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--Burglary was reported in the 1000 block of Cleveland Street at 10:10 a.m. Thursday. The caller advised that while cleaning out her residence she noticed that someone had entered her property and taken a water shutoff valve from the basements. The caller advised that all doors and windows were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry.
--Breaking and entering was reported in the 200 block of Elm Avenue at 6:23 a.m. Thursday. The caller advised that when he got to work, he noticed an interior door lock was broken. Officers checked the building and did not locate anyone inside. The caller advised that nothing seemed to be out of place or missing.
--A combative patient was reported at a medical facility in the 2500 block of Bentley Drive at 4:17 a.m. Thursday. The patient refused medication and became aggressive toward staff. Officers were able to calm him down until the fire department and EMT arrived, and he was transported by EMT without issue.
--A noise complaint was reported in the 200 block of East Fourth Street on Thursday. Officers spoke with the residents and advised them of the city's noise ordinance. The music was turned down.
--Officers spoke with a caller in the 600 block of North Howard Avenue at 12:16 a.m. Thursday about items her son had brought home. She said he had brought home a plastic storage bin filled with assorted documents. Officers explained her options for addressing the situation.
--A property dispute was reported in the 300 block of East Sixth Street at 11:17 p.m. Wednesday. The caller alleged that the property owner had stolen items the caller left at the residence. Officers explained that it was a civil matter to be resolved in court.
--At 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, officers spoke with a person at the police department about an incident that occurred while the person was walking home from school. School resource officers will seek more information.
--A juvenile-related issue was reported in the 1100 block of Cleveland Street at 2:34 p.m. Wednesday. The caller said their son had left the residence and that they believed he was smoking marijuana. Officers could not locate him.
--At 1:28 p.m. Wednesday, a caller in the 200 block of Vine Avenue requested that someone be removed. The caller said the person had been banging on their apartment's back door but left before officers arrived. Officers told the caller to contact them if the person returned.
--A person lying on the sidewalk was reported in the 400 block of West Pershing Street at 11:09 a.m. Wednesday. Officers spoke with the person who denied any help, gathered their things and left.
--A suspicious object on a park bench was reported in the 500 block of East State Street at 12:57 a.m. Wednesday. Officers located an empty bag and a polar pop sitting abandoned. The items were left on the bench in case their owner returned sometime during the night and officers returned and disposed of them several hours later.
--A verbal dispute between brothers was reported in the 500 block of Walnut Street at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Officers separated the parties, who continued to yell back and forth. After a heated conversation, one of the brothers became short of breath and lost consciousness, and family members advised that they were experiencing a seizure and that they occur frequently during these types of situations. The fire department and EMT treated the man on scene, and he advised he would in his room away from his brother for the night.
--Theft was reported in the 200 block of South Lundy Avenue at 9:09 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that their daughter's scooter was stolen. The matter will be under investigation.
--A suspicious person was reported in the 600 block of Olive Street at 5:33 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that a person had been observed on camera walking around a person's residence and trying to open the door. Officers subsequently located and identified the person in question who had just arrived from another country and had gone to the wrong residence.
--Officers on patrol in the 500 block of East State Street observed a man known to have a suspended license driving a vehicle at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle, and K-9 Fero was deployed and alerted to the presence of narcotic odor coming from the vehicle. Officers located contraband in the vehicle and the driver David Welch II, 48, Salem, was taken into custody charged with possessing drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension and transported to the Columbiana County Jail.
--Theft was reported in the 2300 block of East State Street at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that someone had taken a laundry cart on Sunday and that they wanted it back. Officers determined that was not sufficient evidence to believe the person in question had stolen the cart.
--Officers checked on a man who made comments of self-harm at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday. Officers spoke with the man and the fire department and EMT responded to transport the man to an appropriate medical facility. The man was trespassed from the caller's property at their request.
--A reckless operator was reported in the 200 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 2:34 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that they had honked at a vehicle in front of them in a drive-thru to signal them to move forward, and that the vehicle had pulled out of the drive-thru to the front of the store, turned around and accelerated towards their vehicle as if they were going to hit them head on. The incident was caught on surveillance footage and is under investigation.
--Criminal trespassing was reported in the 700 block of West State Street at 2:03 p.m. Tuesday. The manager of a business requested a woman be trespassed from the business. A trespass form was completed, and the woman in question was advised of the same.
--Officers assisted EMT with a combative patient in the 500 block of Continental Drive at 1:01 p.m. Tuesday. Officers assisted EMT with getting the patient onto the cot for transport.
--Officers spoke with a person at the police department at 12:22 p.m. Tuesday regarding fraud. The person advised that someone had deposited money from their account using a fake check, and they needed a report done for their bank.
--The school resource officer was advised of an issue with a student by school administrators at 10:48 a.m. Tuesday. The student was suspended, and the matter will be forwarded to the juvenile court for review for possible charges.
--Officers checked on an intoxicated woman that had allegedly made comments of possible self-harm at 6:03 a.m. Tuesday. Officers spoke with the woman, who agreed to be evaluated and was transported to a medical facility for further evaluation. The peer support group was contacted and responded to the hospital to speak with the woman.
--Officers spoke to a person by phone at 1:56 a.m. Tuesday regarding a possible scam. The caller advised that a person claiming to represent his insurance company had called him Monday evening and that he had supplied them with his bank account information and social security number, and at one point attempted to gain remote access to their cell phone. The caller later realized that money was missing from both his and his mother's bank accounts which are linked. They advised that approximately $700 was taken from their account and $1,400 was taken from his mother's. Officers advised them to contact their bank to close the accounts and open new secure ones, and to contact the Social Security Administration as his social security number had been compromised.
East Liverpool
-A male came into the police station on Oct. 15 to report his wallet and phone missing from his truck and that he noticed them missing while working on a building on West Sixth Street. The male came back to the station on Oct. 18 to report an attempted use of one his cards at the Clearview Credit, but it was declined. The incident has been forwarded to a detective to review the footage.
-A female reporting a threat to an officer on Oct. 15 was advised by the officer that someone telling her to go kill herself is not a crime and saying the bloods might show up is not a direct threat.
-After retrieving a sledgehammer from the road on West Eighth Street on Oct. 15 the officer received a call from a driver with First Class Towing telling him that the sledgehammer fell off one of their trucks. The officer returned it to the driver.
-Officers talking to a juvenile injured from a fall from the roof of a storage container on Oct. 15 were told by the juvenile she climbed the roof to get a cat and ended up falling off. EMS transported the juvenile to the hospital. Officers went to the juvenile's residence to inform the mother what was going on.
-Officers checked the area of McKinnon Avenue on Oct. 16 searching for any cameras that might have caught a vehicle on that road being egged.
-Officers checking on a report of two people inside a condemned house on Ravine Street on Oct. 16 were able to find two people fitting the descriptions provided by the caller and stopped to talk to them. It was found that one of them, identified as Harleigh Crawford, 24, had an outstanding warrant. She was taken into custody and transported to the Columbiana County Jail.
-Homer Williams, 66, was arrested for domestic violence/making threats and transported to the Columbiana County Jail on Oct. 16 after officers arrived at a First Avenue residence for one to be removed but discovered it was a domestic incident.