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-- An Akron man reported at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday he was assaulted by a man named Christopher, who he had been hired as a Lyft driver by the man's grandmother to transport to East Liverpool City Hospital for alcohol rehab. He did not know the man's last name and he reportedly ran into Hull's Market after the assault. Deputies went into the store and found a man matching the description inside the beer cooler. The man, identified as Christopher Lunsford of Massillon, was escorted out of the store. Lunsford had become irate when he was denied smoking or vaping in the Lyft vehicle. He then struck the driver in the head several times and ran from the vehicle at the intersection of state Routes 9 and 172. Two witnesses also submitted statements to deputies. Lunsford, 26, was charged with assault.
-- Deputies checked businesses along state Route 172, Hanover Township, at 12:52 a.m. Wednesday and found the pickup window wide open at the Guilford Dairy Bar and Grill. The other doors and windows were secure and nothing appeared out of place. No one was inside. Deputies closed the window.
-- A deputy and patrol trooper responded to a home on McIntosh Road, Madison Township, after a neighbor reported hearing two gunshots at 2 a.m. Monday. There was also possibly a bonfire set with people around it. Officers found two men hauling out farm machinery and a fire containing junk burning. The men said the woman who lived there and was in the process of moving out had thrown some boxes in the fire and there must have been some aerosol cans in the boxes, which exploded. There was no evidence of any firearms.
-- Deputies responded to a Johnson Road, Madison Township, home at 6:21 a.m. Monday for an argument that had reportedly been ongoing throughout the night. The couple had decided to go their separate ways after six years of marriage. The man was waiting for a taxi and he left with some of his belongings. He was told when he returns to get his other belongings, he should call the office so a deputy could be present.