field near Pennsylvania and Valley avenues.
– A Fairview Street residence reported Aug. 3 being threatened by a male neighbor about tire marks left on “his street,” after her husband “peeled out” in front of the man’s residence after the couple waited for a large amount of cats to leave the roadway. Officers advised the female on how to file charges/restraining order. Attempt, with no success, was made to contact the neighbor.
– Responding to a call that a dump truck from D.W. Dickey & Son had nearly pulled down a traffic signal Aug. 2 at Pennsylvania and Parkway, officers stopped at the Virginia Avenue company and spoke with an employee about recent deliveries. An employee stated only two trucks made deliveries, both toward West Virginia. Officers also stopped at Hamilton Radiator Service, Pennsylvania Avenue, and an employee there stated not witnessing anything. Neither a description of the truck nor a plate number were made available from the initial call. The city’s street department repaired the traffic signal, it was reported.
– The mother of a 3-year-old boy stopped on station Aug. 2 to report her mother would not return the child. Police contacted the grandmother who agreed to return the child.
St. Clair Township
– Richard G. Saylor, Gas Valley Road, Georgetown, Pa., was cited for assured clear distance after rear-ending a vehicle driven by Glenn E. Lindner, Old Irondale Road, Wellsville, which had slowed for traffic on St. Clear near Berkshire Road on Tuesday.
Salem
– Police were called at 8:06 a.m. Thursday to the Salem Utilities Department for a suspicious personal letter found in the overnight drop box.
– An officer on patrol at 1:31 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Park saw a silver Ford pickup parked in the lot. A male and female, found lying in the bed of the truck, said they were just talking and fell asleep. The girl, 16, was then taken into custody for a curfew violation. The male was told to leave the park.
– An officer at 1:07 a.m. Thursday was flagged down by hospital security regarding three people hanging out in the north parking lot for an extended period of time. They said they were just utilizing the WiFi at a nearby business. They left.
– Police responded to Woodland Avenue at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday. A woman said a man agreed to complete a job for her but failed to do so after receiving the money. The incident is under investigation.
– Christopher Hyler, 27, of 193 Rose Ave., was taken into custody at 5:59 p.m. Wednesday on South Lundy on a warrant for assault out of the county.
– Debra Looman, 64, of Carrollton, was cited for failure to yield after her eastbound vehicle collided with a westbound vehicle driven by Joanne Everly, 41, of Salem Warren Road, while turning into the drive for Plaza Auto Wash on East State at 3:01 p.m. Wednesday. A driver in another vehicle had stopped in traffic westbound and waved Looman to cross in front of him so she could turn, but she did not see the Everly vehicle. The accident caused major damage to both vehicles and minor injuries to both drivers.
– James Raneri, 30, of East Third Street, was cited for failure to yield and taken into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant for failure to appear on a driving under suspension charge after an accident at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of North Lincoln and East Third, the site of a new four-way stop. Raneri, westbound on Third, and Ruth Vestal, 80, of Jennings Avenue, eastbound on Third, stopped at the same time and both began into the intersection when turned left in front of Vestal.
– Police responded to Fresh Mark, 1735 S. Lincoln Ave., at 10:22 a.m. Wednesday for a complaint. One employee was released and now that employee has made threats toward another employee.
– A Vine Avenue man reported Wednesday that there was an unauthorized charge on his bank check card. Someone charged $17.71 on Aug. 1 at a local business. He had possession of the debit card and whoever used it apparently returned it prior to him knowing.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Bob Sinsley, McCracken Road, Salem, reported at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday two boys were caught breaking windows on a vehicle in his tow yard by throwing rocks. The boys were reportedly spotted running to a neighboring home after the sound of breaking glass was heard. The deputies spoke to the owner of the neighboring home, Michael Grate, and the father of the two boys, Matthew Grate, who denied the boys broke the windows. The boys, ages 11 and 9, were warned to stay away from the neighbor’s property.
– Amy Saunders, Crestview Road, New Waterford, reported a domestic dispute at 7:16 p.m. Tuesday, but then tried to tell deputies she had left and did not want to meet with them any longer. She failed to meet with them at a designated location, but called from Pennsylvania stating she and her husband argued and he would not let her leave. However, after she called the sheriff’s office, he reportedly allowed her to go.
