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Salem

— Officers responded to the 300 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 2:18 p.m. Thursday for a dumping complaint. The caller advised that he found debris on his property and when he checked his security cameras, he observed a man bringing a wheelbarrow of dirt and other debris onto the property and dumping it. Officers advised the caller they would check the surrounding houses for the person. — Officers responded to a business in the 2800 block of East State Street at 2:18p.m. Thursday for a reported shoplifter. The caller advised that a woman took multiple items and left without ...

County Sheriff

— A caller at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday reported what sounded like heavy breathing followed by a knock at the back of her residence on Pine Hollow Road, Elkrun Township. A deputy checked the property and could not locate anyone. — Deputies at 10:23 p.m. Tuesday assisted a local EMS agency with a medical call on Oak Grove Road, Washington Township. — A deputy was dispatched at 3:38 p.m. Tuesday to assist the Ohio State Highway Patrol in checking an alarm going off at the Kent State University Salem campus bookstore on state Route 45. All doors to the facility were secure.

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 ...