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Perry Township — Officers responded to the 1200 block of Stewart Road at 4:37 a.m. Sunday for a reported medical call. The caller stated that all their doors and windows were locked, and he was unable to get out of bed. Entry was made through the garage, and the man was transported by EMT. — Officers responded to the 1000 block of Colonial Drive at 8:12 a.m. Saturday to speak with someone potentially involved in a hit and skip on behalf of the Austintown Police Department. Contact was made, and the person was advised to contact the Austintown Department. — Officers ...

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Highway Patrol — Thomas Discipio, of Canton, was cited at 1:27 p.m. Oct. 17 in West Township for failure to control, after he went off the right side of Rochester Road while southwest bound and struck a ditch and overturned his vehicle. — Shawn Peters, of Beaver Falls, Pa., was cited at 10:06 a.m. Oct. 18 in Fairfield Township for failure to yield the right of way when turning left. Crystal Thompson, of Riffle Road in Rogers was southbound on state Route 7, when a northbound Peters turned left in front of her at the intersection of state Routes 7 and 558, striking her. — ...

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Sheriff’s Office —A missing person report was filed at 8:45 p.m. Oct. 12 when a person called and said the missing person was helping someone at an unknown McDonald’s location on Oct. 9 and the caller had not heard anything since then from him. Later on Oct. 13, the caller reported contact was made with the missing person and he was okay. — A deputy at 4:20 p.m. Oct. 12 took a shooting complaint on Middleton Road, Fairfield Township and while there talking with the caller saw the neighbor shooting 50 yards south of the deputy’s position. The deputy observed a richocheted ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Union Street, Washingtonville reported at 10:46 p.m. Saturday that she was in the kitchen when the back door began to open and a man began to walk in. She slammed the door shut while pushing him out and locked the door. He stayed in his car, a black Toyota sedan, until 10 minutes prior to a deputy arriving. No forced entry was made. Upon arrival, the deputy checked the area but had no contact with anything or anyone. The woman was unable to provide any other information on the person except that he was driving a black Toyota subcompact sedan. — A ...

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Leetonia — An officer assisted EMS with a lift assist at 12:37 p.m. Oct. 19 in the 300 block of Angelmyer Street. — An officer responded at 9:10 p.m. Oct 18 in the 100 block of Lisbon Street to an ATV rollover crash. Upon arrival, no citations were issued as the driver had been operating the ATV in the front yard and rolled during a sharp turn. Both the driver and passenger were transported to St. Elizabeth’s via EMS. —Police were dispatched at 7:12 p.m. Oct. 16 to the first block of Pine Street to speak with a female about her ex-boyfriend possibly having her firearm.

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Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 9:55 p.m. Oct. 9 to the 9800 block of Stroup Road for a vehicle sitting in the road with its headlights on. Contact was made with the driver, Mitchel O. Lacey, 53, Bethesda Road, Franklin Township, who was cited for no license and parking in roadway. His vehicle was towed by Baker’s Towing. — A deputy traveling southbound on state Route 7 near Birch Road at 8:06 p.m. Thursday came upon approximately 15 vehicles moving at a low rate of speed, 20 mph in a 55 mph zone, then observed the lead vehicle swerving from left to right ...