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St. Clair Township

— Officers recovered approximately 20.75 grams of suspected drugs which were sent to BCI following a traffic stop on state Route 11 on June 12 at 12:14 a.m. K9 Rebel conducted an open-air sniff and alerted on the vehicle originally stopped for no license plate light. A passenger in the vehicle was placed in the backseat of the cruiser during the search. Following the search the occupants of the vehicle were released with the driver, name, age and address not provided, receiving a citation. After clearing the stop a bag with white powder was found in the cruiser. Officers checked the ...

Salem

— Officers on patrol in the 1200 block of East Pershing Street at 7:41p.m. Tuesday observed smoke coming from a front porch with nobody in the area. Officers spoke with the homeowner, and everything checked okay. — Officers responded to the 200 block of West 12th Street at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday for a report of property damage caused by road construction Officers observed the damaged fence and advised the homeowner to contact the city hall in the morning for further information on the construction company. — Officers responded to the 900 block of West Perry Street at 2:09 p.m. ...

Lisbon

— An officer responded to the 100 block of Sherman Street at 12:22 p.m. June 23 where a resident reported a woman she knows threatened her with physical harm and wanted to file a protection order. She was advised how to do so. — An officer responded to a semi trailer fire on state Route 154 at 12:37 p.m. June 20 and found that driver had disconnected the trailer, which had a smoking tire caused by the brakes locking up. The fire department arrived and the driver was waiting on a mechanic. — An officer responded to the Sadie VanFossen Pool at 2:18 p.m. June 18 in reference to ...

Perry Township

— Officers responded to the 400 block of Plymouth Place at 11:06 p.m. Sunday for a report of a suspicious man banging on the door. Officers arrived and spoke with all parties involved and were advised it was the caller’s son and everything was okay. — Luanne Felgar, 64, Beloit, was cited for failure to yield after her vehicle failed to yield from a private drive and struck a vehicle driven by David Hardesty, 60, Salem on East Pidgeon Road at 3:50 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported. — Officers responded to the area of U.S. Route 62 and state Route 45 for a report of a ...

Leetonia

— Officers responded at 6:26 p.m. on Monday to East High Street after receiving a call from a male subject who advised he felt as if “his tongue coming apart.” Officers stayed on the scene until EMS arrived. — Officers took a call at 1:10 p.m. on Monday from a man who said his son, age 3, had fallen at the village’s splash pad and caused him to have a seizure. He advised he did not EMS because he was already en route to Salem Regional Medical Center. The man later reported that his son had slipped, fell and hit his head. The child reportedly passed out and began seizing. ...

Liverpool Township

— Miguel Saumeil, age and address not provided, was issued a citation and court date following a June 19 traffic stop on Parkway Avenue at 12:45 a.m. for an unsafe vehicle.