– Ernestina McGowan, Mountz Road, Homeworth, reported at 2:02 p.m. Monday sometime overnight someone set off firecrackers in her mailbox.
Lisbon
-Susan L. Hedl, 64, state Route 164, Lisbon, was cited for failure to stop an assured cleared distance after she drove into the rear of a stopped motor vehicle operated by Joann Luketic, 50, of East Chestnut Street, on North Market Street at Morris Street at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday.
Columbiana
– At 11:36 a.m. Tuesday, Burnadette Mellinger, Leetonia, was cited for driving under suspension during a traffic stop on South Vine.
– At 12:51 p.m. Tuesday, a caller complained about a Mercury parked in the wrong direction on East Woodland. The driver moved the vehicle.
– Gary Leonard, East Friend Street, reported at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday electrical trucks damaged his yard while on their way to the electrical substation.
– A caller from Tic Toc reported a vehicle in a ditch at 9:38 p.m. Tuesday.
– Kristin Stalnaker, West Salem Street, reported at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday the back door of her vehicle was damaged from a possible break-in.
Salem
– A man from East Sixth Street reported at 10:42 p.m. Tuesday that he has custody of a child and voluntarily allowed the child to visit and stay the night with the child’s mother, but learned the mother’s boyfriend was there with a pet dog. He was concerned the dog may bite the child and didn’t want the child staying overnight, but the mother refused to turn the child over and the child wanted to stay with the mother. An officer checked at the address on Highland Avenue and found the child was asleep and the dog secured away from the child.
– An officer at 7:56 p.m. Tuesday saw a concentration of dark smoke rising in the air in the 400 to 500 block of North Ellsworth. The officer could smell burning plastic and located a moderate-sized cookout fire in a back yard. The resident said they were burning dry wood, but a juvenile tossed a plastic pop bottle into the fire, resulting in a brief burst of dark smoke. The resident was familiar with burning laws and said there would be no more problems.
– A woman from the 2500 block of Lexington reported at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday that her credit card was missing and she was contacted regarding a fraudulent charge. She had already contacted her insurance agency.
– Jack Pasco, 66, of West Eighth Street, was cited for a stop sign violation after his northbound vehicle failed to stop at 6:03 p.m. Tuesday at a stop sign and struck a westbound vehicle driven by Gloria Powers, 68, of Berlin Center, at the intersection of Third and Lincoln. Powers, Pasco and Pasco’s passenger, Mabelle Pasco, 64, also of Eighth Street, were treated at the scene and refused transport.
– An officer in the 800 block of East Fifth Street at 5:19 p.m. Tuesday was advised by a motorist of a woman possibly in distress. The officer found the woman sitting beside a telephone pole and asked if she needed assistance. She said she was just taking a break and did not need help. The officer checked back a few minutes later and she had left.
– Fire personnel reported a hit/skip accident at 3:12 p.m. Tuesday after seeing a champagne-colored truck with ladder racks on top strike a telephone pole and leave the scene near Filbert. The pole was not damaged.
– Shane Endicott, 26, of 647 E. Pine Lake Road, was taken into custody at 1:19 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of South Lincoln on a warrant for obstructing official business.
– A man in the 400 block of West Wilson Street reported at 8 a.m. Tuesday that the tires of his pickup were slashed and the tires of a trailer he borrowed from a friend were also slashed.
East Liverpool
– Scott P. Reese, West 9th Street, Beaver Falls, Pa., was involved in a one-vehicle accident July 30 after failing to bear right along Pennsylvania Avenue, where it meets Elizabeth Street. Reports state Reese’s vehicle traveled onto Pennsylvania Avenue Extension, struck a ditch, overturned, and landed on its right side.
– Frank Bosco, Broadview Circle, and Amanda M. Edwards, Idaho Avenue, were involved in a two-vehicle accident July 31 along Hill Boulevard where it intersects with St. Clair Avenue. Edwards was stopped at the intersection and was struck from behind by Bosco.
– Helen M. Maple, Harvey Avenue, and Alicia D. Green, Garner Avenue, were involved in a two-vehicle accident July 30 along St. Clair Avenue, near the intersection with Hill Boulevard. Maple was stopped, awaiting to turn onto Hill, when her car was struck from behind by Green.
