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Sheriff's Office
-- A deputy was dispatched at 6:38 p.m. Wednesday to the Norfolk Southern railroad crossing at Cunningham Road, Salem Township for people walking on the railroad tracks. All trains were stopped, but there was no contact with anyone.
-- Rusty Ray Altman, 53, Cream Ridge Road Lisbon, was taken into custody, charged with burglary, a fourth-degree felony, and transported to the Columbiana County jail after deputies were dispatched at 5:33 a.m. Wednesday to a reported burglary on Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon. Deputies went to the suspect's residence first and detained him and he was cooperative. Then deputies took him to the victim's residence and gathered information, learning he allegedly entered the residence without being invited while the victims were asleep. He was in possession of a long-handled ratchet wrench at the time of entry.
-- A deputy responded at 7:36 p.m. Sunday to Pancake-Clarkson Road, Middleton Township, regarding a custody issue, with the caller advised how to proceed. The deputy also spoke to the other party over the phone and advised them the same information.
-- Criminal damaging was reported at a property on Westville Lake Road, Knox Township at 9:17 p.m. Oct. 15. The callers were advised how to proceed. A deputy spoke to the other party involved, at the Duchess in Alliance, where the other party denied knowing anything about the damage. The deputy found no wrongdoing.
Highway Patrol
-- Nathan Martin, 43, Kelly Park Road, Leetonia, suffered a possible injury, but was not transported after his northbound vehicle struck a deer in the road on Columbiana Lisbon Road, Fairfield Township at 9:53 p.m. Oct. 20.
-- Lucian Hodor, 30, Quakertown, Pa., was cited for a stop sign violation after his eastbound vehicle on state Route 172 made a left turn onto U.S. Route 30 and was struck by a westbound vehicle on U.S. Route 30 driven by Kent N. Baker, 61, Unity Line Road, New Waterford, at 7:33 p.m. Oct. 16 in Center Township. Hodor suffered a possible injury, but was not transported.
-- Brandon A. Machamer, 30, Akron, was cited for reasonable control after the semi trailer he was driving eastbound on U.S. Route 30 traveled off of the right side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned at 4:31 a.m. Oct. 16 in Center Township, spilling his load of scrap metal. Machamer suffered a possible injury and was treated at the scene by Lifeteam EMS but was not transported.