East Liverpool

– Two juveniles were charged with public intoxication and underage consumption after an officer observed one of them appear to be sitting or lying down in the Elks parking lot on Feb. 14. The officer called for a second officer to meet him in the area, by then the juveniles had left the parking lot. After patrolling the area, officers located the juveniles and detected an odor of alcohol coming from them. Due to the juveniles being out past curfew and intoxicated, they were searched for contraband. Between the two juveniles, officers found marijuana, cigars, a burnt pipe, 6mg Zyn, a THC vape, vodka, apple brandy and two cans of lime margarita bear in a backpack. One of the juveniles became combative. They were both placed in custody and put in separate cruisers and transported to the police station where their parents were contacted. The juveniles were released to their parents.

– Officers observed a vehicle with caution lights on running a red light at West Eighth and Lisbon streets on Feb. 14 and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. When the vehicle failed to stop for the officer with the emergency lights, the officer turned the siren on. At that point the vehicle stopped on West Sixth Street, and the driver yelled out the window, “my daughter and ER.” The officers followed the vehicle to the ER where there was found to be a medical emergency.

– An officer on patrol on state Route 39 on Feb. 14, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle where the driver had flashed the high beams several times at the officer. The driver was identified and told the officer he was OK, he was just flashing his lights to say hello to the officer.

– An officer dispatched to Webber Way on Feb. 14 to assist the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrived on the scene to find a trooper already had a male in custody.

– Officers sent to Fifth and Jackson streets for a resident throwing snow in the street on Feb. 14 told the person to stop doing it.

– Officers searched the area of Rigby and Grant streets for riders reported to be riding dirt bikes on the road. Officers located the riders at a garage and told them not to have the dirt bikes on the roadway.

– An officer spoke to the owner of a vehicle reportedly blocking the roadway on Northside Avenue on Feb. 14. The owner told the officers he did not know it was blocking the roadway, and the vehicle must have slid out of the driveway due to it been icy. The vehicle was moved.

– Officers searched around the Vista Hotel on Feb. 14 for a suicidal male who was reported to be walking in the roadway. Officers located the male who said he was trying to get to Trinity Hospital in Steubenville to get help and he refused transpiration to the East Liverpool City Hospital, and he couldn’t afford Medicare to get the prescriptions he needs. An officer transported the male to 213 Park n Ride to meet Jcom to be transported to the Trinity Hospital. Northstar refused to transport.

– An officer spoke with a female who was requesting advice on what to do with her unruly child on Feb. 14.

– An officer observed a vehicle with one working headlight traveling on West Eighth Street on Feb. 14 and conducted a traffic stop. The driver said she hit a deer and will be getting it fixed soon. She was given a verbal warning.

– Officers tried to conduct a traffic stop for a driver who failed to signal 100 feet before a stop sign, but the driver continued driving until he pulled into his driveway. The driver told the officer he did not pull over because it was illegal to pull someone over in the middle of the roadway, so he drove to his house. Officers gave the driver a short education and a verbal warning.

– Officers conducted traffic on state Route 39 on Feb. 14 for a vehicle with an obstructed license plate. The driver was giving a verbal warning after telling officers he just pulled the vehicle out of storage due to the weather being nice and has not done anything with the vehicle yet.

Sheriff’s Office

— A woman from Scott Mill Road, Rogers reported at 11:55 a.m. Thursday that she received a call from someone claiming to be a Sgt. Scott Smith of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office who told her there was a warrant out for her arrest, she missed jury duty and she must pay $2,100 by bitcoin. She paid the money and when she made contact with the actual sheriff’s office, she was told there was no Sgt. Scott Smith working for the sheriff’s office. She was told deputies do not call and ask for money.

— A woman on Bacon Avenue, Unity Township, called at 9:16 a.m. Thursday to request a report on file per her bank that $2,368.94 was withdrawn from her bank account without her consent.

— Deputies conducted a warrant attempt at 7:40 p.m. Feb. 22 on Sherwood Drive, Yellow Creek Township, and a person fled. Deputies and Wellsville police units searched the immediate and surrounding areas. Units went back to the original address on Sherwood Drive to check it thoroughly again and found a person hiding. Identified as Zachary Rudder, he was taken into custody on an active warrant and taken to the county jail. Rudder, 24, Henry Avenue, Wellsville, appeared in county Municipal Court on Monday for arraignment on charges of criminal damaging and two counts of theft. A pretrial was set March 4.

St. Clair Township

– An officer leaving a traffic stop on Feb. 12 observed an SUV with its hood up in the middle of the intersection at state Route 170 and Columbia Drive. The officer turned on his emergency lights and spoke with the driver who said the battery had died. The officer requested Calcutta Towing and blocked the traffic until a tow truck removed the vehicle.

– An officer investigated a private property crash at the PNC Bank where one driver had backed into another driver in the ATM line on Feb. 12.

– A driver was given a warning for speed during a Feb. 13 traffic stop on state Route 170.

– An officer searched the area of Duke Road for a reckless driver on Feb.13.

– A officer walked through the ALPHA care building on St. Clair Avenue on Feb. 13 with employees who said they believed there was some strange activity going on in the building when no one is there. Nothing was found to be out of place.

– A driver was given a verbal warning for an improper turn during a Feb. 14 traffic stop on Dresden Avenue.

– An officer noticed a truck running in the parking lot of Tim Hortons on Feb. 14 and stopped to check. He found the driver hunched over the steering wheel and knocked on the window, waking him up. The driver said he was just tired and he was going to get something from the restaurant and head home.

– Officers investigated a 911 call at a Summer Drive residence on Feb. 14. They spoke with the homeowner who said the call was accidental.