St. Clair Township
– John Lisk, Rainbow Road, reported Aug. 2 that forced entry was gained to his residence via a back door, which was kicked in, and the residence was ransacked. Lisk reported he regained ownership of the residence on April 20, but only received keys to the residence on Aug. 1. He requested an incident report for insurance purposes.
– Clayton W. Elliott was arrested for petty theft Aug. 2 after concealing $79.34 in merchandise from the shelves at Walmart, Dresden Avenue, and leaving the store without purchasing the items. He was confronted outside the store by a loss prevention officer and the items were recovered.
– Ronald P. Coleman, Beaver, Pa., and Sean L. Switzer, New Cumberland, W.Va., were involved in a two-vehicle accident July 27 along Dresden Avenue, near the intersection with state Route 170. Coleman was stopped in traffic and struck from behind by Switzer.
– Brooke E. Zoellers, Martha Street, was cited for failure to yield July 27 following a traffic accident at the intersection of Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road and state Route 170, in which she struck a vehicle driven by David A. Dailey, Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool.
– Stephen S. Bohach, Beth Drive, Bellaire, Ohio, and Aaron M. Scarsella, Sprucevale Road, were involved in an accident July 28 along Dresden Avenue, near the intersection with state Route 170. Bohach was stopped in traffic and struck from behind by the Scarsella vehicle.
– Lisa A. Keener, Price Street, reported July 29 she was driving was struck from behind by a hit-skip vehicle while traveling along state Route 170. The driver of the white Buick, which fled the scene, was described as a young, white male.
– Anna V. Glass, Frankfort Springs Road, Georgetown, Pa., was struck July 31 along state Route 170, at Dresden Avenue, by a by Joy L. Longstreth, Woodland Drive, Burgettstown, Pa. Longstreth’s GPS advised a right-hand turn. When she made it, she hit Glass’ car, which was in her blind spot.
– Kaliff D. Putney, Sprucevale Road, and Sandra D. Tenney, Carolina Avenue, were involved in a two-vehicle accident July 29 along Sprucevale Road and the entrance/exit at Calcutta Woods Apartments complex. Reports state both drivers differed in their versions of the accident.
POLICE
County Sheriff
– Anthony Price, Washington Street, Washingtonville, reported an accident at the Rogers Sale at 10:43 a.m. Friday. Donald Miglore of Florida was parked behind Price. Miglore’s vehicle settled and, according to the report, lightly touched the back of Price’s vehicle. When the vehicles were moved, only Miglore’s vehicle had a dent.
– Cindy Masters, Buck Road, Beloit, reported needing someone removed at 3:17 a.m. Sunday. When deputies arrived they learned Jacob Carter has supposedly been there causing problems, but he left before they arrived. About 10 minutes after deputies left, deputies were called back to the home because Masters reportedly was getting into a confrontation with Breanne Morris, who was there drinking by the fire. Morris was taken home by Robert Myers. No charges were pursued.
– Jeannie Shank, Buffalo Road, East Rochester, reported an intoxicated woman at the Big Arb’s Campground at 1:53 a.m. Sunday. Shank said her friend Robin Myers got drunk and wanted to drive home. Shank would not allow her to drive intoxicated and she became irate. Myers called her ex-husband, who agreed to come get her.
– Christopher Wells, Mishawaka, Ind., reported his adopted 13-year-old son was at his biological mother’s home on U.S. 30 in Hanover Township. Wells believed the mother, Jessica Foor, was threatening to run away with the boy and not send him home. Foor told deputies she was not leaving and the teen was packed up to go.
– Randy Spears, state Route 644, Kensington, reported at 6:52 a.m. Saturday his neighbor’s dog came after him, growling and snarling, which forced him back inside his home. Spears said if he had his gun, he would have shot the dog. Deputies spoke to the dog’s owner, Alec Hamling, who chained it up. When they warned him about potential of the dog being shot, Hamling stated he would shoot the neighbor if he shot the dog. Deputies explained it is his responsibility to keep his dog from attacking anyone and someone has a right to protect themselves from a vicious dog.
– Tasha Higgins, state Route 518, Lisbon, reported at 3:20 a.m. Saturday she and her boyfriend found their door kicked in when they came home. Deputies told her to check the table for a note from the sheriff’s office, which indicates a search warrant was conducted at their home while they were gone.
