Police
Sheriff’s Office
— A deputy was dispatched at 6:08 p.m. Sunday to the area of Creek Road, New Waterford for a dirt bike complaint. The area was checked and the deputy did see a dirt bike, but it went into the woods before contact could be made.
— A suspicious vehicle was reported by a resident at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at a property on Harvey Avenue, Center Township, but was not located when deputies patrolled the area.
— A white truck was reported in the ditch on Butler Grange Road near Mountz Road in Butler Township at 6:18 a.m. Friday, but when deputies checked the area in all directions, the vehicle was not found.
— Deputies along with Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers responded at 11:37 p.m. Oct. 6 to Spillway Road, Hanover Township, regarding a mental health call. The caller had an active warrant and was placed in custody. Units then checked the other person, who was found to be in crisis, and stayed with the person until EMS arrived. The person decided to go to the hospital willingly. The caller, whose name was not on the report provided to the media, was transported to the county jail.
Leetonia
— An officer responded at 11:53 a.m. Oct. 11 to the 200 block of Columbia Street, where a washing machine was flooding at a commercial laundromat.
— Police responded at 7 a.m. Oct. 10 to a residence in the 200 block of Oak Street for an alleged disturbance outside the residence and garage. After speaking to the occupant again and double checking again, officers cleared without incident.
— A downed power line was reported at 10:29 p.m. Oct. 9 in the area of state Route 344 and Beeson Mill Road. The vehicle that hit the pole had fled the scene before police arrival.
— Officers responded at around 5:15 p.m. Oct. 11 to the 300 block of Honey Lane, where the property owner reported that his wife’s back windshield had been shattered. He theorized it was flying gravel from a nearby property being mowed.
Patrol
— Joshua Minger, of state Route 45 of Lisbon, was cited at 12:58 p.m. Oct. 4 in Perry Township, after he pulled from a stop sign at Cunningham Road on state Route 344 into the path of Kurt Kampher, of Lisbon Street in Lisbon, and was struck. Kampfer had to right of way.
— Dennis Smith, of Bristolville, was cited at 11:06 a.m. Oct. 4 in Middleton Township for failure to yield the right of way, after he turned left onto Pancake Clarkson Road into the path of Maureen Shields of Georgetown, Pa while she was northbound on state Route 170 and was struck.
— Ryan Moore, of state Route 154 in Lisbon, was cited at 2:47 p.m. Oct. 3 in Madison Township for failure to yield the right of way, after he was struck while trying to turn left onto U.S. Route 30 from state Route 267 by Jason Hans, of Saint Clairsville, who had the right of way.
— James Moreland-Whitmer, of Campbell Road in Hanoverton, was cited at 5:39 a.m. Sept. 29 in Hanover Township for failure to control, after he went off the right side of Mardis Road and struck a tree.– Pamela Sisco, of Moore Street in East Liverpool, was cited at 9:16 p.m. Oct. 10 for attempting to pass a vehicle driven by James Cross, of Old Lincoln Highway in East Liverpool, as he turned left from state Route 267 and striking it on the left side of the intersection.
— Charges may be pending against Cody Dailey, who struck Cole Reed Milson while he was pushing his bicycle at around 5:30 a.m. Oct. 5 on state Route 164 in Center Township. Dailey, who was northbound on 164, left the scene after striking Milson. The crash wasn’t reported to the patrol until almost seven hours later. Milson acknowledged that he hadn’t been wearing any reflective garb when the box truck struck him and his bicycle. Several days later, after seeing the plea for leads on social media, Dailey, of Woodville Road in Leetonia had an attorney contact investigators on his behalf. The evidence has been forwarded to the Columbiana County prosecutor for possible charges.
— Emily Downey, of Linda Way in New Waterford, was cited at 9:29 a.m. Oct. 7 in Fairfield Township for failure to control, after she was westbound on Middleton Road and traveled off the right side of the road, striking a culvert.
— Bowen Criswell, of Hoopes Road in Salem, was cited at 5:57 a.m. Oct. 7 in Salem Township for failure to maintain an assured clear distance, after he struck Shawn Gnizdowski, of North Canton, from behind.
— Greg Woolf, of Tower Road in Salem, was cited at 9:22 p.m. Oct. 10 in Franklin Township for failure to yield, after Woolf pulled from a stop sign at the intersection of Valley and Georgetown roads before it was safe to do so, running into Brandon Johnson, of McCann Road in Salem.