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Sheriff's Office

-- A woman on state Route 45, Center Township, reported at 10:56 p.m. Jan. 8 that she was hearing loud noises outside her residence, but did not want a deputy to respond until she figured out where the noises were coming from.

-- A deputy was dispatched at 12:34 p.m. Sunday to Knox School Road, Knox Township, for a welfare check on a woman due to her telephone going straight to voicemail. The deputy spoke to the woman, who was fine.

-- A man on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that his 15-year-old daughter was being harassed on her TikTok accounts by an unknown user. He was advised to block the account and contact the administrator of TikTok.

-- A Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputy was dispatched at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday to a residence on Buck Road, Knox Township to make contact with a person for the Stark County Sheriff's Office. The deputy spoke with the person via the security system at the home and advised him to contact Stark County.

-- A man on Woodland Avenue, Salem called at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday to request a welfare check on his two daughters that he had not had contact with since Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, who reside with their mother in Hanover Township. A deputy spoke to the two daughters, ages 10 and 15, who were fine.

-- A man on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that his 15-year-old daughter was being harassed on her TikTok accounts by an unknown user. He was advised to block the account and contact the administrator of TikTok.

-- A Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputy was dispatched at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday to a residence on Buck Road, Knox Township to make contact with a person for the Stark County Sheriff's Office. The deputy spoke with the person via the security system at the home and advised him to contact Stark County.

-- A man on Woodland Avenue, Salem called at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday to request a welfare check on his two daughters that he had not had contact with since Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, who reside with their mother in Hanover Township. A deputy spoke to the two daughters, ages 10 and 15, who were fine.

East Liverpool

-- Officers who received a call about a suicidal man who said he took pills on Jan. 1 talked to the male until Lifeteam arrived and transported him to the hospital.

-- An officer advised a female who reported a male for breaking things at her Wilbert Avenue apartment on Jan. 1 that the male would be trespassed from CHMA properties.

-- A female at a St. Clair Avenue apartment reported on Jan. 1 a crib stolen out of her storage. When she spoke to officers, she told them there was a lot of drug activity in another apartment there, and she suspects they were the ones who took the crib.

-- Officers had First Class Towing remove a truck that blocking the driveway of a Thompson Avenue resident and preventing the resident from leaving on Jan. 1. Officers tried to contact the owner of the truck by phone, but the call went straight to voicemail.

-- Officers responding to College Street on Jan. 1 for a report of a fight spoke to both people involved who said it was a verbal argument.

-- Officers transported a male and his young son to his parents' house on Jan. 1 after responding to a possible domestic situation with the mother of the child at a Shadylane residence. The female was very intoxicated and difficult to understand, and the couple got into a verbal argument due to being intoxicated. The police transported the male and infant to his parents so further conflict would be avoided for the rest of the evening.

-- Officers responding to River Road to assist a vehicle stuck on train tracks on Jan. 1 alerted Norfolk Southern and First Class Towing of the situation. The officers were able to push the vehicle off the tracks and cancel the tow truck.

-- Crystal Pugh, 45, address not provided, was arrested for domestic violence after witnesses reported she was the aggressor in a Jan. 1 domestic violence incident at an Etruria Street residence.

-- Robert McLaughlin, 65, address not provided, was arrested and charged for domestic violence after being cleared by the hospital for being intoxicated following Jan.1 domestic violence incident at a Lincoln Avenue residence.

St. Clair Township

-- An officer who came across a vehicle halfway in the road on Lisbon Street on Jan. 4 talked to the owners who said the vehicle slid down the driveway and they needed help getting it up into the driveway. The vehicle was removed from the roadway.

-- An officer issued a deer carcass receipt to the owners of a vehicle that hit a deer on Jan. 4 on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road so they could take the deer.

-- An officer checking Starbucks on Jan. 4 due to an alarm found the building secure.

-- Officers filed a report on Jan. 4 for damage done by a white semi truck at a business on St. Clair Avenue. The semi dragged two boulders with its rear tires as it was turning around in the parking lot.

-- Officers checked the area of East Liverpool Road and state Route 170 on Jan. 5 to search for a female that was reported to be yelling for help.

-- An officer spoke with a driver from United Dairy who said he was the reason for an alarm sounding at Beaver Local Schools on Jan. 5. The driver said the school had changed the code.

-- Beth Zanker, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for speeds of 48 mph in a 35-mph zone following a Jan. 5 traffic stop on St. Clair Avenue.

-- Kevin Morris, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for speeds of 82 mph in a 45-mph zone following a Jan. 6 traffic stop on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road.

-- Adam Graham, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for expired plates following a Jan. 6 traffic stop on state Route 170.

-- A driver was issued a verbal warning for traveling at a higher rate of speed than traffic following a Jan. 6 traffic stop on McCoy Avenue.

-- An officer observing a driver with an outstanding warrant conducted a traffic stop on Broad Street on Jan 7 and took the driver Uriah Mitchell, 20, address not provided, into custody after verifying the warrant. Mitchell's vehicle was towed by Calcutta Towing.

-- William Howard, age and address not provided, was issued a citation for failure to stop a redlight following a Jan. 7 traffic stop on Calcutta Smith Ferry Road.

-- Officers checked the Highland Apartments on Jan. 8 after a female said that someone was pounding on her door and she wanted it checked. The officers searched but did not observe anything out of the ordinary.

-- Officers did not find any vehicles on the parking of JP's after arriving there to check out a report of an unresponsive male in a vehicle on Jan. 8.

-- Officers trespassed a male from the YMCA parking lot on Jan. 9.

-- An officer conducted a traffic stop on Jan. 9 on Y&O Road when the vehicle came back registered to a person with a suspended license. The driver was found to be a valid driver and released.

-- Officers moved along a group of people who were in the Sheetz parking lot playing music on Jan 10, after employees requested, they be removed.

-- Officers on Jan. 12, checked a portion of state Route 170 for a reported road rage incident.

-- A vehicle BP employees requested police have removed from the property on Jan. 13 was gone when officers arrived.

--A driver was given a warning for no county sticker on the license plate following a Jan. 3 traffic stop on St. Clair Avenue. The driver and passenger were known to the officer to have prior drug usage, so the officer requested consent to search the vehicle. Permission was granted; a search was conducted with no drugs found.

--A BP employee contacted police to report an occupied vehicle sitting in the parking lot of the business for some time and requested to have it removed on Jan. 3. An officer spoke to the driver who said he was tired and must have fallen asleep, but he was leaving.

--An officer was requested by Liverpool Township Police Department for a Jan. 3 traffic on Irish Ridge Road, which involved a reckless driver St. Clair officer previously had a call on. The call was handled by Liverpool Township Police and Ohio Highway Patrol.

--A disabled vehicle was reported on state Route 170 on Jan. 3. An officer searched the area for it but did not find it.

--Officers spoke to a Calcutta Smith Ferry Road resident who reported said he believed someone to sneaking in and out of his house on Jan. 3. Officers searched the house but found no intruder.

--An officer was sent to state Route 11 on Jan. 3 for a large object in the roadway, which was already removed when he arrived.

--An officer found Starbucks to be secure after responding to an alarm on Jan. 3.

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