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Salem — The school resource officer was advised of a fight after school in the area of East Sixth Street and Hawley Avenue at 2:52 p.m. Tuesday. Officers located the juveniles involved and witnesses of the fight and were advised that one juvenile had brandished a knife at one of the others after the fight was over. While conducting the investigation and speaking with witnesses the knife was located and the juvenile, whose name was not listed, was taken into custody charged with assault and aggravated menacing and transported to the Louis Tobin Attention Center. — Officers spoke ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A man on Cream Ridge Road, Elkrun Township, reported at 8:08 p.m. Tuesday that unknown people are continuously pounding on his doors and windows at his residence. — A man on Foundry Hill Road, Franklin Township, reported at 5:44 p.m. Tuesday that he has emergency custody of his child and the mother was sending him harassing and threatening text messages. — Deputies were dispatched at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday to Center Avenue, Center Township, for a person making suicidal threats. EMT Ambulance transported the person to a hospital in Mahoning County. — ...

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East Palestine — Police responded at 5:29 p.m. Feb. 27 to the 600 block of Jackson Street to investigate parking issues and noted the condition of a nearby vacant structure in violation of several zoning law. A complaint was forwarded to the city’s zoning officer for further investigation. — A unsupervised child was noted inside a vehicle parked in the front of Dollar General at 9:12 p.m. Feb. 27. The child’s guardian exited the business and was informed of the dangers associated with leaving the child alone event for a short amount of time. — A female complainant ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Camp Boulevard, Hanover Township reported at 9:13 p.m. Saturday a neighbor’s vehicle was on her property and she was concerned the vehicle would roll down the hillside and into her residence. Upon arrival with Baker’s Towing, deputies learned the vehicle was parked in the driveway in park and rolled backwards down the driveway onto the woman’s property. Deputies stood by until Baker’s Towing removed the vehicle that was stuck on a hillside. — A man on Sell Road, Center Township reported at 9:09 p.m. Saturday that his girlfriend’s son came ...

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St. Clair Township – An officer leaving a traffic stop on Feb. 12 observed an SUV with its hood up in the middle of the intersection at state Route 170 and Columbia Drive. The officer turned on his emergency lights and spoke with the driver who said the battery had died. The officer requested Calcutta Towing and blocked the traffic until a tow truck removed the vehicle. – An officer investigated a private property crash at the PNC Bank where one driver had backed into another driver in the ATM line on Feb. 12. – A driver was given a warning for speed during a Feb. 13 traffic ...

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East Liverpool — Cody Wilt was issued a verbal warning for an obstructed license plate and a citation with a court date for driving under FRA suspension during a Feb.13 traffic stop on West Ninth Street. — A driver was given a verbal warning for a defective exhaust during a Feb. 13 traffic stop on West Eighth Street. — A male who came to the police station on Feb. 13 to file a breaking and entering complaint told officers he rents a room from his brother and he has to lock his bedroom door and that was breaking and entering. Officers told him it wasn’t because his brother ...