Sheriff’s Office

— A deputy was dispatched at 7:57 p.m. Tuesday to Hartley Road, Knox Township, for a runaway juvenile report. The juvenile was entered into the law enforcement data base as missing.

— A deputy responded to the Unity Dollar General on state Route 14, Unity Township, for an alarm reported at 1:25 a.m. Tuesday. The building was checked from the exterior and found to be secure from ground level. There were two vehicles in the lot that appeared to have been there for some time.

Salem

— Officers responded to the 600 block of Prospect Street at 3:09 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a person on the property who had previously been trespassed. Officers spoke with the person in question who advised that he was invited into the residence and showed officers messages between them and the other person. Officers advised them not to return and he left the area.

— Officers responded to the 1600 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 12:14 a.m. Wednesday for a warrant check. Officers did not locate them.

— Officers responded to a business in the 2300 block of West State Street at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday for a reported person with a knife. Officers spoke with employees who advised nothing was going on and dispatch advised the incident was occurring in another jurisdiction.

— Officers responded to a business in the 1800 block of East State Street at 5:09 p.m. Tuesday for a wellness check on a person sleeping in the restaurant with a juvenile trying to wake him up. Officers spoke with the person who advised everything was fine, and when asked if he drove to the location, he advised that the juvenile’s mother dropped them off. Officers requested the person call the mother and have her respond to take them home, which she did.

— Officers responded to the 100 block of Penn Avenue at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday for reported hit and skip. The caller advised a southbound vehicle on Penn Avenue side-swiped a parked vehicle. Officers located the southbound vehicle and driver, documenting minimal damage to the vehicle with photos. Further investigation showed the parked vehicle left prior to officers’ arrival. Officers will obtain video footage at a later time and an investigation is pending.

— The school resource officers were advised by administrators at Southeast Elementary of a possible issue with a student’s residence. The Perry Township Police Department was contacted due to the residence being in their jurisdiction and completed a wellness check, advising everything appeared to be okay at the residence at that time.

— Officers responded to the 500 block of Prospect Street at 1:59 p.m. Tuesday for a report of solicitors. Officers advised them to move along.

— Officers responded to the 1900 block of Merle Road at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised a man came to his door claiming to be a bail bonds agent looking for a woman with a warrant, and when the caller advised they weren’t present and asked them to leave, they refused. Officers discovered the man was in fact a bail bonds agent and advised officers he was leaving the area.

— Officers responded to a person at the police department at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday for a report of a stolen license plate. After speaking with the man it was discovered the plate involved was not stolen and that there was a misunderstanding while selling the vehicle the plate was registered to. The man was advised the matter was civil and provided a report number.

— Officers responded to the 1100 block of Newgarden Avenue at 11:47 a.m. Tuesday for a reported 911 hang-up call. Officers attempted contact at the residence but observed through the windows that the residence was empty and nobody was around.

— Officers spoke to a person at the police department at 10:07 a.m. Tuesday regarding a protection order violation. Information was obtained about the incident and officers advised they will be contacting the prosecutor’s office.

— Officers responded to the 200 block of Ohio Avenue at 10 a.m. Tuesday for a wellness check. The caller advised the woman involved was having a possible mental health crisis, and officers spoke with the woman who advised that she is fine and not in need of any assistance. Officers provided the woman with additional resources of peer support.

— Officers spoke with a person at the police department at 9:04 a.m. Tuesday who advised that they received a text message from her husband’s stepmother about property that was sent via the mail to her residence, and that she has a no contact order against her husband. The caller advised that she messaged her husband’s stepmother and told her that the property was sent back and not to contact her again and she texted back that she hadn’t texted her and it was the husband using her phone. Officers attempted to contact the stepmother and husband but were unable and voice messages were left for both to contact the Salem Police Department.