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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 ...

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Sheriff’s Office — Dispatch received a call at 12:45 a.m. Friday from a resident in the village of Minerva regarding a large explosion they heard south of their residence on East Lincoln Way. The caller said Minerva Police advised the sound was likely from a fracking well pad in Columbiana County, however off of Major Road NE in Carroll County. A deputy checked the area without hearing any further explosions. Contact was made at the Norris Well Pad and the foreman advised they did not have or hear any explosions from their pad. The foreman explained that if it was from the pad, ...

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Sheriff’s Office — An Alliance man reported at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday that four cemetery brass vases were missing from his father, brother, aunt and grandmother’s graves at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, South 12th Street, Knox Township. The sheriff’s office has received at least two or more other calls related to thefts from graves at the cemetery this month. — A man on Bell Road, Elkrun Township asked for a report to be on file at 6:26 p.m. Tuesday that a person from Center Township was not to be on his property per a court order from Juvenile Court. He was advised to ...

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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 ...