POLICE
East Liverpool
— Officers responding to a complaint of a possible intoxicated driver on Park Way on June 8 made contact with the driver who did not appear to be intoxicated. Officers noted that the conditions were wet causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crash on Park Way. The unnamed driver was cited for failure to control.
— A driver was transported by ambulance then to another hospital by helicopter with his condition listed as unconscious and intubated with several brain bleeds after crashing into a city work truck and a guardrail on state Route 39 west on June 9. The driver had to be cut out of the vehicle. Two city employees who were working on the side of the road trimming grass were also taken to the hospital. One of the employees was in the truck that was hit. Witnesses told officers that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed toward them with his head down. The estimated speed of the driver was between 70-80 mph. Workers who saw the vehicle approaching had to dive out of the way to avoid being hit. One of the workers said if it wasn’t for the truck being there they would have been hit. It was also noted that the that one of the work trucks was parked on the ramp and the other was off the road near the far-right lane and both trucks had their overhead caution lights on. The vehicle striking the city truck and was likely totaled, according to officers was towed. Before towing, officers did an inventory of the vehicle and found the driver’s cell phone and a meth pipe on the passenger side floorboard. An investigation is pending.
— A female suspected in a June 14 shooting at an Armstrong Lane residence was taken to the hospital after crashing her car Sprucevale Road. Officers searched the wrecked vehicle and found a firearm. The female was placed in custody in the back of a squad car until EMS arrived. Calcutta Towing towed the vehicle to a location designated by the officers to preserve the evidence and chain of custody. An officer followed the NorthStar EMS unit transporting the female to the hospital.
— Officer searched the state Route 11 for a driver reported to be heading north on the southbound side on June 15.
— A male who reported being hit on Grimms Bridge on June 22 by a car driven by his ex-wife was transported by ambulance to the hospital with a suspected broken arm. East Liverpool officers contacted St. Clair Police Department whose officers went to the hospital to take the report.
Sheriff Reports
— A deputy responded at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday to Nicholson Road, Yellow Creek Township for a welfare check on a woman called in by a health care provider. The woman said she and her boyfriend had an argument the night before and she called 911 but lost her cell signal. She said she was fine and he left last night and she hasn’t seen him since then. She signed a refusal to prosecute.
— Deputies were dispatched at 9:52 p.m. June 27 to state Route 14, Fairfield Township, for a domestic violence report. Eric Travis, 43, state Route 14, Columbiana, was charged with two counts of domestic violence, and single counts of aggravated menacing and using weapons while intoxicated. He was taken to the county jail. Columbiana Police assisted. Travis will face a pretrial in county Municipal Court on July 21 for the charges.
