Columbiana County Sheriff for 6-1

Grace Sabatino, Gavers Road, Hanover Township, reported Friday her purse was stolen from her unlocked vehicle while she was at Thomas Market in Hanoverton.

Matt McDade, Walnut Street, Rogers, reported Friday his brother Patrick's dirt bike was stolen from his garage.

A deputy was called to the Butler Mobile Home Park, U.S. Route 62, Butler Township, at 2:39 a.m. Thursday in regard to a man who may harm himself. The man had been drinking and was lamenting the recent loss of his grandfather but denied threatening to harm himself. The deputy left after EMTs determined the man was fine.

An East Canton man is facing possible charges of receiving stolen property after an incident at Rogers Community Auction Friday afternoon. According to reports, Richard Prewitt, Akron, advised deputies he had reported stolen to Uniontown Police Department a trailer with a large amount of merchandise and while at the sale, saw a vendor selling sheets he believed were among the stolen items. When deputies arrived, the vendor, John M. Masters, 44, East Canton, was trying to leave, having sold all his remaining stock to another vendor for $250, according to reports. Masters told deputies he had purchased the merchandise for $300 from a Michigan couple he met from Craigslist and they were driving a truck, with no trailer. While deputies were there, Masters re-purchased the sheets from the other vendor and returned all he had earned during the day - $1,426 - to Prewitt. Masters was advised that as long as his story checked out, deputies would consider the matter closed, however, later in the day Friday, Uniontown police called to report they had found the stolen trailer at the home of Masters' father, Larry Masters, East Canton and he was in custody. The case will be presented to the Columbiana County grand jury for consideration of charges against John Masters.

William H. Strabala, 40, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, was charged with domestic violence Saturday after his wife, Judy, reported she awoke to find him making unwanted sexual advances toward her after a party the previous evening in honor of their son, who is leaving for the military this week. She told him no, but Mr. Strabala got violent, she told deputies. Their other son intervened and was grabbed by the throat by Mr. Strabala, according to reports. Their son reportedly broke the chokehold his father had on his brother, and Mr. Strabala left, with his truck found at the end of the property. A deputy went into the woods, searching for Mr. Strabala, who then got into his truck and left, with a .22-caliber rifle reported missing from the home.

A woman on Salem-Alliance Road, Salem, reported her mother-in-law continuously calls, threatening to take her children and benefits away, as well as physical threats. She was advised the procedure for obtaining a protection order.

Gary King, Clarksmill, Pa., reported he was selling raffle tickets all day Friday at Rogers Community Auction for the Mercer, Pa., Lions Club and locked the money in his vehicle to attend the auction. When he returned, the money bag containing $355 and the title to the trailer he was pulling were missing. There were no signs of forced entry, according to deputies.

Skip M. McCullough, state Route 164, Lisbon, reported an ex-employee who left on bad terms attempted to strike him with her car as he was at his mailbox.

Barbara Bansberg, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, reported she was sleeping in the living room Saturday morning when someone broke windows on the ground floor. Deputies found nothing with which the windows could have been broken, speculating it may have been done with a pipe or ballbat.

Responding to Longs Crossing Road for a vandalism report, deputies found the property owner detaining two boys, ages 9 and 10, who admitted throwing rocks at old vehicles in the woods. The boys, their mother and two other boys reportedly involved were spoken to by the deputies, who explained the consequences of their actions. The property owner declined to press charges, providing there are no more incidents.

Howard Bott, Osbourne Road, Wellsville, reported a driver traveling recklessly struck his dog on the road. Bott reportedly told deputies he had let the dog loose before returning to the house, and he was advised no charges can be filed since the dog was on the road.

Carol Conrad, Georgetown Road, Homeworth, told deputies she thinks someone has been entering her garage in the early morning hours, and she asked for extra checks of the area.

While at the Beaver Local High School parking lot, Sharon Hall, Mary Street, said her vehicle's passenger side was dented and scratched when a woman opened the door on a vehicle next to her, striking Hall's vehicle. Insurance information was exchanged, and Hall said her agent asked for a report to be completed.