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Lisbon — Officers responded to Sherman Street at 3:32 a.m. on Monday to an active residential burglary alarm. Officers arrived on scene and checked the exterior of the residence finding no sign of forced entry or tampering on any exterior doors or windows. — Officers at 12:06 a.m. on Sunday to Smith Oil for a truck that had rolled into a tree. The truck rolled across the parking lot, crossed Vine Street, and struck a tree in the front lawn of the Lepper Library. — Officers responded at 9:51 p.m. Saturday to the area of South Green and West Lincoln Way for a report of a ...

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Wellsville — Officers responded on the morning of July 7 to the Family Dollar parking lot for a report of a person doing doughnuts in a jeep and hitting a light pole. While searching for the vehicle, officers were notified that a jeep matching the same description was driving north on Broadway Avenue in the southbound lane at a high rate of speed and driving in and out of residents’ yards. Officers found the jeep and Lori Ridgby, age and address not provided, in the Rite Aid parking and Ridgby was arrested, issued multiple traffic violations, charged with resisting arrest and panic ...

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East Palestine — Officers took a report at 6:12 p.m. of a patient assaulting another patient at the Covington Health Care Center in Covington Drive on Sunday. — Officers respond to a report of a disturbance at 4:32 p.m. on East Martin Street on Sunday. — Officers received reports of juveniles playing on the railroad tracks underneath the West Street Bridge at 3:17 p.m. on Sunday. Officers advised the juveniles to go elsewhere. — Officers responded at 11:51 p.m. to East Martin Street to a report of threats being made with a firearm on Saturday. Chad Murray, no age or ...

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County Sheriff — Columbiana County mental health officials called at 12:58 p.m. Wednesday to request a welfare check on a female at a Y & O Road property, Madison Township, due to her alleged mental state. A deputy spoke to the property owner in the driveway who said the female was evicted a month ago and there were new tenants living there. He did not know where she was located now. Dispatch was asked to notify the mental health case worker of the situation. — A woman from East Liverpool Road, Madison Township, talked with a deputy at 7:06 p.m. Wednesday about what she described ...

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County Sheriff — A Canfield man reported at 7:48 p.m. Tuesday that he owns a property on Darlington Road, Middleton Township, and someone has been trespassing inside one of the buildings due to prescription bottles, birth certificate, child support papers and domestic violence papers being found on the property. No forced entry was made. The building has no doors on it. — Leetonia police requested assistance at 5:16 p.m. Tuesday at a residence on Fork Road, Fairfield Township, to speak with a person involved in a breaking and entering report in Leetonia. While en route, dispatch ...

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County Sheriff — A man and woman from Gavers Road, Hanover Township, were taken into custody at the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office at 4:40 p.m. Saturday on active warrants out of Minerva Police Department, Stark County. They had come to the sheriff’s office to file a theft report. They were turned over to Minerva police. — A deputy was dispatched at 6:26 p.m. Saturday to West Main Street, Washingtonville, for a call about a dog tied up for multiple hours and without water. A deputy spoke to the homeowner and advised them of the complaint. The deputy observed the dog under ...