Salem

— Officers responded to the 1500 block of East State Street at 8:41 p.m. Monday for a report of theft. The caller advised that their son had taken $300 in gift cards from his wife’s purse. Officers were given statements of the transactions and wanted charges against their son. The process for unruly juvenile charges was explained, and the case will be forwarded to the juvenile officer.

— Officers responded to a business in the 600 block of West State Street at 8:16 p.m. Monday for a reported person going through the dumpsters. Officers spoke with the person in question and advised them to get permission before doing so in the future.

— Officers responded to the 800 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 8:04 p.m. Monday for a reported person to be removed. The property owner requested the woman in question be trespassed from the property. Officers advised her of the same, and she signed a copy of the trespass form.

— Officers responded to the 2200 block of Kennedy Drive at 7:53 p.m. Monday for a reported 911 hang-up call. Contact was made with the resident, who advised that their juvenile daughter had accidentally dialed from an older cell phone.

— Officers responded to the 500 block of East Second Street at 7:07 p.m. Monday for a report of suspicious activity. The caller advised that they were cleaning the business and heard someone banging on the door. Officers observed the person in question to have already left the area, and the caller was advised of the same.

— Officers responded to the 500 block of North Madison Avenue at 6:52 p.m. Monday for a reported neighbor dispute. The caller was upset that their neighbor placed small pieces of cut trees along their property line. Based on the zoning takes that were present, the logs in question were on the correct property. Officers attempted to explain that the caller needed to contact zoning and get some people to survey the property line multiple times. There was no criminal activity present, and the dispute is civil.

— Officers were advised of an incident which began at school and carried over into a social media group at 5:20 p.m. Monday. The matter will be turned over to the school resource officer for further review.

— Officers responded to the 200 block of East Second Street at 4:34 p.m. Monday for a reported road rage incident with an alleged threat to shoot someone. Both the caller and the other driver’s vehicles were stopped, and no weapons were located. Both parties admitted to the incident and declined to provide statements and were advised to call police immediately when an incident occurred.

— Officers on patrol in the area of East Pershing Street at 1:21 a.m. Monday stopped a vehicle for a moving violation. During the stop criminal indicators were observed and K-9 Chaz was deployed and alerted to the presence of narcotic odor coming from the vehicle. Contraband was recovered from an occupant and the driver’s seat and door. Officers arrested the driver, Lance Morris, 39, Lisbon and transported them to the Columbiana County Jail charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a turn signal violation. With no licenses driver and no owner of the vehicle available it was towed from the driveway it pulled into by Kaiser Towing. The other occupants were detained and released on scene.

— Officers responded to the 1900 block of Oak Street at 10:04 a.m. Monday for a reported suspicious person. Officers found the person to be in the area with a tree trimming service.

Perry Township

— Officers responded to the 1400 block of West State Street at 6:41 p.m. Sunday for a reported of an intoxicated man with injuries. The man had punched his window and cut his hand, and he was transported to the Salem Regional Medical Center by EMT.

— Officers responded to the area of U.S. Route 62 for a reported reckless operator at 4:49 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle continued eastbound into the city, and the Salem Police Department conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. Officers stood by for assistance until the traffic stop was concluded.

— Officers responded to the 400 block of Benton Road at 2:13 a.m. Sunday for a reported medical call. The caller advised that he was having a manic episode and was transported by EMT.