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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 ...

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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 ...