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Michelle Arnold, Georgetown Road, North Georgetown, reported at 8 p.m. Wednesday she and her husband Lee were fighting and during the argument she slapped him in the face and he then backhanded her in the nose. Both declined to press charges.
Toni Pelamati, Rochester Road, Salem, reported at 9:13 p.m. Wednesday she returned home to find her Sharp 70-inch flat screen TV missing along with her DVD player and believed whoever did it came through an unlocked bedroom window.
Miquel Cruz, Mountz Road, Salem, reported at 9:57 p.m. Wednesday he returned home to find two TVs missing and two stereos missing and believed whoever did it came into the home through an unlocked door.
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Dorothy Zimmerman, Slater Road, Salem, reported at 8:24 a.m. Wednesday sometime overnight someone damaged her mailbox. The red flag was torn off and someone attempted to tear off the door, because there was a big hole in it. A neighbor’s mailbox was also reported laying on the ground.
After calling deputies at 3:37 a.m. Tuesday to report someone she knows has her vehicle and calling again at 5:43 a.m. to report arrangements were being made to have the vehicle returned, Diana Marquis, Randel Road, Hanoverton, reported later Tuesday she still had not gotten her vehicle back. Deputies and found Justin Temple at the home of Rick Carter on West Main Street, Wellsville, and with the assistance of the Wellsville police took him into custody on an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charge. Marquis was informed where her vehicle was located so she could retrieve it.
Heather Madison, Grafton Road, Leetonia, reported at 6:36 p.m. Tuesday her 15-year-old daughter was threatened by a 15-year-old boy using Facebook and Facebook messenger. Deputies contacted the boy’s case worker from Mahoning County Children Services, who said he is missing from their county and she believes there is a pickup order for him when he is located. Leetonia police were also alerted in case of a problem at Leetonia schools.
Kelly Sprouse, Y Camp Road, Lisbon, reported at 7:17 p.m. Tuesday she believes animals in the area are being poisoned. About 10 days ago she found her dog sick lying in the pasture. The vet was unable to save it and found it had been poisoned with anti-freeze. Sprouse spoke to her neighbors and learned two of their dogs were also found dead with an empty anti-freeze container found laying next to their driveway. On Tuesday another neighbor’s two dogs were missing.
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Marcus Morlan, County Airport Road, East Liverpool, reported at 11:25 a.m. Monday he has a protection order on Shane Bogle, but Bogle has been sending him text messages. Morlan only wanted a report on file.
Diana Marquis, Randel Road, Hanoverton, reported at 3:37 a.m. Tuesday she allowed Shantel Temple to use her car to take Luke Warden to the East Liverpool City Hospital at 7 p.m. on Monday. Justin Temple rode along with them. After they arrived at hospital Shantel Temple called to ask if Justin Temple could use Marquis car and she agreed. At 10 p.m., Warden was discharged and Justin Temple called Shantel to say he was on his way, but got pulled over by city police. It was found this did not actually happen. Marquis filed a stolen vehicle form. At 5:43 a.m. Tuesday, Marquis reported Justin Temple had contacted Shantel to tell her he is in Wellsville somewhere and they are going to make arrangements to give her the vehicle.
A man reported suspicious activity on McKee Road just north of 10th Street Extension in Wellsville at 1:19 p.m. Monday. A car had been sitting off the roadway with two people inside. Deputies spoke to Julie May and Christopher McKay, who said they were just sleeping in the vehicle and had no where to live. K-9 Jessy hit on a jacket in the vehicle, but no drugs were found in the coat at this time. They had no warrants. They were told to find somewhere else to park.
Randel Hetrick, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, reported at 6:58 p.m. Sunday he was talking to his brother, Russell Hetrick. His brother’s girlfriend started running the sweeper so his brother could not hear him talking. Hetrick said he unplugged the sweeper and the girlfriend, Mary Slider, began choking him. He pulled away from her and went upstairs. Then he called his sister and the deputies. The matter is under investigation.
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A 15-year-old girl visiting her father’s family on Forbes Road, Wellsville, at 5:20 p.m. Sunday reportedly refused to put down her cell phone and when her grandmother attempted to take it from her, she allegedly kicked both her grandmother and grandfather and bit her father in the finger when they were attempting to restrain her.
Jonathan Gruscecki, Longs Crossing Road, Leetonia, reported at 4:02 p.m. Sunday sometime in the past week someone may have shot at his home. He found a half-inch circular hole in the back of the house near his electric box.
Kilena Clutter, Akron, reported at 11:09 a.m. Sunday she has given her mother permission to make doctor’s appointments and medical decisions for her son, but now her mother’s boyfriend was going to take her son to West Virginia and she did not want that to happen. Deputies explained it is a civil matter.
Lisa Mountz, St. Jacob-Logtown Road, Leetonia, reported at 2:22 a.m. Thursday her son, Gage Brandon Mountz, is continuously bringing people to the house. She heard a knock at the door sometime prior to calling deputies and when she asked who was there, her son yelled it was someone for him and it was none of her business. They argued and he snapped and assaulted her, something she told happens all the time. This time he punched her on the left side of her head before she went into the bathroom and locked the door. Gage Mountz, 21, was charged with domestic violence.
