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Sheriff's Office

-- A woman on Clarkson Road, Middleton Township, reported at 9:36 p.m. Saturday that she was being harassed by an unknown person on the WhatsApp who is wanting $100 or her face will be attached to nude bodies. She was advised to delete and block the user's account and contact the WhatsApp administrator.

-- An assault was reported at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at a residence on Bunker Hill Road, Fairfield Township, with multiple people involved. None of the people had any signs of injuries and were separated and left the property.

-- A man from Quaker Church Road, West Township reported at 6:41 p.m. Friday that he was to have a custody exchange Friday and get his children from their mother in Salem, but she said it wasn't his weekend and refused him the children for the weekend.

-- AT&T, Steubenville, reported at 5:41 p.m. Friday that 500 feet of wire was stolen in the 1000 block of Pleasant Valley Road, Yellow Creek Township.

-- Deputies at 3:22 p.m. Friday assisted Hanoverton Police with a hold up alarm at the Steel Valley Gas Mart, First Street, Hanoverton, learning en route that it was a fight between two men in the parking lot. Hanoverton Police had one of the men detained. The other man left.

-- A woman on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 11:55 p.m. Sept. 3 that her husband, who has multiple health issues, was missing from inside the residence. A deputy checked the area and property. The husband was located on the property and was fine.

-- A woman on state Route 45, Salem Township reported at 8:59 p.m. Sept. 3 that she noticed some of her clothing was missing and over the past few months, her and her husband's medication has being going missing and they had not been taking it. They said home healthcare employees were the only ones in and out of the residence.

-- Trespassing was reported at 10:24 p.m. Sept. 2 on Bacon Avenue, Unity Township. A warrant was issued out of Columbiana County Municipal Court for obstructing official business against a resident of Taylor Road, Middleton Township.

Highway Patrol

- Emily Weddle, 24, Lisbon, was cited for assured clear distance ahead following a three-vehicle crash on state Route 45 at Salem Grange Road at 12:16 p.m. Sept. 1 in which she was southbound and struck the rear of another vehicle, pushing it into the rear of the third vehicle. The drivers of the other vehicles were transported by ambulance to the Salem hospital for suspected minor injuries.

- Nella Marie Flack, 73, Struthers, was cited for assured clear distance ahead following a two-vehicle crash on state Route 14 in Fairfield Township at 1:02 p.m. Aug. 29 in which she was eastbound and failed to stop for traffic, striking the rear of a vehicle driven by Addison Grace Chesire, 21, Austintown. No injuries were reported.

- Shirley A. Marshall, 82, East Liverpool, was cited for failure to yield following a two-vehicle crash on state Route 7 and East Liverpool Road at 8:26 a.m. Aug. 29 in which she was stopped westbound and pulled from the stop sign into the path of a northbound vehicle driven by Jeremiah Scott Roberts, 45, East Liverpool. Marshall was treated on scene for suspected minor injuries.

- Gavin Earl Coffee, 17, Salem, was cited for assured clear distance ahead following a two-vehicle crash on state Route 9 at 10:24 p.m. Aug. 28 in which he was northbound and struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Laura J. Cope, Salem. No injuries were reported.

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