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-- On March 25, a crash was reported on 10th Street at Anderson Avenue, where Larry Boley said he was traveling down 10th Street heading down to Anderson Avenue, when another vehicle did not stop to let him by. He struck a parked vehicle owned by Lacie Springer, that was parked in the 400 block of 10th Street. She also reported the Amazon Prime van struck her vehicle and she had damage on her driver's side front fender.
-- Police were called to a dispute in the area of 14th and Commerce Streets at 11:48 p.m. March 22, where someone had left her car door open and it was blocking the street. The driver of a vehicle beeped her horn to get the woman to close the door. A shouting match ensued, which led to people name calling, pushing and grabbing hair.
-- An Anderson Avenue man reported on March 24 his neighbor put wood branches into his yard. The branches were up against the neighbor's trailer, but the man claimed the neighbor has no access to the yard on that side. The neighbor would not answer the door and the owner of the trailers would not answer the phone.
-- An accident was reported at 10:18 a.m., Friday, in the area of Fourth and Broadway. Linda Householder, Wood Street, was driving when she struck the driver side rear quarter of a parked vehicle belonging to Minda K. Bess, Broadway. There were damages, but no injuries.
-- William Williams backed into a vehicle belonging to Christa McIntosh in the McDonald's parking lot at 10:17 a.m. Saturday.
-- A stopped vehicle was reported in the passing lane on state Route 7, southbound, at 10:24 p.m. Thursday. When police arrived, the vehicle was rolling at two miles per hour, eventually getting up to 11 mph before hitting the sidewall and then returning to 16 mph. When police finally got his attention and he stopped, police had to pull the keys to stop the vehicle. Lifeteam was called to transport the man to East Liverpool City Hospital due to a medical condition.
-- A Hammond Park Drive woman reported on March 14 she was a victim of credit card fraud after a car rental company took $475 out of her account without specifying which company it was. She had already canceled her credit card and the credit card company is investigating.
-- East Liverpool City Hospital reported on March 13 there were two people in the emergency room who were assaulted at the Eagles bar in Wellsville. One man said he was at a bar in East Liverpool and his fiance's ex-boyfriend started texting her. He said he asked him to stop and that is when the ex-boyfriend started sending him threatening messages. He then went to the EagleÌs and that is when the ex-boyfriend said he was going there to fight him. As he was leaving the bar, the ex-boyfriend met him outside and pulled out what he thought was wither a road sign or a machete and they fought. He had a cuts to his left middle finger and upper back, as well as a fractured right hand. Another man was assaulted, but did not want to pursue the matter.
-- An Independence Square woman reported she had been stabbed on March 16 and then the call dropped. Police checked the apartment and found no one there. They also checked other apartments and found everyone to be fine.
-- The mother of a Daw Middle School student reported on March 16 her son was suspended on Feb. 17 for 10 days for throwing a chair at another student. She believe he did it in self defense. When she dropped her son off at his father's workplace, she saw a man threatening another man and her son's name was brought into it.
-- A man reported a fraudulent check on March 23 with $19,700 stolen from his Huntington account with the order paying to Arcolite, a company he does not even know.
-- A Commerce Street man reported on March 17, when he went outside to work on his van there was a long scratch down the side of it, which he thought happened sometime overnight.
Lisbon
- A Salem resident came into the station Thursday shortly before 3 p.m. to report that a truck had blown black smoke at his car in traffic and he believed it was intentional. Officers said if it was due to a faulty exhaust system they could write a ticket and that an officer needs to witness it. The complainant told officers he followed the truck and verbally confronted the driver. He asked officers to apologize for that if they made contact with the driver, who ended up being from out of town when they ran the plate.
- Officers were asked by the sheriff's office to stop a small black truck heading into town for reasons related to a warrant on Thursday at 11:10 a.m. Officers stopped the vehicle on West Washington Street but the driver was not the person they were looking for.
- A hangup to 911 from Circle K on Sunday shortly before 2 p.m. turned out to be a false alarm, as the employee told officers they had not placed the call and there were no issues.