– Angela Veglia, 31, Dyke Road, Negley, reported at 5:45 a.m. Saturday she has a protection order against Glenn Collins III, but he came to her home yelling and kicking at her door to let him in at 5:15 a.m. He then broke her bedroom window, yelling he had left medication on her china cabinet. He also was reportedly there a day earlier.
Lisbon
– Theft charges were filed Monday against Jerry L. Malone II, 36, of Canton, after he reportedly shoplifted a snack cake and bottle of soda pop from Smith Oil on July 21 by trying to conceal it under his coat.
– Theft charges were filed Monday against Lisa A. Keener, 42, state Route 170, East Liverpool, after she reportedly stole cigarettes and chewing tobacco totaling $266 from the Circle K on July 22. Keener was stopped in the parking lot and returned the items after being told to do so. The same day Keener also stole cigarettes and tobacco totaling $277 from the Valley View gas station.
Columbiana
– Nicholas Premozich, Lower Elkton Road, reported at 12:25 a.m. Saturday a man was possibly working on his car.
– A man reported at 1 a.m. Saturday there was possible prostitution in progress at the Circle K gas station. Police checked and found nothing illegal going on, and that a clerk was just waiting on a customer.
– Corrina Smith reported at 7:36 a.m. Saturday there was a possible road rage or traffic accident on state Route 46. No other information was available.
– Molly Davis reported at 8:14 a.m. Saturday she believed someone had set a van on fire in the Nazarene Church parking lot and that the vehicle did not have any license plates. Police checked and found the van was not on fire at the time, but are continuing to investigate.
– The county sheriff’s office reported at 4:55 a.m. Sunday there was an alarm drop at Four Wheel Drive in the city. Police checked and found an open window but no one inside the building.
– Melanie Scott, 37, Columbiana, was cited for driving under suspension following a traffic stop on Vine Street at 9:19 a.m. Sunday.
– AAA reported at 9:20 a.m. Sunday someone was using the company’s dumpster for illegal dumping.
– A man reported at 12:18 p.m. Sunday there were odors coming from a South Middle Street home. Police warned the resident of the complaint.
– A man reported at 7:51 p.m. Sunday there was a group of men yelling loudly and swearing in front of the Shellabella’s restaurant on South Main Street. Police checked but did not see anyone yelling.
– A man reported at 9:31 p.m. Sunday there was a dispute between four men at the Marathon gas station. Police learned that the man who reported the dispute had allegedly tossed a cigarette into someone else’s car. Police told the men to act like adults and go their separate ways.
– Bobby White, West Park Avenue, reported at 9:42 p.m. Sunday he returned home from work to find his door kicked in and the locks broken and his TV and Xbox missing.
– Police are still investigating a traffic crash that occured on Camelot Drive at 10 p.m. Sunday.
– Police are still investigating a report made by Darla Sattarelle, Camelot Drive, at 10:14 p.m. Sunday that a man knocked on her door and when she looked through the peep hole she could see him engaged in a sexual activity with himself. Sattarelle reported the man then ran down the stairs to the neighbor’s door and continued the sexual act, and then left in a silver truck. The woman believed the truck was the same one involved in a crash on Camelot Drive.
East Palestine
– Mary Jones, Howell Avenue, reported at 9:25 pm. Sunday someone destroyed her mailbox.
– Police and firefighters were called to assist Social Concerns with removing feral cats from a Meadow Lane home at 2:33 p.m. July 26.
– John P. Kelly, 56, and Robin R. Stadtmiller, 50, addresses not listed, were both charged with domestic violence and taken to the county jail after police responded to a report of a domestic at 259 E. North Ave. at 2 a.m. Thursday.
– A West Clark Street resident reported at noon Saturday neighbors are not picking up after their two large dogs when they defecate in the yard and it is causing the neighborhood to smell. Police notified the property owner of the complaint.
– Ralph Wilson, West Martin Street, reported at 2:15 p.m. Saturday someone stole a “Donald Trump for President” sign from his yard.
– Chelsea Donahoe, Darlington Road, reported at 11 p.m. Friday she was threatened by a woman who lives behind the Huntington Bank. Donahoe said the woman accused her and someone else of looking in her windows and threatened them that she would shoot them if she caught them doing it again.
