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Highway Patrol — Melissa Miles, of Johnson Road in Lisbon, was cited at 12:29 p.m. Nov. 15 in Madison Township for failure to control, after her vehicle went off the left side of Glasgow Road and struck a pole. — Michelle Marcan, of Foraker Street in Rogers, struck a fallen tree in the middle of state Route 7 at 2:33 a.m. Nov. 10 in Fairfield Township. — Thomas Skipper, of Wilmington, N.C., was cited at 10:33 pm. Nov. 10 in Madison Township for failure to control, after his westbound vehicle traveled off the left side of state Route 518, struck an embankment and overturned. ...

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Salem —Officers responded to the 400 block of West Sixth Street at 7:26 p.m. Monday for a wellness check. The caller advised they had not heard from their ex-husband for several days. Officers spoke with the man in question, who advised he was fine. —Officers responded to the 1400 block of Stone Castle Trail at 6:47 p.m. Monday for a warrant check. Officers spoke with the person in question, Thomas Sniezek, 72, and advised them they had an active warrant out of Columbiana County. Officers placed Sniezek into custody and transported them to the Columbiana County Jail. ...

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Sheriff Reports — Deputies and Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers responded at 5:43 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a possible domestic violence situation with people reportedly barricaded on U.S. Route 30, Hanover Township. It was found that the reported victim was not injured or threatened and denied any further incident. The reported victim was interviewed on the scene and signed a refusal to cooperate. The residence was checked for any other persons and no one was located. — A noise disturbance was reported at 3:55 p.m. Monday at a Steubenville Pike Road, Center Township ...

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Sheriff Reports — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office called at 3:28 p.m. Wednesday to request a Columbiana County sheriff’s deputy make contact with a person on Lowmiller Road, West Township, due to the person being involved in a traffic accident in Carroll County and leaving the scene. A deputy had no contact with the person or the vehicle on the property, but spoke with his girlfriend who advised she will contact him and have him call the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. — A woman on Parkview Drive, Center Township reported at 8:34 p.m. Tuesday that she could hear ...

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St. Clair Township —A verbal warning was issued to a driver for speed following an Oct. 29 traffic stop on Y&O Road. —Sarah Larson was issued a citation for speed of 58 mph in 45-mph zone following an Oct. 29 traffic stop on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road. —A verbal warning was issued to a driver following an Oct. 29 traffic stop on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road. —Officers spoke with a male reported for causing a disturbance on Oct. 29 at Walmart. The officers found the male next to his truck yelling and causing a scene. The male told officers he was upset because he lost ...

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Sheriff Reports —A deputy at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday investigated a report of a suspicious man in the woods near the federal prison, FCI Elkton, waving down cars as they passed by. Contact was made with the man on the rear porch area of a residence on Scroggs Road, Lisbon and he was identified as Terry Lee Banks of Minnesota. Banks, 49, was taken into custody on a charge of criminal trespass and booked into the Columbiana County jail, with other potential charges pending. Banks is scheduled to appear in Columbiana County Municipal Court today and was released from jail after bond was ...