SALEM REPORTS
- A caller at 6:39 a.m. Sunday reported a man laying in the road in the 2500 block of East State Street. An officer found the man sleeping. He said he was waiting for his sister to pick him up. He was told to remain away from the road while waiting.
- An officer in the 100 block of Railroad Street at 2:43 a.m. Sunday saw a verbal altercation in the Foxes Den parking lot where one man appeared to be holding another man back while he was exchanging words with someone else. By the time the officer pulled into the drive, all parties had separated and went their own way. The bouncers told the officer everything was handled.
- Police were called at 2:34 a.m. Sunday to the 1200 block of Cleveland Street to check the well-being of a woman who told officers she was fine. The report said she and her husband were separating and officers noted all his belongings outside on the front porch.
- The Columbiana County Sheriff's Office notified police about a possible domestic call by a female from Monroe Street at 1:32 a.m. Sunday. The first address provided did not exist, but the Sheriff's Office received additional information on the address and made contact with a man at the apartment. Officers attempted contact for several minutes, but the man would not answer the door. Entry was ultimately gained and the officers talked to the male tenant who denied there was a problem and said no one else had been there. Officers checked the apartment and found no one else inside.
- Police responded to the 100 block of North Ellsworth Avenue to check on a complaint at 11:02 p.m. Saturday about a dog in a parked vehicle. The dog appeared in good health, all the windows were open and the dog had a water bowl. An officer made contact with the owner at a nearby business and he said he was periodically checking on the animal and had just shut the car off and the air conditioning in the prior 15 minutes.
- John Ross of Monroe Street reported at 10:47 p.m. Saturday that someone stole a go kart and two dirt bikes from the garage bay.
- Police were called at 10:17 p.m. Saturday to the 200 block of South Lincoln Avenue for an unwanted person at a business. An officer spoke with the man about his behavior inside the store and he said he would be more careful in the future.
- A water line break was reported in the 1900 block of Fairview at 9:47 p.m. Saturday. Officers located a large amount of water bubbling from the curb just south of Whinnery Road. The break occurred within 10 minutes prior to the time of the call because the officer had just patrolled that area and saw no water on the ground at that time. The officer responded to Fairview and Southeast Boulevard where water department personnel were already working on another repair to advise them of the break.
- An officer on patrol at 8:56 p.m. Saturday noticed an open window at a business on Legacy Lane and secured the window.
- A man in the 800 block of East Third Street reported Saturday night that he was receiving unwanted texts/calls from his child's mother. When contacted, she told officers she was receiving unwanted calls from him. Both were told to keep the calls strictly about the child.
- Police were called to the 600 block of North Union Avenue at 5:17 p.m. Saturday for a woman who said she was receiving unwanted calls and messages from someone she knew. She was told her options.
- Loud music was reported in the 900 block of Prospect Street at 4:54 p.m. Saturday. The resident agreed to keep the music at a reasonable level.
- Jodi Paxson, of the 500 block of West Eighth Street, reported at 4:28 p.m. Saturday that someone struck her vehicle while it was parked at Walmart in the 2800 block of East State Street, breaking the tail light lens and denting the body.
- A woman in the 200 block of East Fourth Street reported at 1:40 p.m. Saturday that she was being harassed by a man she had just broken up with, saying he was attempting to contact her through others. An attempt will be made to contact the man and tell him to stop.
- Police were called at 12:21 p.m. Saturday to check the well-being of a resident in the 900 block of Highland Avenue. He said he was just sleeping.
- Police were called at 11:38 a.m. Saturday to check the 500 block of East State Street for a child in a wheelchair who was unattended. Nothing was found.
- Police investigated a case of road rage at 10:25 a.m. Saturday after an officer leaving the rear of the police station heard two males in a white truck yelling at a white car in front of them stopped at the stop sign on East Pershing Street at Broadway Avenue. The officer stopped the truck and the males said the other male driver in the car was brake checking them and speeding up and slowing down. The car had pulled into a parking lot and came back and a female was in the driver's seat and wanted to file a complaint for the two males beating on her car. She was told the officer did not see them hitting her car. She told the officer her 16-year-old son had just received his learner's driving permit and he was just being careful driving. She was told a report would be made. Her son got back into the driver's seat. One of the males in the truck appeared upset, swearing at her when she came back. He was told about the situation and what could happen. He decided to leave in the truck with the other male.