– A life guard at the public pool reported at 9:25 p.m. Saturday someone adults at a pool party snuck in alcohol and that when he told them to get rid of it they didn’t, and took it into the bathroom and began drinking it out of cups.
– Zoning violation notices for high grass were sent to the following on Saturday: 1012-1014 N. Market St., 398 E. Clark St.,447 W. Clark St., 589 W. Clark St., 289 W. Clark St., 740 E. Taggart St., and 57 1/2 N. Liberty St.
Goshen Police District
– An officer responded to a 10000 block Duck Creek Road home at 11:08 p.m. Thursday in reference to a possible suicidal juvenile. The girl and her mother both said the teen’s ex-boyfriend had probably called Beaver Township police following a series of disputes after their breakup and that she was fine.
– Melissa A. Woolf, 31, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension after a traffic stop for no license plate light at Routes 45 and 165 at 1:05 a.m. Saturday.
– An officer responded to the Evangeline Lutheran Church Cemetery on West South Range Road at 9:48 p.m. Saturday in reference to a suspicious vehicle. No cars were seen.
– An officer responded to a West Middletown Road home at 8:48 p.m. Sunday where the resident reported a raccoon on the property that did not appear to be acting normal. The officer determined it appeared to be young and confused and referred the resident to a trapper.
– An officer provided the make and model of a vehicle parked in the driveway of an Oakwood Drive, Beloit, resident who is a suspect in an Alliance police investigation at 12:30 a.m. Monday.
East Liverpool
– While attempting to serve an eviction notice at a St. Clair Avenue residence, East Liverpool Municipal Court bailiff Lou D’Angelo encountered an apparent overdose victim and called police. When officers arrived, they reported finding Marcus A. Keeney, 40, slumped in a chair with a burned spoon and syringe nearby. He was unresponsive, and an ambulance crew had to administer a large dose of Narcan to revive him, according to reports. He was transported to the hospital and advised he will face charges related to possession of drug paraphernalia.
– Anita Adkins, Maine Boulevard, reported her dachshund bitten by a pit bull that ran to a residence on Pennsylvania Avenue. There, Homer Williams told police he was supervising the dog for his son. Adkins did not want to file charges but asked that Williams be more careful with the dog. Her dog suffered flesh torn from its face, according to reports.
– Cindy Weyand, Oak Street, reported a gas can with gasoline was taken, although a lawn mower and weed eater were left behind. She told police a family member had previously threatened to burn down a garage.
– Erin R. Merriman, address not listed, reported being concerned about people being at the house on Harvey Avenue she and her estranged, now deceased, husband had been buying. Officers said everyone there agreed not to remove anything from the home until legal counsel can be consulted.
– A complaint was received of a truck parked in the yard on East Fifth Street with a sign saying, “This is what Aaron Stevens is doing with his trash now,” referring to trash from a residence he owns on Lincoln Avenue that was recently cleaned up. Stevens told police he no longer owns the truck but would contact the person who does and have it removed. The truck had no license plates, two flat tires and a broken headlight, according to reports.
– A man told police he had been doing some construction work for a Lincoln Avenue woman who has been scammed by another man. He said the other man has been accepting checks from her for work, telling her he lost them and getting new ones but cashing all of them. A total of about $562 has been paid to him, according to reports.
– While speaking to staff at Heights Manor, an officer reported hearing a loud car stereo outside the building. He cited Brittney N. Adams, 20, for unreasonable noise. No address was given for Adams.
– Mike McKinnon, North Street, reported a derogatory phrase was written on his front door with a permanent marker.
– Officers responded to a Lincoln Avenue residence for a report of a deceased 62-year-old man. The county coroner was called and an investigation conducted, but there were no obvious signs of foul play and it appeared he died of natural causes, according to reports. Police reported the man was covered with cockroaches and bugs, and the entire apartment was overrun with roaches, as were the hallway and common areas of the apartment building.
St. Clair Township
– Walmart employees reported seeing Lisa M. Skelly, 53, Dennison, select merchandise, place it into a shopping cart and Danielle E. Petties, 48, Palissey Street take it from the cart and place it in her purse. They then reportedly left the store without paying for the merchandise and were confronted by store personnel. Petties was charged with petty theft and possession of criminal tools, and Skelly was charged with complicity to theft.