Kevin Sibila, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, was cited with OVI and left of center at 1:22 a.m. Saturday after a pickup traveling on state Route 518 went left of center and nearly struck a deputy’s patrol car.
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A deputy responded to a report of several vehicles sliding off Depot Road south of Coffee School Road in Butler Township due to freezing rain at 11 a.m. Saturday. The deputy arrived to find the following motorists had slid off the road: Jeffrey Heffinger, Carey Road; Dustin Dorff, Continental Drive, Salem; and Duane Culler of Youngstown. None of the drivers or their passengers reported being injured, and tow trucks were called to assist.
Edward Sable reported there were people sitting in a vehicle parked at the Dickey baseball complex on Lisbon Road, Center Township, at 2 p.m. Sunday. A deputy found Josh Naulta and Lewis Almy in the vehicle, and Naulta said they were waiting to meet his father, who was coming from Salem. The deputy told them they would have to leave after Naulta’s father arrives.
Jennifer Cox, Bentwood Drive, New Waterford, reported Sunday his mother owns the former East Fairfield Market on state Route 7 and the heating/air conditioning unit was missing.
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Tim Brust, Melissa Lane, Minerva, reported at 10:39 a.m. Thursday sometime overnight someone took about five gallons of gas from each of his vehicles at his home.
Shenia Kneib, Salem Unity Road, Salem, reported at 7:26 a.m. Thursday she went to her car in the parking lot of her employment, Envelope One, and found her car had been struck. The employer was viewing a video of the parking lot for her.
Lee Miller, Adams Road, Lisbon, reported at 11:11 a.m. Thursday he saw a man walking around his home to the front door at about 10 a.m. and told him to go around to the back door. The man said his car was broken down and he needed help jumping it. Miller agreed to take the man back down to the road, about a half a mile from his home, and helped him. He went back to the house and found while he was gone someone else had broken into the bathroom window and stolen several items from the house. Miller found where it appeared someone had been hiding behind his garage. Tracks in the snow showed the person ran down the driveway. Miller had assisted a man about six-foot-one, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, brown khaki pants and glasses and driving a maroon Buick, possibly a Century, about eight to 10 years old.
Mary Smith, Murry Road, East Rochester, was traveling north on Depot Road in Butler Township at 11:14 a.m. Saturday when she lost control of her 2002 Ford Ranger due to the icy road conditions, drove off the right side of the road and struck a tree. Smith was taken to Salem Regional Medical Center for minor injuries. No citations were issued.
Amy Kibler reported at 5:04 p.m. as she was driving on Lisbon Road in Salem, she stopped and spoke to a woman, who to Kibler appeared disoriented and brought the woman into her vehicle. A deputy called for Leetonia EMS, who took the woman to Salem Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
Ester Blythe, East Terrace Drive, Wellsville, reported at 3:44 p.m. Friday she saw three people shooting a shotgun. A deputy checked with John Wright and Paul Wright, who said they were helping a child sight in his shotgun for youth deer hunting season, and found the discharging handled in a safe manner.
Kerry Pitts, state Route 154, Negley, reported at 10:50 p.m. Friday someone shot a gun near his residence before driving off in a gold car headed towards Rogers.
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Roy Todd, Hamiton Road, East Palestine, reported at 1:15 p.m. Nov. 14 his neighbor’s cattle have been getting loose and entering their yard off and on since 1965. The cattle eat flowers, trample the yard and have forced them to put a fence around their vegetable garden. When it happens, they leave a message at the neighbors’ and he comes within a few hours or a day or so to secure them. Todd’s wife has begun keeping a log. The cattle have been in their yard twice on Nov. 10, once on Nov. 11 and again on Nov. 14. The cattle were also blocking the road on Nov. 12 causing a motorist to call the sheriff. The owner of the cattle, Edward Reidy told deputies he tries to keep the fence in good repair and the cow and her calf, which appear to be the main culprets leading the recent escapes, were heading to the livestock auction next week.
Bob Clewell, Clewell Drive, Lisbon, reported at 9:59 p.m. Thursday people were trespassing on his property. While deputies were responding, dispatchers received another call from Venita A. Tschappatt, the resident of a camper on the property, who said Clewell was harassing her and her company. Deputies explained to Clewell if he wants Tschappatt to leave he would have to evict her. Additionally, it was explained if she wants to have a friend over to her home, she is allowed to do so. Clewell said he believes he has to know everyone on the property.
Amy Cooper, state Route 7, New Waterford, reported at 6:16 p.m. Thursday she was being harassed by her ex husband. Deputies were unable to reach her when they attempted to call her back.
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Bruce Lev of Titan Construction reported at 2 p.m. Tuesday he is selling a property on Walnut Grove Lane by land contract to Scott Lydic and he received a phone call from a woman claiming the property was abandoned. He went to the property and found it had been abandoned. He also found someone had broken into the back door and there was extensive damage to the property. There was no power, which caused the sump pump to fail and the basement to flood. That damaged all the mechanical items and dry wall. Wire was missing and other drywall damaged throughout the home. Lydic was up to date making payments on the property, but he has been unable to reach him.
