Police

January 24, 2025

Leetonia — A resident of the 200 block of Ridge Street reported at 3:06 p.m. Jan. 21 hearing gunshots near his residence. Police arrived and backtracked the shots as waterfowl hunters in the marshlands to the south of the residence. — A barking dog complaint was received a 8:54 p.m. Jan. 21 in the 300 block of Columbia Street. Upon arrival in the area, the officer heard nothing. — Information regarding rental law was given to a landlord and resident at 7:02 p.m. Jan. 22 of a residence in the 300 block of Washington Street. — Officers responded at 6:52 a.m. Jan. 22 at ...

Police

January 23, 2025

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy responded to an alarm call at 5:36 a.m. Thursday at the American Legion on Y & O Road, East Liverpool. The building was checked from outside and appeared secure from ground level. — An alarm call was reported at 2:57 a.m. Thursday at an address on state Route 170, Middleton Township, where a deputy checked the property and found it secure. Contact was made with the resident who advised everything was fine. St. Clair Township — Officers assisted NorthStar EMS with a weak elderly male at a Purinton Avenue address on Jan. 15. — Officers checked ...

Police

January 22, 2025

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 5:38 a.m. Saturday to the area of U.S. Route 30 west of County Home Road for debris in the roadway. Nothing was located when the deputy checked the area. The complainant advised they struck something large on the road and got a flat tire. The person’s spouse and an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper changed the flat while the deputy assisted with traffic control due to the area where the vehicle was stopped. — A man on Hazel Run Road, Washington Township, reported at 4:25 p.m. Friday that people were trespassing on his property, ...

POLICE

January 20, 2025

Salem — Officers responded to the 100 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious person. Officers were advised that a person was possibly sleeping inside the storage shed. Officers located the person who advised he was just trying to get out of the cold and officers advised him that he could not stay there, and that the property owner had trespassed him. He advised that he would be able to make arrangements to get a place to stay and officers advised him that if he was not able to and needed any help to contact them. — Officers spoke to a person ...

Police

January 18, 2025

Sheriff’s Office — A man on Depot Road, Center Township, reported at 7:26 p.m. Thursday that a woman from Salem was slandering him on social media. He was advised to contact Facebook and an attorney. — Deputies were dispatched at 4:40 p.m. Thursday to Fork Road, Fairfield Township, for a welfare check on a woman, who told deputies she was fine. — Deputies were dispatched at 6:56 p.m. Wednesday to Dunn Road, Madison Township, for two people walking around with flashlights. While en route, dispatch said to disregard the call, explaining that St. Clair Township police officers ...

Police

January 17, 2025

Columbiana — An officer responded at 9:04 p.m. Jan. 11 to the 100 block of South Middle Street to take a criminal trespass report. — A mailbox was damaged by a snow plow sometime before 9:32 a.m. Jan. 11 in the first block of Bittersweet Drive. — Eric Francis, of Columbiana, was arrested at 10:45 p.m. Jan. 9 on charges of OVI, OVI refusal and a marked lane violation following a traffic stop on state Route 164 near Lower Elkton Road. — A two-vehicle private property crash was reported at 4:35 p.m. Jan. 9 in a parking lot within the 200 block of state Route 14. — ...