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East Palestine — Officers on patrol located a pile of straw and tree limbs burning in the park at 1:42 a.m. on Tuesday. The area was checked but no one was located. — Officers responded to an injured deer that had been struck by a vehicle on Brookdale Avenue at 6:34 p.m. on Sunday. Officers dispatched the deer humanely. — Officers responded at 10:08 p.m. on Saturday to North Market Street for a domestic violence report and arrested Taylor S. Snyder, no age or address provided, for unlawful restraint. Sunder was transported to the county jail. — Officers discovered a ...

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Columbiana — Todd Sabean, of Akron, was arrested at 7:14 p.m. Dec. 1 in the 1300 block of Heck Road, after a police pursuit. Police had initiated a traffic stop of a white work van due to a report of it following a tractor trailer for an extended period of time. After the operator (Sabean) stopped and talked briefly to officers, he fled down state routes 14 and 7 within the city before being terminated north of the jurisdiction. Police have requested a warrant for his arrival for failure to comply. — Dylan Baker, of Negley, was cited at 7:44 p.m. Nov. 30 in the 44000 block of ...

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Leetonia — A suspicious vehicle was reported driving very slow at 2:34 a.m. Dec. 5 in the area of state Route 344 and West Main Street. After initiating a traffic stop on the vehicle, an officer saw the windows were frosted over due to the lack of functioning heat and asked that his vehicle be towed to his parents’ home. — Officers performed a welfare check shortly after midnight Dec. 8 on a residence in the first block of Walnut Street as a result of a noise complaint. Upon arrival and contact, he heard nothing and cleared. — Police performed another welfare check ...

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St. Clair Township — Matthew Bigelow, age and address not provided, was cited following a Nov. 28 traffic stop on Dresden Avenue. Bigelow was observed by the officer making a left turn into the north exit at Walmart where the location is marked with a no left turn sign. — Parties involved in an Nov. 28 accident were both advised to make a report and contact their insurance companies after each reported being hit by the other and officers unable to determine who hit whom due to both vehicles having left the scene of the accident and there being no debris field. Both drivers say ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 9:53 p.m. Saturday to a residence on Sell Road, Center Township for an unwanted woman from Wellsville. Upon arrival, she left the property in a vehicle. — A Hanover Township woman at 8:52 p.m. Saturday requested a welfare check on her 4-year-old child at the father’s residence in Hanoverton. A deputy observed the child, who was fine, and spoke with the father and other family members at the residence who said the child was fine and there were no issues. — A Shelton Road, Butler Township woman reported at 5:09 p.m. Saturday ...

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Salem — The school resource officer was advised of an issue with a student by school administrators at 2:40 p.m. Friday. Officers and administrators spoke with the student about their concerns and Child Protective Services were contacted about the issues again. — Officers responded to the 1000 block of Buckeye Avenue at 1:22 p.m. Friday for a report of a disturbed man. The man was yelling and acting frantic about people in his residence and wanted them to leave. Officers checked the house and did not locate anyone in the residence. The man was paranoid and insisted that there was ...