Jonell Sell of the Homeworth Post Office reported at 2:52 p.m. Tuesday a man she did not know came into the post office and talked about how he could rob the place. Deputies checked the man’s license plate number and spoke to him him the next day. He claimed he has been there five or six times and has joked with the girl working there in the past, but this time she took offense. He was uncertain if it is always the same girl. He apologized and said he would not joke that way in the future.
Someone driving by a Desellem Road home reported at 11:07 a.m. Tuesday there was a woman standing near a driveway, dressed only in a sweatshirt and sweat pants, and asking for a ride to Lisbon because she and her boyfriend got into a fight and her boyfriend locked her out. Deputies knocked on the door and the woman answered. She said they had argued, but there was no violence and he was not home at that time.
Renee Lamp, Foundry Hill Road, Salineville, reported at 12:38 p.m. Wednesday someone stole a lawn tractor, a motorcycle frame and parts from her daughter’s barn about three or four weeks ago.
William Davis, Boyd Road, Wellsville, reported at 3:09 p.m. Nov. 14 his daughter lost her cell phone on Nov. 13 while at Southern Local.
Renee Ross, no address listed, called at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday and asked deputies to contact Larry Troyer, Lowmiller Road, Minerva, after being unable to reach him for a few weeks. Deputies spoke to Troyer, who said he was fined and claimed he did not know Renee Ross.
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Adam Tittle, state Route 344, Columbiana, reported at 5:57 p.m. Sunday at about 5:52 p.m. he heard a knock at the door and his ex-mother-in-law was there to pick up his daughter for visitation. He claimed his ex-mother-in-law began arguing with his girlfriend. Then his ex, Alyssa K. Smith, ran into the house and ran into him. He said he pushed her away and she began arguing with his girlfriend also. Both were asked to leave. The ex-mother-in-law carried his daughter out and Smith reportedly grabbed a bottle of shampoo, squirting it all over the kitchen, before leaving. At about 8 p.m., Smith went to the sheriff’s office to give her side of the story, stating her mother did not fight with Tittle’s girlfriend and she had walked in 10 seconds behind her mother. She claimed Tittle grabbed her by the arm and began pushing her out the door. They reportedly argued about him grabbing her and his girlfriend being around the child.
A suspicious vehicle was reported in the parking lot for the Greenway Bike Trail off state Route 558 at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies found damage to the front of the vehicle and a note on the dash letting them know someone would be back to get the car. The owner was called and said he would remove it on Monday.
Angel Hatley, state Route 39, Wellsville, reported at 10:56 p.m. Saturday she is being harassed by text message by a man in Illinois, the father of three of her children. He reportedly threatens to take her back to court for contempt.
Monica Genshaw, state Route 558, Columbiana, reported at 4:06 p.m. Sunday she used to date Jim Fitzpatrick, but broke up with him in October. Then she claims he was harassing her on Facebook, so she blocked him. Now he is reportedly calling and sending text messages. Deputies called him and warned him not to call or text her anymore.
Beatty Wendell, Union Ridge Road, Negley, reported at 3:15 p.m. Monday he purchases an Oldsmobile Alero from Russ Reynolds on state Route 170 in Negley and went to Reynolds’ small lot on Monday to demand the title for the car “or else.” Some threats were made and Wendell claims Reynolds threatened to “blow his head off.” Reynolds admitted the title is in process and he will mail it to Wendell by the end of the month. He agreed both were making threats toward the other.
n Melissa Rhodes, Lisbon Road, Leetonia, reported at 1:49 p.m. Monday her son received threats on his cell phone from a teenager. Rhodes’ son was at the soccer game and needed to go to the Leetonia so he rode with a friend and her mother. The other boy became upset about her son talking to the girl and threatened to harm him.
Janlee Manypenny, 36, Leetonia, was driving on Old state Route 344 north of Grafton Road at 3:30 a.m. Sunday when she was stopped for a lane violation. Deputies charged her with OVI.
A Homeworth Road, Alliance, woman reported a domestic incident at 11:31 p.m. Saturday. When deputies arrived they were met by the male half of the argument, who said he and the woman who called had an argument and she had been drinking all day. He claimed at one point she threw a cup of water in his face and he spit on her. She gave a different story and told deputies the pills she pulled from her purse were “zannies.” She told deputies she does not take them because they make her feel “weird” and she plans to sell them. They were in an unmarked prescription bottle and she was told she can get them back if she can produce proper documentation she was to have them. She agreed to go to Alliance Hospital for an evaluation for what appeared to deputies to be self-inflicted wounds on her wrists and ankles.
Shirley Whitacre, Winona Road, Salem, reported at 4:23 p.m. Monday she received a call that morning from a person identifying himself as Richard Morgan, an attorney. He claimed a friend of hers, Kerry Mora, had been arrested and he needed $4,500 to get Mora out of jail. She bought $4,500 in Green Dot Cards at Rite Aid and provided the man with the numbers from the cards. She also spoke to someone who acted like he was Mora. Deputies called the phone number provided 403-470-1464 and the number stated “public defenders office” then went to voicemail.
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Don Vos, Hazel Run Road, Hammondsville, reported at 12:09 p.m. Friday he received a phone call from a 646 area code number with the caller telling him he won a $100 Walmart gift certificate. The caller, who spoke good English, then asked him for $4 from his Visa Card. He then called Walmart and the person stated they do not give money away and then ask people for money from their credit cards.
