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-- Officers responded to an open 911 call on Columbia Street at 7:53 a.m. on Wednesday. The resident advised she had not called 911 and was not in need of emergency services.
-- Officers responded to reports of a male subject being observed on surveillance cameras walking around the police and fire stations at 9:46 a.m. on Wednesday. Officers made contact with the man who said he was from Lisbon and his car had broken down near Salem. The man said he walked to Leetonia. The man was given a courtesy ride home.
-- Officers responded to the area of Sleepy Hollow Drive near Butcher Road at 9:28 p.m. on Wednesday to a reported parking violation and a vehicle obstructing the roadway. The owner of the car was advised to move it.
-- Officers received a call from an Ohio Edison representative of a village man making threats at 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday. The caller advised that a man on Elm Street had called to ask about his electricity disconnection and ended up making threats toward his neighbor. Officers made contact with the man at his residence who said he had called the eclectic company but denied making any threat.
-- Officers responded to a report of a dog knocking a man off a bike at 9:24 a.m. on Pine Street on Thursday. The man had a slight abrasion to his knee but refused medical treatment. The man advised he had been knocked off his bike and the dog "tried to take a nibble." The owners of the dog were located and said the dog opened the window and knocked out the screen to get loose. They also advised the dog "has never been aggressive," but is "very high energy" and is often found on the roof when it gets out.
-- Officers responded to the 100 block of Chestnut Street at 7:14 p.m. Monday for an open burn complaint. The person in question was advised to make sure that the fire was properly maintained and that no excess smoke was emitting that may create an annoyance to neighbors.
-- Officers responded to the 600 block of Columbia Street at 7:54 p.m. Friday for a report of an intoxicated man who stabbed himself in the neck. Officers found the caller and a friend of the man surrounding him in a side yard, and Leetonia and Columbiana EMS were contacted. Leetonia EMS transported the man to St. Elizabeth's main in Youngstown.
-- Officers responded to the 200 block of State Street at 7:44 a.m. Friday for a wellness check on a woman who a sent a picture of her holding a gun to her head to a counselor. Officers checked the premises finding that the woman was not home and was at work. Officers spoke with the woman by phone, obtaining the address of her workplace in Youngstown, and Youngstown officers were contacted and advised they would handle the call from there.
-- Officers responded to the area of Washington and Main streets at 9:58 p.m. Thursday for a reported reckless operator. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on Washington Street after it was observed weaving in the roadway, and officers observed the vehicle's front driver side window to be shattered, with apparent front-end damage, and the driver side mirror broken and lying on the floor near the driver's feet and noticeable pieces of glass in the driver's lap and floorboard indicating that he may have struck something. The driver Wesley Lipscomb's speech was observed to be slurred and to have an odor of alcohol on his breath, and glassy eyes. Lipscomb was ordered out of the vehicle, which he did slowly after refusing twice, and twice refused field sobriety testing. Lipscomb was taken into custody, and advised he was being charged with OVI, and officers attempted to place Lipscomb into the back of a cruiser, which he resisted. Once Lipscomb was successfully placed into the cruiser, he began to shout obscenities toward officers and bang his head off the rear driver's side window, causing a minor injury to his nose. Lipscomb was removed from the vehicle and another set of restraints were placed on his ankles and he was placed back in the cruiser. A search of Lipscomb's vehicle recovered paraphernalia from the center console area, and Lipscomb was transported to the Columbiana County Jail charged with OVI, criminal mischief, drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest.