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Sheriff’s Office – A deputy responded to South Grant Street at 7:04 p.m. July 23 in reference to a pig roaming in the roadway abandoned by its previous owner. The deputy had a humane officer respond to take the pig. – A Mississippi resident reported at 6:05 p.m. July 23 a friend had posted on Facebook she was going to commit suicide at the East Carmel Cemetery in Middleton Township. A deputy checked the cemetery with negative contact. The phone of the person in question pinged to a location in Asheville, North Carolina, and the deputy contacted that police department. – A ...

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Salem — Juveniles were reported in Centennial Park after hours at 10:25 p.m. Thursday. Officers advised the juveniles of the park hours and that they needed to leave for the evening. — While on the scene of a separate incident officers heard screaming in the 500 block of Walnut Street at 10:01 p.m. Thursday. Officers located an intoxicated man arguing with their significant other and they were advised to keep the noise down and issued a warning for disorderly conduct. — A hit and skip where a vehicle struck a cyclist was reported at 9:47 p.m. Thursday. Officers checked the ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Bayview Drive, Knox Township, reported at 6:17 p.m. Wednesday that her neighbor on Lake Point Drive, Knox Township, has been playing loud music all day. A deputy checked the area, but had no contact with anyone. — Deputies responded at 5:35 a.m. Wednesday to a domestic disturbance on Riffle Road, Elkrun Township where both parties were yelling back and forth. The woman said she wanted the man to leave the residence but not in her car. After the situation de-escalated, both parties signed a refusal to prosecute and she transported him to work. The ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 8:33 p.m. July 15 to a Rochester Road, West Township property for a theft report, issuing a warrant for theft on a Youngstown woman in Columbiana County Municipal Court. Salem — Officers spoke with a person at the police department at 9:09 p.m. Monday regarding an assault that occurred at a business on Friday. They advised that they had been playing a game and one of the other players had gotten frustrated with him and grabbed him by the throat and threw them to the ground. The person did not want to pursue charges but requested ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A welfare check was requested at 3:53 a.m. Saturday at a residence on Glenn Road, Madison Township. Deputies were unable to make contact at the residence, but the person later called and said the caller was an ex-boyfriend and only wanted to know where she was. A deputy tried to call him back, but he did not answer and his voicemail was full. — A deputy on patrol at 2:14 a.m. Saturday located a vehicle in the Pit Stop parking lot, state Route 164, Wayne Township. The vehicle was unoccupied with no persons around. The building was checked and appeared ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Old Irondale Road, Yellow Creek Township, reported at 10:20 p.m. Saturday that her neighbor is targeting her by revving his engines on his property, with this an ongoing issue. — A man on Georgetown Road, Knox Township, reported at 5:56 p.m. Saturday that his neighbor set off a cannon which shook his residence, with the incident an ongoing issue. A deputy attempted to make contact with the neighbor unsuccessfully. — A woman from state Route 172, Hanover Township reported at 5:25 p.m. Friday that she was in the drive-thru at Dunkin’ Donuts, ...