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Perry Township

— Officers responded to the 1000 block of Liberty Street at 4:43 a.m. Sunday for a report of someone banging on a residence. Officers checked around the home but were unable to locate anyone or anything in the area. — Officers responded to the 1100 block of Prospect Street at 12:42 p.m. Saturday for a wellness check. Officers found the child to be in good care. — Officers responded to the 1800 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 3:17 a.m. Saturday for a report of a suspicious man with no shirt asking people for rides. Officers spoke with the man who advised his phone was dead and ...

Salem

— Officers responded to the 400 block of East Fourth Street at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a person being held against their will. Officers spoke with a relative of the person in question and they advised them of their current address. Officers then responded to the 2300 block of Southeast Boulevard to speak with the person who invited officers into the residence to check. Nothing was found as it is believed the matter sounds like a disgruntled half of a relationship. — Officers responded to the area of Hawley Avenue and East Fourth Street at 9:30 p.m. Monday for a report of ...

Highway Patrol

— Mark Shantz, 27, East Palestine, was cited for assured clear distance ahead after his eastbound vehicle on state Route 14 struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Melinda Dean, 57, East Palestine at 4:42 p.m. June 12 in Unity Township. Dean was transported to Heritage Valley Hospital by East Palestine EMS for suspected minor injuries — Casandra Graham, 49, Lisbon, was cited for failure to yield after his southbound vehicle on Woodsdale Road failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by a vehicle driven west on Winona Road by Mark Walker, 71, North Pole, Alaska, at 1:42 p.m. ...

Salem

— Officers responded to the 1100 block of West Perry Street at 5:51 p.m. Sunday to assist Perry Township officers with a dispute. Officers were unable to make contact when they arrived, and everything checked okay. — Officers responded to the 800 block of West Pershing Street at 2:17 p.m. Sunday for a reported assault. Officers spoke with the caller and her juvenile brother who advised that he had been assaulted by a female that he knew in the 800 block of West Pershing Street and that he’d been pushed into a wall. Officers spoke with the female who advised the juvenile had been ...

County Sheriff

— Deputies were dispatched at 11:45 p.m. Saturday to Jimtown Road, Unity Township, for one to be removed. The female caller said the person in question stole her car and wrecked it in East Palestine. East Palestine police advised the male was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the vehicle in question was impounded. He left prior to deputies arriving. Due to her intoxicated state, the female was advised to return to the sheriff’s office when she’s sober. — A woman on South Street, Knox Township, reported at 6:36 p.m. Saturday that her ...

Police Reports

St. Clair Township — Officers spoke to a female at an Echo Dell Drive residence on June 4 at 12:17 a.m. who told them they she was arguing with her boyfriend, and he said if she called the cops, he would get her. The boyfriend had left before the officers arrived and was not located. Officers gave the female resources to call and get herself a place to stay. — Officers responded to an address on Rankin Street on June 5 at 9:43 p.m. for a male that other officers had dealt with earlier in the day. The male was in an altercation with a Liverpool Township officer and was ...