Deputies checked on Robert Gelber, East Lake Road, Hanoverton, at the request of his daughter, who lives in Florida and was trying to reach him. He had his cell number changed and said he would call her.
Tom Howell, state Route 518, Lisbon, reported at 5:56 p.m. Sunday someone removed the screws from his barn door last week. When he opened the door, it fell off. Someone also removed two screws to a window latch in back of the home. He also believes someone may have been tampering with the front door because the frame is loose. Motion cameras did activate at 6:30 a.m.
Richard Lipps, Center Avenue, Lisbon, reported at 3:15 p.m. Sunday he had an argument with his roommate Jerry Metz and then Metz allegedly grabbed him by his jacket before telling him to leave. Lipps said Metz did not strike him or threaten him.
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Joan Deem, state Route 267, East Liverpool, reported at 10:39 a.m. Saturday she saw a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and walking a dog steal a newspaper out of her mailbox, and when she confronted him he dropped the paper on the road. Deem reported she last saw the man walking on Fairway Road. Police checked the area but did not find him.
Gloria Ice, Tomahawk Drive, Negley, reported at 4:54 p.m. Friday she had her roof replaced by Cannon Construction due to hail damage and her insurance was paying for the cost, and when she received the insurance check she used some of the money to fix her septic and Cannon completed the work and was now wanting the money, which is $3,000, and she advised them she had just received another check and it would clear the bank on Monday and she would pay them. She said the company began threatening her and told her to sign the title of her pontoon boat over to them for collateral, which she did, but she requested they leave her alone until Monday when she could pay the bill. A deputy attempted to contact the owner of the company but they could not be reached.
A deputy responded at 10:33 a.m. Sunday to Meadowbrook Nursery on state Route 164 north of Lisbon for a report of someone yelling and blowing a whistle. The deputy found kids next to the nursery yelling and playing with a whistle.
Shelly Griffiin, Georgetown-Damascus Road, Beloit, reported at 10:52 p.m. Sunday someone stole a 3- by 4-four foot sign advertising her business, Country Clips and Family Hair Care, from her front yard.
A man voluntarily went to the Salem hospital for an evaluation after threatening to harm himself while in a dispute with his mother at her home on Campbell Road, Hanoverton, at 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Deputies responded to a house on Greenwood Road in Elkrun Township at 5:46 p.m. Friday for a vehicle reported stripped at the property of Ron Desimone. Deputies spoke with Desimone’s brother, Steve, who said they did not know who owned the 2004 Jeep Laredo, which did not have tires or catalytic converter and was stolen from St. Clair Township. Deputies then spoke with the vehicle’s owner, Douglas Pridemore, East Third Street, Salem, and advised him that Baker’s Towing has the vehicle.
Amy Delauder, Johnson Road, Lisbon, reported at 11:15 a.m. Saturday she kicked Sherry Bredeck out of the home of Delauder’s grandmother. Delauder said Bredeck was staying at Delauder’s grandmother’s home on and off, and Delauder noticed items missing. Bredeck, meanwhile, called 11 minutes later and said she left some items at the house and needed to pick them up.
Karen Reidy, Dyke Road, Rogers, reported at 12:56 p.m. Friday she is concerned about her son.
Dan Cunningham, an AT&T employee, reported at 12:28 p.m. Friday someone stole 450 feet of phone cable along Sprucevale Road, by cutting it from the telephone poles.
Ronald Thrasher, 18th Street Heights, Wellsville, reported at 3:15 p.m. Friday he wanted someone to speak to his 15-year-old daughter about her behavior. Deputies told him to contact the prosecutor at the juvenile court about filing unruly charges.
Cindy Leavitte, Butler, Pa., reported at 9:27 a.m. Friday someone entered her mother and stepfather’s home and stole items. Her stepfather had passed away and her mother is in a facility for dementia. A neighbor of their home in Hanover Township told her there were people at the home removing items from the garbage. She believed they may be related to the stepfather, but she wanted deputies to check the property.
An accident was reported at 2:44 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Southern Local High School, where a juvenile driver, Austin Knight, was reportedly backing his pickup from a parking space and struck a parked pickup owned by Karianne Sevek.
Robert Gebler, Eastlake Road, Lisbon, reported at 3:02 p.m. Thursday a black 55-gallon barrel of fuel was taken from his property. The barrel was half full and had extra fuel oil for furnace written on the top. It may have been taken through a gap in the fence, which had been covered with plywood, but now the plywood was missing.
Cindy Burger, state Route 172, Minerva, reported at 9:44 a.m. Thursday her 15-year-old son left home on Wednesday and had not returned as of Thursday. He was expelled from Minerva schools on Tuesday and she heard him leave on Wednesday. She went looking for him and found him walking on Stump Road, but he refused to get into her car and told her he was going to Minerva. She had attempted to locate him by calling his friends, but they claimed not to have seen him. He was entered into the missing person computer. Burger later called deputies to report he had been located and was home.
John Kanos, Waynesbridge Road, Lisbon, reported at 3:54 p.m. Friday an officer Wilson had called and asked for his daughter. When Kanos said she was not there, the “officer” became very belligerent over the phone. Deputies explained it was a scam and if this person calls back, Kanos should not give him any information.
