POLICE
Salem
— Officers on patrol in the 500 block of East Fourth Street at 3:28 a.m. Friday responded to a wellness check. The caller advised his girlfriend texted him that she was hurt and did not text again. Officers spoke with her, and she advised that she was okay, and the text was in relation to a tooth that hurt.
— Brianna Crimmins, 25, Salem, was cited for failure to yield after her northbound vehicle on South Ellsworth Avenue struck a vehicle driven eastbound on West Pershing Street by Ryan Wilson, 47, Salineville, at 7:53 p.m. Thursday. Wilson was transported to the Salem Regional Medical Center for evaluation.
— Officers responded to the area of South Ellsworth Avenue at 4:06 p.m. Thursday for a wellness check on a person slumped over on a bike. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the person in question.
— Officers responded to the 800 block of West State Street at 11:54 a.m. Thursday for a report of two people yelling at each other from their vehicles and blocking the entrance of a business. Officers checked the parking lot of the business but did not locate any vehicles matching the description given.
— Officers responded to the 1800 block of East State Street at 11:07 a.m. Thursday for a reported person to be removed. The caller advised that a woman was sitting in the parking lot of the business and has a history of stealing DoorDash deliveries, and they wanted them trespassed from the location. Officers spoke with the woman, advising her of the complaint and that she was criminally trespassed from the business and to leave the property, which she did without issue.
— Officers on patrol observed a person pushing a grocery cart from a local business at 9:36 a.m. Thursday. Officers advised them they needed to return the cart to the store before facing charges for theft.
Goshen Police District
— Officers observing traffic in the area of Youngstown Salem Road and West South Range Road conducted a registration check on a vehicle which showed the owner to have an active felony warrant out of the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office at 6:01 p.m. Monday. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle, confirming the warrant and taking Darius Ruffner, 20, Salem, into custody and transporting him to the Columbiana County Jail.
— Officers responded to several locations throughout the township for reports of trees down in the roadway Sunday. Officers confirmed the location of the trees which were removed by the fire department.
— Officers responded to the 14000 block of Alliance Salem Road at 6:50 p.m. Sunday for a report of a telephone pole falling down. Officers observed the pole hanging over in the yard of a residence. Officers contacted Ohio Edison who responded to address the issue.
New Waterford
— Officers responded to the 46000 block of Church Street at 1:38 p.m. Monday in reference to a parking complaint.
— An officer responded to the 3900 block of West Main Street at 9:56 a.m. Monday in reference to a possible drug item found in a residence. The officer collected the drug item and took it to the station.
Lisbon
— Officers responded on March 3 at 9:13 a.m. to the Lisbon car wash for a single vehicle crash.
— Officers were dispatched to assist with a two vehicle accident at 9:43 p.m. on March 2 on state Routes 30 and 172 involving a fuel truck and a sedan.
— Officers spoke to a female outside of the station at 3:11 p.m. on March 2. She appeared to be disoriented and suffering from a possible mental health issue and believed that her cigarettes had been laced with a drug. She requested an ambulance and was transported to Salem hospital.
— A K-9 officer was dispatched at 9:57 p.m. on March 1 to conduct narcotics detection for a trooper on a traffic stop in the area of state Route 154 near Scroggs Road. On arrival, Canine Otis was deployed to conduct a free air sniff for narcotics which concluded in alerting to the presence of narcotics odor. A search of the vehicle was conducted and located several items of suspected narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia.