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County Sheriff

— A deputy was dispatched at 7:07 p.m. Saturday to Hammond School Road, Madison Township, for a welfare check on a baby. The homeowner said no baby was living there and that no baby was on the property. — A Hillcrest Road, Yellow Creek Township, woman reported at 6:53 p.m. Saturday that her neighbor was setting off fireworks and the debris was going in her yard and on the roof. — Deputies were advised at 5:45 p.m. Saturday about a damaged mailbox with beer cans lying by it on Bowman Road, Knox Township. A woman advised they saw the mailbox at 6:15 a.m. Saturday. She said she ...

Salem

— Officers responded to the 2700 block of East State Street at 3 a.m. Monday for a report of possible drug paraphernalia found in the bathroom of the business. Officers discovered the suspected contraband to be tobacco products, and the contents were disposed of. — Officers responded to the 800 block of East Fourth Street at 1:07 a.m. Monday for a report of two people in the roadway yelling. Officers spoke with them and were advised that they had a verbal disagreement, and both parties were advised to stop yelling and sent on their way. — Officers on patrol in the 500 block of ...

Police Reports

Salem – A Hanoverton resident reported at 4:41 p.m. Saturday that while at work in the 200 block of Continental Drive Friday, someone stole $900 from out of her purse. The matter is under investigation. – Officers responded to the 2100 block of Southeast Boulevard at 4:03 p.m. Saturday where a resident reported the mother of his children had entered his house and started to get physical with him. The matter was forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review. – Police responded to the area of South Ellsworth Avenue and West Pershing Street at 2:21 p.m. Saturday in reference ...

County Sheriff

— A woman on Ridge Road, West Township, reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that her neighbor’s chickens were on her property and she believed the neighbors moved out and left the chickens. She was going to contact someone to come and get them. — Deputies were dispatched at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday to Rochester Road, West Township, for a domestic violence report, with a refusal to prosecute signed. — Deputies were dispatched at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Saltwell Road and St. Jacobs Logtown Road, Lisbon, regarding horses in the roadway, but none were found. — An alarm was ...

Patrol

— Manual Ybarra, 62, of Youngstown was cited for failure to yield the right of way when turning left after his vehicle struck one driven by Nathan Roush, 21, of Claybrook Drive in East Palestine near state Routes 14 and 165 at 3:21 p.m. June 28 in Unity Township. — Braedon Cooper, 18, of Ohio Avenue in Salem was cited for failure to control shortly after 7:03 p.m. June 26 in Knox Township, after he lost control of his vehicle on Bandy Road, traveling off the left side of the road and striking a ditch, embankment and culvert.

Leetonia

— An officer responded to an alarm drop at 1:38 p.m. June 30 at Leetonia K-12 campus, 450 Walnut St., where he found music coming from within the football locker room. A football coach advised that he had to retrieve some items from the school cafeteria and had used door 15 before securing it. — A female resident of the 300 block of State Street had advised that her vehicle, an orange Dodge truck, had been taken shortly before 5 a.m. June 26 by an unlicensed and uninsured driver. Police had noted that the victim had allowed the male subject, whom she shares a child with, to drive ...