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Rachel Hartman, Rose Drive, Lisbon, reported at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday someone was pounding on the walls. Deputies did not hear any noises and knocked on several doors, but no one answered.
James Sevek, Clarks Mill Road, Hammondsville, reported at 6:29 a.m. Wednesday there was a car sitting in the roadway on Clarks Mill just north of state Route 39. A red Ford Focus was found sitting in the middle of the northbound lane and deputies saw it appeared a tie rod was broken. A tow truck was called to remove the car.
Priscilla Clark, McKee Road, Wellsville, reported at 9:22 a.m. Wednesday she found her window shattered and did not know how it happened.
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Kelly Rylott, Bye Road, East Palestine, reported at 4:09 p.m. Tuesday she returned home and found her boyfriend, Charles Ken Emmanuel, unresponsive on the kitchen floor. East Palestine EMS and the county coroner were called to the home.
A Lisbon area woman reported at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday someone called one of her co-workers and told her she owes the person money and if she did not contact them they were going to send the police. Deputies explained this is a scam and they do not come after people for money owed.
Joseph Robb, Richardson Avenue, Negley, reported at 12:51 p.m. Friday he and his wife, Rachel Robb, lived at the home, but have been separated for more than a year. Someone entered the home and took the kitchen table, chairs, living room couch, love seat and chairs. The rest of the house appeared to have been ransacked. It was learned the wife did take some of the items from the home about a week earlier. Both were told to contact attorneys about dividing marital assets.
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Dan Thompson, Woodville Road, Leetonia, reported at 6:03 p.m. Monday he saw a man standing near a power pole near Adams Road and state Route 164 at about 4 p.m. He thought the man may have been cutting a ground cable. Thompson went to a residence nearby to unload items and was getting ready to go back there when the man left. The man was driving a late ’80s or early ’90s GMC/Chevy pickup, which was maroon and silver.
Betsy McCannon, state Route 164, Lisbon, reported at 11:31 a.m. Tuesday someone had cut six feet of wire from the bottom of their pole. McCannon contacted Ohio Edison also. There was wire also taken from other homes in the area.
Steve Sosack, County Road 53, Irondale, reported at 5:05 p.m. Monday Lynette Sprouse has been sending him threatening messages on the phone. Deputies told him to call Jefferson County.
A state Route 45, Lisbon, woman reported at 5:40 p.m. Monday she found doors ajar in her home and things disturbed. She was concerned because she has a protection order against a man she knows.
Angela Mullet, West Fourth Street, Salem, reported at 4:20 p.m. Monday she has been working with Columbiana patrolman Mark Edwards in an attempt to locate her missing ATV. She had taken the ATV to the home of David Hastings in Columbiana, but he had since moved it to another location. Hastings reportedly called her Sunday night and said “the kids house” he took the ATV to was empty and the ATV was nowhere around. Edwards had told Mullet it was a civil issue because she had exchanged money, the ATV and parts for mechanical repairs.
Laura Williams, McCormick Run Road, Wellsville, reported at 8:51 p.m. Sunday she saw a person running and hiding in the weeds as vehicles passed by on McCormick Run Road. While checking the area, deputies saw a red Ford Ranger driving on Glasgow Road and when the driver noticed the deputy he sped off. Deputies followed the dust to a property owned by Chesapeake and found the pickup parked on an ATV trail. The deputy activated the emergency lights and the vehicle sped toward the cruiser and around through a large rut in the ground. Deputies went to the home of the licensed driver. His father called for his son to come home. Dakota Frank was cited with driving under suspension and fictitious plates. Chesapeake was notified and asked deputies to reiterate that Frank is not to return there.
Leslie Kirk-Evans, Case Road, Beloit, reported a suspicious gray minivan in the area. Deputies checked, but did not locate it.
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Melissa Delauder, Johnson Road, Lisbon, reported multiple people were removing items at 6:45 p.m. Saturday. Deputies spoke to Adrianna Parham, who said she was at the home trying to get her sister’s broken She had to call the locksmith because she did not have the key. Then it was found the steering column was busted and the wires cut to the ignition. She asked for a number for a tow truck and left without any problems.
Sgt. Tom Foley was northbound on state Route 7, just south of state Route 558 traveling about 40 mph, when a deer came from the east side of the road and was struck by his cruiser. The deer damaged a headlight and the edge of the hood.
Jay Lucas, Riverside Drive, Wellsville, reported at 10:04 a.m. Friday he found a burnt out car on Oaktree in Yellow Creek Township.
Richard Salsberry, a middle school teacher at Beaver Local, reported at 1:26 p.m. Thursday his iPhone went missing from his classroom at about 9 a.m. He used his iPad to send a signal to the phone and heard it beeping in a 14-year-old student’s backpack. He recovered the phone and the student was suspended from school for two days.
Debbie Salon, McCormick Run Road, Salineville, reported at 5:47 a.m. Thursday a truck drove up the driveway to the home next to hers and shut off its lights. The home is empty. Deputies checked the area and found a 2008 Chevy pickup in the drive unoccupied. No one was located and no one answered to door.