– Employees of Sally’s Beauty Supply in Calcutta reported Keisha D. Pearson, 26, Morton Street, took hair extensions and left the store without paying for them. Pearson was found by officers outside near a vehicle, upset and crying over the accusations being made against her, according to reports. She said the items in her shopping bag were purchased from Rite Aid, and Sally’s employees agreed those items were not taken from their store. The Sally’s employee noted empty packages underneath the vehicle matching those taken from the store, police reported. The hair extensions were not located in the packages. Pearson was charged with theft.
– Officers responded Friday afternoon to reports of a woman slumped over the wheel of a car in the St. Clair Plaza at the intersection of McCoy and St. Clair avenues. As they arrived, they found Beth R. Pisano, 32, Rochester, Pa., in the driver’s seat and Joshua Elkins, 26, Monaca, Pa., exiting the vehicle, a small child in the rear seat. As officers approached the vehicle, it began to back up and they had to yell twice at Pisano before she stopped, according to reports. While Pisano was fumbling through her purse for identification, officers said they saw an orange cap used to cover the needle of a syringe and saw dried blood and a bruise on Pisano’s hand. She told officers she hadn’t felt well and pulled over. Told to exit the vehicle, Pisano was unsteady and had slurred speech, officers reported. An officer removed the child and placed her in a cruiser, and Elkins said he was the father and shares custody with her mother, who he said is a drug addict. Officers said Pisano told them she had “shot up” 30 minutes before, and said Elkins had, too, although he denied that. Inside Pisano’s purse, they reported finding two spoons with residue and burned marks as well as 10 used syringes. She told police all the drugs had been used, they reported. A search of the vehicle reportedly turned up an uncapped syringe and a spoon with residue and burned bottom on the passenger side floor. Elkins told police Pisano was eating pills and shot up heroin. En route to the police station, officers said he was swaying and could not keep his eyes open. Children’s Services responded and turned the child over to a family member. Pisano was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drug abuse instruments and endangering children. Elkins was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments and endangering children.
Perry Township
– A suspicious vehicle was reported at 6:48 a.m. Monday on Garfield Road. Police found the driver was at a home pouring concrete.
– Police responded at 9:46 p.m. Sunday to Andrew Avenue for a report of threats a woman had made to shoot her husband. No further information could be gathered and no evidence of such a threat was observed. The husband was transported to a different location for the night.
– Ryan Smith, North Lincoln Avenue, reported that sometime on Wednesday someone entered a front window and took a few jars of change.
– Police were contacted at 6:49 p.m. Sunday to check on a man on Plymouth Place after his mother was unable to reach him. He told police he had been out of town for the day and did not have service on his cell phone.
– A township officer responded to Depot Road at 6:39 p.m. Sunday to assist the sheriff’s office in locating and escorting a vehicle transporting a gunshot victim to SRMC. The vehicle passed police at a high rate of speed and the officer was unable to catch up it. A Salem police unit was able to locate and escort the vehicle to the hospital.
– No citation was issued after a vehicle driven by 29-year-old Alexandria Pino Hernandez ran into the back of a vehicle driven by Dennis Bungard, 54, who was eastbound on U.S. Route 62 turning north onto Country Club Lane at 5:03 p.m. Sunday. Damage was minimal and Hernandez was told she was responsible.
– Brad Martin, Depot Road, reported Sunday that sometime overnight someone vandalized vehicles and a trampoline.
– A girl was charged with OVI after being stopped driving a riding lawn mower on New Garden at 1:52 a.m. Sunday. The girl tried to put the mower in neutral when pulled over but put the mower in reverse and backed into the cruiser, causing very minor damage.
– At 7:37 p.m. Saturday on state Route 9 at the bypass, a vehicle driven by Shonte Pipkin, 19, ran into the back of a vehicle driven by Charles Batson, 55. No citation was issued due to minimal damages, but Pipkin was advised she was responsible.
– Gunshots were reported at 2:43 p.m. Saturday in the area of Allen Road and state Route 14 by a resident on Countryside Drive. Officers did not find anyone shooting. The caller was advised that target shooting is permitted outside the city limits if done in a safe manner and not toward homes.
Salem
– A Woodland Avenue woman reported Monday she caught her 13-year-old daughter looking up porn on her tablet. She was told her options.
