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Highway Patrol

— Mark Shantz, 27, East Palestine, was cited for assured clear distance ahead after his eastbound vehicle on state Route 14 struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Melinda Dean, 57, East Palestine at 4:42 p.m. June 12 in Unity Township. Dean was transported to Heritage Valley Hospital by East Palestine EMS for suspected minor injuries — Casandra Graham, 49, Lisbon, was cited for failure to yield after his southbound vehicle on Woodsdale Road failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by a vehicle driven west on Winona Road by Mark Walker, 71, North Pole, Alaska, at 1:42 p.m. ...

Salem

— Officers responded to the 1100 block of West Perry Street at 5:51 p.m. Sunday to assist Perry Township officers with a dispute. Officers were unable to make contact when they arrived, and everything checked okay. — Officers responded to the 800 block of West Pershing Street at 2:17 p.m. Sunday for a reported assault. Officers spoke with the caller and her juvenile brother who advised that he had been assaulted by a female that he knew in the 800 block of West Pershing Street and that he’d been pushed into a wall. Officers spoke with the female who advised the juvenile had been ...

County Sheriff

— Deputies were dispatched at 11:45 p.m. Saturday to Jimtown Road, Unity Township, for one to be removed. The female caller said the person in question stole her car and wrecked it in East Palestine. East Palestine police advised the male was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the vehicle in question was impounded. He left prior to deputies arriving. Due to her intoxicated state, the female was advised to return to the sheriff’s office when she’s sober. — A woman on South Street, Knox Township, reported at 6:36 p.m. Saturday that her ...

Police Reports

St. Clair Township — Officers spoke to a female at an Echo Dell Drive residence on June 4 at 12:17 a.m. who told them they she was arguing with her boyfriend, and he said if she called the cops, he would get her. The boyfriend had left before the officers arrived and was not located. Officers gave the female resources to call and get herself a place to stay. — Officers responded to an address on Rankin Street on June 5 at 9:43 p.m. for a male that other officers had dealt with earlier in the day. The male was in an altercation with a Liverpool Township officer and was ...

County Sheriff

— A woman on Grant Street, Center Township, reported at 4:26 p.m. Thursday that her neighbor continues to yell and scream at her and harass her every time she is outside her residence. — A Signal Road, Fairfield Township, resident reported at 5:28 p.m. Thursday that UPS delivered a package to his residence and placed it on his front porch, but now the package is missing. Inside the package was a John Deere lawn tractor seat. — A suspicious person was reported sitting alongside the roadway in the 44000 block of Y & O Road, Madison Township, at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, but a deputy ...

Highway Patrol

— Michael Clunen, 30, Salem, was cited for assured clear distance ahead after his eastbound vehicle on U.S. Route 62 failed to stop and struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Isabella Laut, 21, Salem, at 5:44 p.m. Monday in Butler Township. No injuries were reported. — Paul Long Jr., 72, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, was cited for left of center and a seatbelt violation after his northbound vehicle on state Route 170 went left of center while turning right onto state Route 14 and struck a vehicle driven west on state Route 14 by Jeffrey Orr, 70, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before ...