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James Rush, Gamble Road, Lisbon, reported Saturday that his tenants at a Saltwell Road home moved out, taking with them a washer and dryer. The tenant, John Shasteen, denied this, telling deputies he purchased the washer and dryer off Craig’s List several years before, although he no longer has the receipt.
John Richmond, Black Road, Lisbon, reported noticing tire marks going through his neighbor’s field and found a vehicle occupied by a man and woman. Deputies found the man and woman, who said they had no place to go and had planned on sleeping in their car. They were told to move on.
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Greg Seifert, Black Road, Lisbon, reported at 1:40 p.m. Friday his trailer had been broken into. A deputy noticed the front and rear doors open, and later contacted the property’s owner, Twila Kessler, Anderson, S.C., who said she will have family check on the property.
Doug Sturgeon, Mattix Road, Lisbon, reported at 5:04 p.m. Friday someone made a fictitious Instagram account using his 11-year-old son’s information, and included a sexually explicit comment about one of his son’s female classmates.
Florence Voigt, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, reported at 5:41 p.m. Friday someone entered her pole building on Scott Mill Road. Voigt stated her son checked the property and saw nothing wrong, but then returned Friday and noticed parts to a 1996 Peter Built tractor were missing, including the radiator, air to air, six boots and three batteries. She also said this was the first time she reported the breaking and entering, although the building has been broken into several times.
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Richard Salsberry, a teacher at Beaver Local Middle School, reported Thursday his iPhone went missing from his desk. He used his iPad to send a signal to the phone and heard it beeping in the backpack of a 14-year-old student. The phone was retrieved and the student was suspended from school for two days.
Jay Lucas of Wellsville reported Friday finding a torched car in the area of the Oak Tree Campground in Yellow Creek Township.
Kevin Ganslein, state Route 154, Negley, reported Friday there was a theft at Stateline Resources, same address.
A woman requested a deputy check on the welfare of her sister on Johnson Road, Madison Township, at 11:44 a.m. Friday. She had not heard from her since last November. A deputy told her he had recently spoken with the woman, and she was doing fine.
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Roy Moffett, Union Ridge Road, Rogers, reported at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday his fanny pack was stolen while he was at the Save-A-Lot in Rogers about 30 minutes earlier. The pack contained his keys, license, bank card and $900. He had left it in the cart when he returned the cart to the outside of the store, drove away and then returned to find it missing.
Crystal Bates, state Route 45, Salem, reported at 1:31 a.m. Thursday her estranged husband came to her home, began arguing with her, calling her names and refused to leave when she requested. Deputies spoke to Steve Goodman, who denied he was arguing. He was warned to leave or be charged with trespassing. He left.
Jesse Turturice, Lusk Lock Lane, Lisbon, reported at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday receiving notification from the alarm company at 2:43 p.m. about a break in at the home. Someone had kicked open the rear door, opened the kitchen cabinets and gone through drawers in a bedroom and the living room. Nothing appeared to be missing. A neighbor reportedly saw a large, maroon, four-door vehicle leaving the lane at a high rate of speed.
Evan Santee, Georgetown Road, Salem, reported at 8:32 p.m. Wednesday someone stole three televisions and his son’s Xbox sometime between 5 p.m. and then.
Tina Clark, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, reported at 5:16 p.m. Wednesday someone is calling her from an unknown number both day and night and calling her vulgar names.
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A woman from Grant Street, Lisbon, called for a deputy to speak with her teenage son at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. She said her son has a learning disability and was having problems at school, and had run over to the neighbor’s house. The deputy spoke to the boy, who agreed to let his mother take him to the hospital.
A caller reported there was a pickup truck sitting in the road on Desellem Road, Lisbon, at 7:44 p.m. Tuesday. The deputy who responded was unable to locate the truck.
Cory Blackburn, Lynchburg Road, Kensington, reported at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday there was someone with a flashlight wandering around his neighbor’s barn. The deputy who responded did not find anyone about.
A deputy was asked to check on the welfare of a resident at the Butler Mobile Home Park, U.S. Route 62, Salem, at 4:14 p.m. Tuesday after loud arguing could be heard. The deputy spoke to the woman who lived there and she said everything was fine.
Tyler Foster, state Route 14, East Palestine, reported arriving home at 9:52 p.m. Tuesday to find his Pontiac G-5 gone.
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Julie Clark, Fife Coal Road, Wellsville, reported at 5:46 a.m. Tuesday she received harassing text from Joann Merriman, with the message saying, “Why am I getting pulled into your drama?” Attempts to contact Merriman were unsuccessful.
Brenda Russell, Middle Beaver Road, Lisbon, reported at 11:40 p.m. Monday someone stole a Turn-About lawn mower from behind a trailer she uses for storage, and also reported damage to the front lawn with tire tracks and to canned goods in mason jars.
Ed Geary, state Route 344, Columbiana, reported at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday that John and Betty Cain have been parking a semi on a lot and are living in a shed they are building without permission. A deputy advised to call back once the Cains return from driving, and the deputy will advise the Cains they are trespassing and subject to arrest.
Wayne Ramsey, Hawk Road, East Rochester, reported at 7:45 a.m. Saturday someone stole his tool trailer with his tools inside while at a construction site on Butler Grange Road in Butler Township. Ramsey said he left the construction site around 11 a.m. Sept. 30, and when he returned, he noticed the trailer missing.