– An officer was flagged down at 2:45 p.m. Monday by the county dog warden on East Third regarding an abandoned dog in a home. A contact number for the resident was provided.
– A woman advised at 12:52 p.m. Monday that her mother-in-law is in an assisted living facility and asked her to go to her apartment on Vine Avenue to retrieve some items she needed. While she was there, another relative arrived and made threats to her for being there..
– A man reported Monday someone stole his phone while he was at work in the city.
– Debra Stamp, North Union Avenue, reported Sunday she was in the drive-thru at Wendy’s when the vehicle behind her decided to get out of line, struck her rear bumper and left. The registration came back to a resident in Perry Township.
– Police were called at 7 p.m. Sunday to the 300 block of West State Street for a female reporting she was being held hostage at a business. Employees saidno one matching the female’s description had been there. The caller was located through the phone number at a nursing home outside of the city. .
– A caller at 12:29 p.m. Sunday reported a dog left inside a residence in the 1200 block of East Third Street. Prior residents had moved out and the dog was still there, barking and howling enough to concern neighbors. An officer saw the dog through the back door and it appeared in good health and there was a large bowl filled with water. The dog’s owner was contacted and said he has been checking on the dog daily and was making arrangements to get the dog out.
– Andrew Bauman, 29, of Canterbury Lane, was cited for failure to control after wrecking on Ridgewood at 7:56 a.m. Sunday. Bauman was eastbound when his dog jumped on his arm, causing him to swerve and strike a parked pickup owned by Charles Cope of Columbiana. Bauman’s passenger, 7-year-old Alyssa Bauman, was taken to SRMC possible injuries.
Police
County Sheriff
– Responding Saturday to the home of Kristy Soos, state Route 14, East Palestine for report of a domestic dispute, deputies were told by Soos that her live-in boyfriend, James C. Argabrite II, 21, had grabbed her and thrown her several times to the floor, causing her to strike her head. Argabrite corroborated Soos’ account, saying he threw her to the floor more than once during an argument, according to reports. He was arrested for domestic violence and placed in the cruiser, but while deputies were speaking with Soos, they heard Argabrite vomiting in the cruiser and he advised he had taken several pills in an attempt to commit suicide. East Palestine EMS was called and transported Argabrite to St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Domestic violence charges will be served on him once released from the hospital, deputies reported.
– Deputies responded Saturday morning to a report of suspicious activity at the home of Scott McLaughlin, Ridge Road, Salem, where they found the screen door busted and main door open. Deputies checked the residence and found the home owners in bed, asleep. They advised the screen door had been broken the previous night and everything was fine.
– Deputies were called Saturday to the home of Mary Butcher in Butler Township, where she told them she had a verbal argument with her husband about his drinking. He was able to get a ride and left the residence for the evening.
Highway Patrol
– While westbound on state Route 154 Friday night, a vehicle driven by Cassandra M. Mahoney, 28, Richardson Avenue, Negley, went off the left side of the roadway, striking a guardrail. She was cited for failure to control.
Salineville
– Knowing he had an outstanding warrant for possession of drug abuse instruments, Shane Riggs, no age or address listed, was taken into custody Friday afternoon and turned over to sheriff’s deputies.
– Officers spoke Friday night with neighbors on McGaffic Alley about an on-going dispute over land ownership, telling them it is a civil matter and if there are trespassing issues, legal documentation would have to be provided proving boundaries.
– Officers responded at 9:30 p.m. Friday to the area of Academy Street for reports of a black bear roaming around, but they searched the area and found no bear. Neighbors were advised to call police if they see the bear again.
East Liverpool
-Chad Bryant, Orchard Grove, reported Friday he and a neighbor were in an argument because Bryant is now seeing the neighbor’s ex-girlfriend, which he cannot accept. Bryant said he challenged the other man to fight in an effort to settle their disagreement and the man picked up a metal object, striking him in the arm and leg. Bryant retreated into his residence and the other man left in a vehicle. Bryant was advised to speak with the law director if he wished to file charges.
St. Clair Township
– Officers reported receiving a call about a woman climbing through a window at the Echol Dell Mobile Home Park. The woman was identified as someone known by the caller.
– John E. Bahen, no address listed, reported that, while northbound on Sprucevale Road near Gretchen’s Lock, an item was thrown from a vehicle, damaging the grill on his truck.
