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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 ...

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Sheriff’s Office —A Center Road, Knox Township resident reported at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday that his neighbor was shooting his firearm at all hours of the night. He requested a report on file per his attorney. — A welfare check was requested at 9:21 p.m. Wednesday on Campbell Road, Hanover Township on two juveniles who were being yelled at by their grandfather, who was allegedly intoxicated. A deputy observed the juveniles, who were fine. Their mother and grandparents were also present. The report said the grandfather was yelling at one of the juveniles due to getting in trouble ...

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Salem — Officers responded to the area of Short Avenue at 10:51 a.m. Wednesday for a reported parking complaint. Officers found that the vehicle in question was tagged in January and had not moved since. Sinsley’s Towing responded, and the vehicle was removed from the roadway. — Officers responded to the 1100 block of Short Avenue at 9:27 a.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised that when they were leaving for work, they noticed an unknown man in their yard. He said that he then got a call from a family member advising someone was attempting to open ...