Sebastian Hubert, South 12th Street, Beloit, reported at 8:40 p.m. Monday hearing someone outside in the field racking a shotgun. A deputy checked the vacant trailer next door but could not locate anyone.
Tom Howell, state Route 518, Lisbon, reported at 6:46 p.m. Monday someone was shining a laser at his surveillance cameras, and also saw a flashlight. Deputies observed the laser beam Howell described, and once a spider web was cleaned off from the camera, the “laser beam” went away.
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Randy Weber, Brushville Road, East Palestine, reported at 11:16 a.m. Friday he attempted to put his wife on the insurance as a driver for one of their vehicles and was told she has an extensive driving record. Weber said his wife does not have such a record and when the insurance company began looking into the matter they learned someone in Montpelier, Ohio, is using his wife’s maiden name, date of birth and Social Security number. He was told to contact the BMV and the attorney general’s office to file an identity theft report with them.
Dorene Reynolds, Ash Street, Leetonia, reported at 4:27 p.m. Sunday Joe Van Cooney took John Thomas from the Vista Center in Lisbon on Saturday. Reynolds has power of attorney for Thomas, who has dementia and is unable to make decisions for himself. She believes Cooney and Steve Davis broke into Thomas’ home on Foundry Hill Road so Thomas could get into his home. She only wanted a report on file.
Brandon Kovach, Fife Coal Road, Wellsville, reported at 3:37 p.m. Monday he received a call from Michelle Clark, who claimed she saw his political campaign signs knocked over and displaced along state Route 45 in Perry Township. Clark further alleged she saw Gary Milliken along the side of the road in a black SUV. Deputies called Clark who said she saw Milliken, but did not see him doing anything, just getting into a vehicle and driving off. Kovach said signs along state Route 45, Cunningham Road, Jersey Ridge Road and state Route 344 were placed farther back from the road along the wood line, while other signs were missing. Kovach further claimed someone on Facebook stated they had placed tracking devices on Kovach’s political signs and that was when he found his signs had been moved farther off the road.
Aime Weston, Meadowwood Drive, Salem, reported at 6:04 p.m. Monday she received two text messages from Stephen Jarrett, whom she said she filed a protection order against and would go to court Tuesday regarding the matter. Jarrett called eight minutes later and said his nephew sent Weston the text, not Jarrett, and knows he could be in violation of his protective order and wanted to speak with a deputy. A deputy later spoke with Jarrett, and he explained he intended to send a text to Kelly Pastor, and it went to Weston instead. Jarrett later texted Weston back saying the text wasn’t meant for her.
Ruby Coleman, state Route 7, Lisbon, reported at 11:32 p.m. Monday a burglary at her residence, and she believed someone was still in the house. Deputies were unable to locate anyone in the house and unattached garage. North Star EMS was also called to check on Coleman due to lack of balance and a confused state of mind.
Deputy Wycoff reported at 11:43 p.m. Monday he hit a deer on Middle Beaver Road in Elkrun Township near the Lock 30 Campground.
Bobbie Fisher, Hill Street, Lisbon, reported at 5:14 a.m. Tuesday loud music was coming from the area. A deputy met with Harold Barnes, who was playing his music unreasonably loud for the time of day and lowered the volume.
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A deputy spoke with Meghan Hubbard, Court Street, Columbiana, at 11:38 a.m. Saturday. Hubbard said she was in the process of moving out of a rental property on West Main Street in Washingtonville, owned by Easy Rentals, and drove a 2014 Chrysler 200, a rental car through the company she works for, to the back of the home when she got stuck in the wet grass, and after she got unstuck, she hit a corner of the house.
Venita Schappatt, Clewell Drive, Lisbon, reported at 1:01 p.m. Saturday her landlord shut off the water to her trailer. A deputy advised her to contact the landlord, and that this was a civil matter.
A Tobin Center employee reported an unruly boy threatening staff at 9:12 p.m. Saturday. The same boy has reportedly assaulted staff members in the past. Two deputies went to the facility and talked to the boy, who after a few minutes agreed to go to his cell to be locked down.
Several items were reported stolen from a property on Lusk Lock Road by two different owners of the property. First Renae Morlan, Waterford Road, New Waterford, reported she and her husband had a 2000 Ford Explorer XLT sitting at the residence with a strap around the rear bumper connected to a tree. Someone cut the strap and took the vehicle. Billie Morlan, West South Range Road, Canfield, reported a 1986 Chevy pickup and two Chevettes being turned into demolition derby cars were missing from the property. About 50 feet of copper wire was stripped from the house. Other items missing were a rear truck axle, an outdoor woodburner and a Chevette engine and transmission. The items were taken sometime within the past week.
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Marcy Johnson, employee of the Quik Mart in Center Township, reported at 1:28 p.m. Friday an accident near the gas pumps. A deputy spoke with Chad Williams and Nick Mikouis. Williams said he was driving his 2000 Chevrolet Silverado between Mikouis’ 2007 Saab, which Williams thought was stopped, and a stone wall when Mikouis started driving, causing damage to the passenger side of the Saab and the driver side of the Silverado.
