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Salem — Officers responded to the 900 block of West Wilson Street at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday for a reported civil dispute. The caller claimed an ex-boyfriend had moved out and had the utilities to the residence shut off. When officers spoke with the ex, he advised he did not have the utilities shut off but had his name taken off the bill. The caller was advised to contact the utility companies to have the bill put in her name. — Officers responded to the 1900 block of East State Street at 6:46 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a patient acting aggressive towards staff. When officers ...

County Sheriff

— A deputy was dispatched at 8:39 p.m. Thursday to Majestic Rides, state Route 7, Fairfield Township for an alarm, but found all doors and windows secure from ground level. — Lisbon police at 5:31 p.m. Thursday requested a deputy do a welfare check on a person that caused a disturbance at Dollar General, Rose Drive, Lisbon, and was walking northbound on state Route 45, Center Township. A deputy checked the area, but had no contact with anyone. — A deputy was requested at 3:50 p.m. Thursday to assist the Columbiana County Dog Warden at a residence on state Route 644, Hanover ...

Leetonia

— Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person sitting in a car at the Washington Street railroad crossing at 11:17 a.m. on Thursday. The driver said he had just finished business at Pennex and was completing some paperwork. Officers asked the driver to move from the railroad right-of-way to the parking area across the street and he complied. — Officers responded to a 911 hangup call on Walnut Street at 2:58 p.m. on Thursday. Officers were unable to make contact with anyone at the residence. — Officers responded at 5:41 p.m. on Thursday for a welfare check on Columbia ...

Highway Patrol

— Timothy Stanley, 68, Salem, was cited for failure to control after his northbound vehicle on state Route 9 went off the right side of the roadway and struck a guardrail at 9:22 a.m. Thursday in Butler Township. No injuries were reported. — Donald Sanor, 73, Homeworth, was cited for a stop sign violation after his eastbound vehicle on Buck Road failed to yield and struck a vehicle driven south on Homeworth Road by Michael Rhome 24, Alliance, at 2:29 p.m. Wednesday in Knox Township. No injuries were reported. — Chance Rossler, 17, New Waterford, was cited for failure to ...

Police

County Sheriff — A deputy was dispatched at 5:41 p.m. Tuesday to the Bargain Store, U.S. Route 62, Knox Township, for a theft report. — A man on Crestview Road, Fairfield Township, reported at 5:28 p.m. Tuesday that his landlord keeps unlocking the doors to the residence and people keeping entering the residence and stealing items. — A deputy responded at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday to a residence on state Route 14 in Unity Township for a physical domestic altercation between two household family members, with one of them pregnant. An investigation was conducted and domestic violence ...

New Waterford

—Officers responded to a loose dog at the village park at 11:55 a.m. on June 11. The dog was returned to its owners.