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Liverpool Township

-- Robert Tucker was arrested t 5:10 p.m. Thursday on a charge of possession of marijuana, after police responded to the 1900 block of Campground Road. Officers were assisting city police after a man had pulled a firearm while in Berdine's Bar in East Liverpool and left the scene to an address at Farr Hill Trailer Court. Tucker denied pulling the firearm but asserted that he had propositioned two prostitutes at Berdine's and was refused. Upon a consent search of his residence, two BB guns, one of which fit the description relayed to investigators, and a little bit of weed were discovered. While Liverpool Township cited him for the pot, East Liverpool arrested Tucker on a charge of inducing panic.

-- Kenneth D. Williams, of Hess Road, was cited at 4:12 p.m. Thursday for failure to yield at a stop sign, after a two-vehicle crash at Hess and Irish Ridge roads.

-- Two people were served at 9:06 a.m. April 7 in the 600 block of Sixth Avenue on warrants, when police assisted the county Drug Task Force and West Virginia Drug Enforcement Agency with an investigation. Bobbi Jo Wilson was served with a warrant out of East Liverpool Municipal Court and Donald Hughes with a child support warrant during a consent search, where drug paraphernalia, suspected drugs and cash were discovered.

East Liverpool

-- A Thompson Avenue woman reported at 2:33 a.m. Saturday that a suspicious man was walking in her yard without permission, after Hancock County sheriff's deputies were at a home investigating him. A neighbor confirmed the victim's observations.

-- Roy E. Jackson was arrested at 1:58 a.m. Sunday in the first block of West Sixth Street on charges of possession of marijuana and no tail lights. Th officer also confiscated alcohol found open on the floor in the back seat.

-- Brandon Jones was arrested at 2:40 a.m. Sunday in the first block of East Ninth Street on charges of possession of marijuana, no license and loud exhaust.

Wellsville

-- A city resident reported at 10:48 a.m. Tuesday that a guest had stolen her Xbox One S along with a controller when she left to take her son to school.

-- Chance Osborn was arrested at 2:32 p.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Clark Avenue by Mahoning County parole, who discovered him in the bathroom with a razor blade and a little glass jar containing white crystals alongside a variety of drug paraphernalia, all which were confiscated by Wellsville police.

-- A reported couple involved in a physical altercation at 12:36 pm. Saturday in the area of 5th and Main couldn't be found by police.

-- A Wellsville man reported Saturday that he was the victim of fraud on his Chase bank account, which was closed.

County Sheriff

-- Someone reported a parking violation at Discount Drug Mart, state Route 45, Lisbon, at 12:18 p.m. Monday. The deputy checked the plate on a BMW and determined it did not come back with a handicapped endorsement, but it was parked in a handicapped space without a visible placard or proper tags. As the deputy was writing a ticket, the registered owner came out of the store and said he had forgotten to place the registered placard on the rearview mirror. He was able to show the sign to the deputy.

-- A man asked deputies to accompany him to his grandparents' home on state Route 45 to obtain personal belongings at 10 a.m. Monday. Deputies explained they cannot get into the middle of the situation without a court order.

-- A Stump Road man reported at 11:21 a.m. Monday he recently divorced and his ex-wife has three of his guns. His attorney had told him it is a civil matter and it would cost more to go after the guns than what they are worth. He wanted a report on file because the three weapons are registered to him -- a Benneli Nova Filed .12 gauge, an H&R single shot .12-gauge shotgun and a CVA Wolfe Magnum .50 caliber.

-- An alarm was reported loudly going off at a home on Depot Road near Salem Grange Road at 10:51 a.m. Friday. Deputies walked around the home checking it. The alarm was on a septic system, which had a reset button that deputies pushed and quieted it.

-- A Bell Road, Lisbon, woman reported at 11:58 a.m. April 7, someone removed a license plate from her trailer. There are video cameras on the property and she was going to see if any of the video can be retrieved.

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