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Leetonia — An officer responded at 7:09 p.m. Oct. 11 to the 300 block of East High Street for a burning complaint. The small fire was extinguished by Leetonia fire. — The Liberty Township police reached out to Columbiana dispatch at 9:24 p.m. Oct. 11 in an attempt to reach out to a Sydney Fairbanks, as they had found her ID in their jurisdiction. Columbiana — Police responded at 8:07 a.m. Oct. 11 to a neighbor dispute in the 100 block of West Park Avenue, separated the parties and gave them disorderly conduct warnings. — An officer responded at 9:29 p.m. Oct. 10 to ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 6:08 p.m. Sunday to the area of Creek Road, New Waterford for a dirt bike complaint. The area was checked and the deputy did see a dirt bike, but it went into the woods before contact could be made. — A suspicious vehicle was reported by a resident at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at a property on Harvey Avenue, Center Township, but was not located when deputies patrolled the area. — A white truck was reported in the ditch on Butler Grange Road near Mountz Road in Butler Township at 6:18 a.m. Friday, but when deputies checked the area in ...

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Patrol — Joshua Minger, of state Route 45 of Lisbon, was cited at 12:58 p.m. Oct. 4 in Perry Township, after he pulled from a stop sign at Cunningham Road on state Route 344 into the path of Kurt Kampher, of Lisbon Street in Lisbon, and was struck. Kampfer had to right of way. — Dennis Smith, of Bristolville, was cited at 11:06 a.m. Oct. 4 in Middleton Township for failure to yield the right of way, after he turned left onto Pancake Clarkson Road into the path of Maureen Shields of Georgetown, Pa while she was northbound on state Route 170 and was struck. — Ryan Moore, of ...

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Sheriff’s Reports — An alarm was reported at 6:37 p.m. Thursday at Elkton Auto Corral, Elkrun Township. Deputies found all buildings secure. — A man on Waynewood Drive, New Waterford reported at 6:19 p.m. Thursday that there’s an ongoing issue with his neighbor revving his vehicle engine all the time. — Fraud was reported by a caller on Westville Lake Road, Knox Township, with a deputy returning the call at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and advising them how to proceed. — A woman on Harvey Avenue, Center Township reported at 2:13 p.m. Thursday that she’s receiving phone calls ...

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Salem —Officers responded to the 900 block of Prospect Street at 2:22 a.m. Wednesday to check a residence for potential squatters. It was reported by a prior shift that someone had possibly been entering the vacant home and sleeping there through the night on multiple nights. Officers checked the exterior of the residence and found it to be secure. —Officers responded to the 100 block of West Pershing Street at 1:24 a.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised that an unknown person was on their front porch. Officers spoke with the person who advised that ...

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Sheriff Reports —Deputies responded to a noise complaint reported at 12:09 a.m. Tuesday in the 11000 block of state Route 644, Hanover Township. The area was checked and deputies didn’t hear any of the reported noise. — Deputies were dispatched at 11:53 p.m. Monday to an address on state Route 154, Elkrun Township due to some social media posts on a person’s pages. Deputies spoke with the person and their spouse at the home and explained the reason for the visit and reviewed the person’s social media with their permission. It was advised the person has a doctor’s ...