- A small branch fell and shattered a North Park Avenue residentÌs front windshield Friday just before 2 p.m. Officers responded to the call and took the report with no further incidents.
- Officers responded to a call about a collapsed roof on Harrison Street April 11 at 9:02 p.m. The mother said she and her child were okay and showed officers where a waterline had broken causing the ceiling tile to come down. Officers stood by until the fire department arrived on the scene.
- A report of suspicious activity Friday at 3:30 a.m. brought officers to North Park Avenue after a caller said they had heard noises in his home and was concerned there might be an intruder. Officers checked the residence and found no sign of forced entry nor anyone of interest.
- Officers were dispatched to North Park Avenue on April 13 at 4:15 a.m. for a possible break-in. The caller told officers he had a knife and they advised him to put it down. When police arrived on the scene the knife was inside the residence, the man showed them. Officers found no sign of forced entry. The resident would not let them inside to look at the door the people were trying to break into and the man refused. The report noted a distinct nystagmus in both of his eyes with no odor of alcohol and said he could not sit still. Officers left without any further incidents.
- A call for a missing person turned into a welfare check regarding a scam the evening of April 11. A woman called and said her mother was en route to buy Visa gift cards in Salem for a possible scammer and had been gone for two hours. Officers said they could put out a BOLO to locate the mother and make sure she was safe and told her to also notify Salem police. Later Salem let Lisbon officers know the mother had returned to her residence. Officers went to do a welfare check and the mother told them she had gotten a call from a number that came up as a water company and told her she had won a car but had to buy gift cards to pay the taxes on it. She put a total of $1,040 on multiple cards while on the phone with the caller the entire time. She said she gave the man the card numbers over the phone. Officers advised the family they would make a report of the scam.
- Officers responded to a stopped vehicle in the roadway on West Chestnut Street April 11 at shortly before 8 a.m. and found it was the homeowner hooking up a utility trailer. He asked officers to keep an extra watch on his residence as someone had tampered with trailers on his property twice in the last couple weeks. Officers said they would do so.
- A car's driver side tire fell off at a red light on East Lincoln Way near the Jackson Street intersection April 7 at 9:29 p.m. Officers responded and directed traffic until the car could be towed.
- A reckless driver was reported on North Market Street heading into town April 7 at 8:21 p.m. Dispatch said the truck was driving slowly on state Route 45 then sped up when cars tried to legally pass. The car was seen driving in town but made no traffic violations while officers followed then cleared the call.
- Officers were called April 5 at 3:29 p.m. to Apple Grove Apartments for a potentially intoxicated man. Dispatch said he called to report a possible fight and was difficult to understand over the phone. When officers arrived they found the man and he asked officers to check on his neighbor who was turning his lights on and off on his porch. The neighbor told officers he had turned his lights off for the night and was headed to bed. Officers let the man know his neighbor was okay.
- A resident called regarding a dispute over an allegedly stolen dog on April 11 at 3:01 p.m. They said a warrant had been issued and they wanted to update his contact information. Officers forwarded her to the sheriff's office.
- A North Jefferson Street resident told officers on April 11 that he had possibly been scammed for $7,000. He said a person claiming to be with Amazon called about an unpaid bill and said they took the money from his account. He said he did not give any personal information and spoke to his bank about this issue.
- A resident called on April 11 at 8:44 p.m. and said he was detailing a car and had been told by the owner it was recently stolen and that there may be narcotics in the car. The man found a needle cap in the backseat and a gray powder on the floor mat. It tested negative. Officers ran the plate and found it had been stolen and retrieved in Chester. The sheriff's office was notified that the vehicle had been returned to the owner.
- A hold-up alarm from Consumer's Bank on Dickey Drive April 11 at 1:03 p.m. ended up being a false alarm. Employees told officers they had been having issues with the system.
- A caller advised officers he had seen two dirt bikes on Sherman Street on Sunday at just before 5 p.m. Officers patrolled the area but did not see the bikes.
Sheriff's office
-- Deputies served a protection order issued by the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to David S. Van Horn, who was at the county jail at 4:49 p.m. Tuesday.