– Kristie M. Reaves, no address listed, told officers she contacted the father of her 11-month-old child to let him know she was nearly out of formula for the child and to ask that he buy a can, to which he agreed. She picked up the father and drove to Walmart but told officers he advised her he planned to steal the formula since he doesn’t work and has no money. They had an argument about the issue, and the father grabbed the radio from the car and a rearview mirror that was on the floor and walked off. An officer told Reaves to look into applying for government assistance, and she advised she receives WIC benefits for the child but was denied welfare, noting neither she nor the father holds a job. She was advised by the officer there is no better time than now to start looking for one. Officers checked the area for the child’s father.
– Officers responded to a Sprucevale Road home for juvenile complaint, with a report to be forwarded to Children’s Services. No other details were reported.
– Duncan W. Hildebrand, 18, Sprucevale Road, was southbound on Birch Road when his vehicle hit gravel and went into a ditch. Hildebrand left the scene of the crash, telling officers he didn’t remember too much about what happened. He was transported to the hospital by Lifeteam ambulance.
– While northbound on Dresden Avenue and stopped in traffic, Ronald P. Coleman, 66, Beaver, Pa., was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Sean L. Switzer, 25, New Cumberland, W.Va. No injuries or citations were reported.
East Palestine
– Michelle Hall, East Main Street, was charged with obstructing official business at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday after she fled into her home and locked the doors, when police told her to stop. Police were able to enter the home and take her into custody. Hall had a warrant.
– An East Clark Street woman reported at 10:31 p.m. Wednesday a man she does not know has been calling her and stopping by where she works. Her previous employer had given the man her cell phone number when he asked for it.
– Erin Guy, 22, Neeld Road, was cited with a traffic control device violation at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday.
– A suspicious person was spotted in the park at 10 p.m. Tuesday and warned about the hours of the park.
– Robert McGraw, Park Avenue, reported at 11:02 a.m. Wednesday he received an IRS scam call, but gave them no information and hung up.
-Marlis Freeze, East Taggart Street, reported at 10:59 a.m. Thursday someone called her and told her to put $500 in her mailbox for the Publishers Clearing House. They claimed they would pick it up and bring her $25,000. The contact name was Joyce Benford, Katherwood Drive, Atlanta, Ga.
– Thomas Evans, West Grant Street, reported at 3:14 p.m. Thursday someone with an accent claiming to be from the IRS called from a number, which said Department of Treasury on his caller ID. When he questioned the validity of the debt being alleged, the person became belligerent. Police confirmed for Evans the IRS does not contact taxpayers by phone in such a manner.
– After receiving a parking complaint at 3:22 p.m. Wednesday police found a vehicle parked partially, about six inches into the alley. The driver was asked to move it.
Salem
– Police responded to a dispute in the 100 block of East Fifth at 12:25 a.m. Sunday where a man said a man down the street was yelling at him. An officer told the man to go home.
– At 2:38 a.m. Sunday, police on station assisted Perry Township police with an OVI arrest after the breath test was over the legal limit.
– At 3:12 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the police station to assist the Goshen police with an OVI breath test. The person was unresponsive due to his state of intoxication and was taken to the hospital. Later, after the person was released and given the test at the station. He was over the limit and issued citations by the Goshen police.
– Police responded to Orchard and Olive streets at 9:57 p.m. Saturday for a report of a bike lying on the curb and brought it to the police station.
– Police responded to the 400 block of South Broadway at 9:41 p.m. Saturday where the complainant advised a band performing outside was making excessive noise. He was advised it was in an area that was zoned general commercial and heavy industrial and it was legally OK to have outdoor music.
– Police responded to the 400 block of Continental Drive at 8:03 p.m. Saturday where the complainant said a known female was making persistent harassing calls.
– Police responded to the 200 block of Vine Avenue at 7:51 p.m. Saturday where the complainant advised he had confronted a person known to him about carrying a gun and the person handed him the gun and left. An officer took the firearm.
– At 7:22 p.m. Saturday, police responded to Ohio Avenue where a man said his 16-year-old nephew was possibly doing drugs and wanted to know what rights he had as his guardian. He was advised he could file unruly charges and he added he was having problems with the person entering his home without his permission.