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— A man on Spillway Road, Hanover Township, reported at 4:39 p.m. Tuesday that his ex-wife, who lives on Plymouth Street, Hanoverton, was driving a vehicle he lost in the divorce, with his license plates still on it. — An open 911 line was reported at Damascus Friends Church, Walnut Street, Butler Township, at 11:41 a.m. Sunday, but a deputy had no contact with anyone. — A resident on Lake Front Drive, Knox Township, reported at 10:28 p.m. Saturday that his neighbors were setting off fireworks that were going over the top of his residence. A deputy checked the area, with no ...

St. Clair Township

— Officers spoke to an employee from Italo’s who said sometime during the day of June 27 someone paid for their purchase with a fake $20 bill. — Officers discovered a male driver was having a medical emergency after receiving a report of a reckless driver on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road on June 28. — Calcutta Towing towed a vehicle registered to James Keys, age and address not provided, after he was stopped on state Route 11 on June 28 at 8:41 p.m. for an expired registration. Additional officers arrived on the scene and the officers asked them to get the driver and two ...

Liverpool Township

— Aaron Cuningham, age and address not provided, was arrested and charged with DUI, DUI above .08 and marked lanes following a June 27 traffic stop on Anderson Boulevard after an officer observed him having trouble maintaining his lane. The officer observed Cunningham to be intoxicated and conducted a field sobriety test and then taken to ELCH where he was administered and failed a breath test. His vehicle was towed by First Class Towing. — An unnamed female was issued a citation for marked lanes and released with a court date following a June 28 traffic stop on Annesley Road. The ...

Highway Patrol

— Hunter Willis, 21, of McCann Road in Salem was cited at 3:15 p.m. July 1 in Butler Township, after his vehicle traveled left of center while traveling westbound on state Route 9 and struck an eastbound vehicle driven by Greg Johnson, of Bane Road in Kensington. — Haley Michaels, 24, of Lincoln Street in Salineville was cited at 8:50 p.m. July 2 for reasonable control, after her southbound vehicle failed to negotiate a curve on state Route 164 and drove off the right side of the road before hitting a ditch, fence, traffic sign and utility pole. — Donald Lee Gudat, 81, of ...

New Waterford

— Officers responded at 7:49 a.m. June 28 to a burglary complaint in the 3300 block of Pinewood Drive. — Police at 1:41 p.m. June 28 informed a male resident of Taylor Avenue that his property issue was a civil matter. They were back a couple days later to reiterate the same thing in response to another call to the residence. — Officers responded at 11:07 a.m. July 1 to an area of Creek Road after receiving complaints regarding a juvenile riding dirt bikes in the area of Allendale Avenue and behind the woods in the trailer park. The juvenile was advised dirt bikes not only ...

Leetonia

— Ryan Keith Dickey, no additional information provided, was arrested shortly after midnight July 5 in the area of Columbia Street and Lisbon Road on charges of OVI and failure to control, after receiving reports of a motor vehicle rollover. Upon contact with him, he emitted an odor of alcoholic beverage, while slurring his words, when questioned. While removing him from the vehicle, Dickey began projectile vomiting and more than once admitted to consuming alcohol prior to operating a motor vehicle, according to the report narrative. Upon further investigation of the crash scene, it is ...