Kelly Albert, Bayton Street Northeast, Alliance, reported at 4:24 p.m. Friday he was pulling out of the Sunoco gas station at the corner of Route 62 and Westville Lake Road when he was struck by Doris Watson, who was pulling into the station.
Sarah Johnson, West Salem Street, Columbiana, reported at 9:02 p.m. Friday she was picking up her children around 6 p.m. from her ex-husband, Brandon Good, she was assaulted by Jacque Good, the wife of Johnson’s ex-husband, who refused to let Johnson have the children. Johnson said after Mrs. Good grabbed the children and asked Mr. Good to take the children into the house, Johnson grabbed the children back, and the two women got into a physical altercation which Mr. Good broke up. The children were later picked up at his parents’ house.
Deputies assisted KLG Ambulance at 9:47 p.m. Friday with a call on Shady Lane in Lisbon where Kenny Nelder was reportedly being drunk and combative. KLG advised deputies that they calmed him down and were transporting him to Salem hospital.
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A Columbiana woman reported at 2:07 p.m. Wednesday her daughter has been contacted by a person from Marysville by Twitter. She deleted her daughter’s social media accounts. Now the girl is receiving calls from a man or boy calling himself Cody. She called the number back and heard a classical music ring-back tone.
Margaret Buccilli, Lower Elkton Road, Columbiana, reported at 8:41 a.m. Friday she was outside after putting her daughter on the school bus and a black pickup pulled into her driveway. The driver questioned her about whether her boyfriend was home, asking for him by name, and asked her other questions she considered personal. She walked away and the man left.
Lana Ferguson, Elm Street, Lisbon, reported a small black Ford Ranger pulled across the road from her house at 8:07 a.m. Friday, parked with the headlights directed into her house windows. When she went to the window the driver began flashing the high and low beams and rev the engine. The truck stayed about five minutes before leaving.
Tiffany Craig, Tyler Road, Salem, reported at 9:21 a.m. Thursday she made a 14-day online purchase, but canceled it on the 14th day. Her account was still charged about $80. She has tried to call the number for the company, but was disconnected.
Lisa Becka, Kelly Park Road, Leetonia, reported at 10:38 a.m. Tuesday her stepmother was threatened by her nephew, who has been living in the basement. The stepmother reported her nephew has been verbally abusive and she is fearful for both her safety and the safety of her husband, who will soon be released from the hospital.
Allen Ostadal, Homeworth Road, Homeworth, reported at 12:23 p.m. Tuesday he has been receiving calls from a man claiming to be from the IRS attempting to scam him out of money. The person told him he owes $8,000, for which he wanted Ostadal to go to Rite Aid and get a money card to cover. Knowing it was a scam Ostadal gave the man a fake number for a card, which the man then checked and said did not work. He then requested Ostadal go get another card from Circle K. Ostadal filed the report hoping others would be aware of the scam.
Fred Jennings, Jersey Ridge Road, Salem, reported at 1:49 p.m. Tuesday he believes someone is attempting to scam him by phone. He received a voice mail claiming he would be hauled into court if he did not call back a phone number and give them his Social Security number and date of birth. He did not give them any information.
Mitchell Adams, First Street, Hanoverton, reported at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday he is the executor of his father’s estate. The home was locked when he was away over the weekend, but unlocked when he returned on Tuesday. Nothing appeared missing from inside the house. The chicken coop was open, but all nine chickens were inside. A wheelbarrow was taken.
Kim Weston, Lakeview Drive, Hanoverton, reported at 9:19 a.m. Thursday she believes someone has stolen a large number of checks from her 86-year-old grandmother and cashed them. Additionally, she believes her mother signed some checks so someone could make small purchases for her such as milk, bread and gasoline, but the person later filled them out for between $50 and $250. Additionally, she believes the same person took an envelope containing $340, which belongs to her brother.
Tedd Marrouis, Shady Lane, Salem, reported at 4:05 p.m. Thursday he has a shed on a piece of property on Whinnery Road and the drive leading to the property has a chain with a no trespassing sign hanging from it. Someone had pried the wood around the padlock on the shed and had stolen a full can of gas.
Carey Powell, no address listed, reported at 5:34 p.m. Thursday she found the front door open to her mother’s home on state Route 45, Lisbon. Someone had ransacked several rooms and stole a gaming system along with costume and antique jewelry.
Brenner Burd, West Texas, Sebring, reported at 7:25 p.m. Thursday while he was at a Center Road home in Knox Township dropping off his child to his ex-wife, his ex-wife’s fiance, Chad Langtes, threatened him. Langtes allegedly told Burd numerous times he needed to leave or he was going to physically harm him.
While attempting to serve a summons to Dana Duffield, Center Avenue, Lisbon, at 6:21 p.m. Thursday, deputies saw Floyd Gilmore start to come outside the front door of the trailer. After seeing deputies, he turned and ran back inside. Duffield came into the living room when deputies yelled inside the open door. She was bleeding from the right corner of her eye and claimed Gilmore punched her in the eye because she was talking on the phone. He also allegedly grabbed her right arm and twisted it. Deputies checked the trailer and could not find Gilmore inside. He was located at his mother’s trailer behind that one. He claimed to be there eating dinner. Gilmore was charged with domestic violence.