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Sheriff's Office
-- A man on Haiti Road, Washington Township reported at 8:44 p.m. Thursday that he asked his neighbor to turn down the music and the neighbor told him he will assault him.
-- A woman on Township Line Road, Madison Township reported at 4:35 p.m. Thursday that she bought a dog from a company called Puppy Lovers advertising on the website Zangi. She said the company told her to send them $450 in Apple gift cards, which she did, now the company wants more money and is refusing to deliver the dog from their headquarters in Youngstown. She said she believed this was fraud and was told to contact the administrator of Zangi.
-- A deputy was dispatched at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday to Steubenville Pike Road, Center Township, for a domestic violence report. One party involved got their belongings and left the residence.
-- Deputies responded at 7:27 p.m. Wednesday to JDE Food and Fuel, New Waterford, for a report of menacing, learning a man was harassing two boys at the New Waterford Park. He then followed the boys to JDE Food and Fuel and started harassing them again and threatened to punch one of them. After speaking with the boys and conducting an investigation, the man identified as James M. Shaffer, 68, South State Street, New Waterford, was charged with menacing and taken to the Columbiana County jail.
-- A man on Buffalo Road, Hanover Township reported a loud explosion in the area at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. A deputy checked the area and didn't find anything.
-- A domestic violence report was taken at a residence on Carter Road, Fairfield Township at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday. All parties separated and left the residence, with no charges filed on either party.
-- An assault was reported at a homeless shelter on state Route 45 in Salem Township at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday. All parties involved separated and left the residence.
-- A woman on Hill Street, Center Township reported at 6:08 p.m. Tuesday that she wants to get her dogs leashes on her neighbor's property that has no trespassing signs. She was advised to speak with the property owner.
-- Carroll County Sheriff's Office at 5:32 p.m. Tuesday requested a welfare check on a person at a residence on Camp Boulevard, Hanover Township, due to the person's pendant alarm pinging in their county and being unable to locate the person at the location of the ping. A deputy had no contact with the person at the Hanover Township property, but dispatch advised speaking with a family member by phone who said the person is fine, with family and it was accidental.
-- A person from Old Monroeville Road, Salineville called at 11:37 p.m. Aug. 22 to request an ambulance due to having suicidal threats, advising they needed to go to a hospital. Upon arrival, Northstar EMS transported the person to East Liverpool City Hospital, East Liverpool.
Highway Patrol
-- Maxine L. Haupt, 74, South 15th Street, Sebring, was cited for assured clear distance after her eastbound vehicle on U.S. Route 62 failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead and struck the rear of an eastbound vehicle driven by Courtney Bowersock, 29, Alliance, at 3:59 p.m. Aug. 26 in Knox Township. Neither driver nor three passengers in the Bowersock vehicle were injured.
-- Joshua E. Rodd, 44, Sandy Creek Road, Minerva, was cited for assured clear distance after his eastbound vehicle on U.S. Route 30 failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead and struck the rear of an eastbound vehicle driven by Andrew R. Meadows, 41, U.S. Route 30, Minerva, who slowed to make a right turn into his driveway off of U.S. Route 30 at 9:20 p.m. Aug. 25 in West Township. No injuries were reported.
-- Garett L. Bowling, 56, West Main Street, Salineville, was cited for reasonable control after his southeast bound vehicle drove off of state Route 644 and struck a guardrail at 7:14 p.m. Aug. 22 in Franklin Township. No injuries were reported.
-- Two injuries were reported after an accident involving two motorcycles traveling northbound on Westville Lake Road at 3:16 p.m. Aug. 22 in Knox Township. A motorcycle ridden by Jamie D. Kozic, 46, New Middletown overturned and struck a motorcycle ridden by Russell E. Johnson, 58, Hubbard. A Chevy Silverado was also traveling northbound when the one motorcycle overturned and struck the other one. Kozic suffered a suspected minor injury, but wasn't transported. Nancy Johnson, 55, Hubbard, also suffered a suspected minor injury and was transported to Salem Regional Medical Center by Sebring. No citation was listed on the report.
-- Andrew S. Dugan, 20, New Springfield, suffered a suspected serious injury and was taken by Stat MedEvac to St. Elizabeth Hospital after losing control of his southwestbound motorcycle on state Route 170 in Unity Township, traveling off of the road, striking a guardrail and overturning before coming to final reset at 5:14 p.m. Aug. 20. No citation was listed on the report.
St. Clair Township
-- An officer filed a report for a car accident on Aug. 18 where the driver said he had run off the road on Bell School Road and turned off into an old overgrown driveway. Calcutta Towing was called and was able to drive the car out of the old driveway.
-- An officer investigated to see if a bike was down on Duke Road due to a lot of grass being blown into the roadway on Aug. 18. The officer requested the street department to come clean up the grass.
-- An officer out with a disabled vehicle on state Route 170 on Aug. 18 requested Calcutta Towing get the vehicle. The driver was picked up by a friend.
-- An officer investigated a complaint of four juveniles running around in the parking lot of the Presbyterian Church on Aug. 18. She found three boys sitting in the parking lot playing Chess who told her they were making a film about a magical chess board. The officer told the boys they needed to go home because it was late, and they agreed.
-- Officers investigate a report of vandalism to a Ford Escape in the Wendy's parking lot on Aug. 18. The officers talked to an employee who said that a lawn service company Seed to Weed was cutting grass and cleaning up and the company broke out the driver side rear window of the Escape. The company left before the officer arrived, but the Wendy's manager called the company who said they would take care of the window. The officer noted in the report that the company was responsible.
-- Officers responding to a call of a male in distress at a Purinton Avenue residence on Aug. 19 spoke to a male who became very paranoid and thought that he could hear voices and people were coming to get him. The officer determined the male was not of sound mind and pink slipped him then requested North Star who transported him to the hospital.
-- Officers searched the Walmart parking on Aug. 20 after receiving a report of a female trying to get in parked vehicles.