POLICE
Sheriff’s Office
— Goshen Township Police in Mahoning County called at 2:35 p.m. Saturday to request a Columbiana County deputy do a welfare check on one of their township residents who made statements of self harm and was at a residence on Heritage Drive, Knox Township. The deputy spoke with the person who was fine and was with family members. The person also called Goshen Township Police and they don’t want to have contact with the person.
— A deputy was dispatched at 1:46 p.m. Saturday to Bandy Road, Knox Township for a crash notification from a cell phone. The homeowner said everything was fine.
— A deputy was dispatched at 3:42 p.m. Saturday to the 4800 block of Bandy Road, Knox Township, for a company installing cable blocking the road. The deputy saw the cable company vehicle was not blocking the road.
— A deputy responded to a request for assistance at 1:53 p.m. Saturday from corrections officers at the Federal Correctional Institute Elkton in Elk Run Township where officers reported observing and detaining a Hispanic man dressed in camouflage clothing launching contraband onto federal property on Scroggs Road. The man, identified as Victor Manuel Diaz De Montes Oca, 34, Painesville, provided a Mexico identification. He was charged with criminal trespass and the contraband was seized by FCI Elkton staff with future federal criminal charges pending. The Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE) agency was contacted in reference to the arrest. Diaz was being held in the county jail and appeared for arraignment in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday morning. He entered a not guilty plea, with a pretrial set for May 18. He remains in jail under a $5,000 cash or surety bond. He was also ordered to stay away from FCI Elkton.
