POLICE
Salem
— Officers responded to the 300 block of East Sixth Street at 6:26 a.m. Tuesday for a report of a person causing problems outside of a residence. Officers spoke with the caller who advised that a person known to him had been outside his home yelling and that she pushed over his trash can before leaving on foot. Officers checked the area and were unable to locate the woman at that time. The woman did return to the residence several minutes later and officers spoke with her, and the woman was trespassed from the residence and advised of the consequences if she returned.
— Officers responded to the 500 block of Walnut Street at 2:03 a.m. Tuesday for what was initially reported as an assault. However, when officers arrived, they learned that there was no assault and that the person in question had suffered a seizure and become combative with family. The fire department and EMT responded, and officers stood by until they were no longer needed. The person was transported to the Salem Regional Medical Center by EMT.
— Officers responded to the 2000 block of Monroe Street at 1:19 a.m. Tuesday to assist the fire department with an unresponsive person. Officers stood by and assisted where needed as the person in question was transported to the Salem Regional Medical Center emergency room.
— Officers responded to the 300 block of Rose Avenue at 1:02 a.m. Tuesday for a reported disorderly person. The caller advised that a woman was outside her residence screaming and walking down the street. Officers checked the area for several minutes, but nobody was located in the area.
— Officers responded to the 100 block of West State Street at 12:43 a.m. Tuesday for a wellness check. The caller advised that his wife had come to pick him up in the 800 block of East Third Street and was waiting outside the residence for him, but when he went outside that she was gone and he was unable to contact her by phone. Dispatch was able to contact her by phone and were advised that she was okay and had gone home because she could not find him.
— Officers responded to the 1000 block of Newgarden Avenue at 10:50 p.m. Monday for a reported domestic dispute. Officers spoke with all parties and were advised that a father and daughter had been involved in a verbal dispute and that the daughter had left the residence. No physical violence was reported, and officers gave the female half and their juvenile daughter a ride to a friend’s house.
— Officers responded to the 1000 block of Highland Avenue at 12:20 a.m. Thursday for a report of an unknown disturbance. Officers checked the interior of the residence, but nobody was located inside.
— Officers responded to the 2400 block of East State Street at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday for a reported juvenile complaint. The caller advised their grandson would not get into the vehicle after dinner. The juvenile got into the vehicle.
— Officers responded to the area of Park Avenue at 5:03 p.m. Wednesday for a report of two women engaging a verbal altercation on the roadway. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the women.
— Officers responded to the 500 block of East Third Street at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday for a reported juvenile problem. The caller advised that their juvenile children were being bullied by another juvenile. Officers spoke with the other juvenile and advised them to stay away from the caller’s children, and they said they would not speak to them anymore.
— Officers took a report spoke to a person at the police department at 11:57 a.m. Wednesday regarding a person to be removed. The person advised that a man keeps showing up at his property in the 200 block of West Pershing Street and was still there. Officers responded to the property and the man had since left. Officers advised them to call back if he returned.
— Officers on patrol in the area of South Broadway Avenue and Columbia Street located broken glass in the roadway at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday. The traffic and safety department responded and cleaned up the glass.
— Officers responded to the 100 block of West Pershing Street at 10:51 a.m. Wednesday for a wellness check on a juvenile that has been absent from the Beaver Local School District for 36 days. Officers spoke with the juvenile and their father and were advised that they had recently moved to Salem and were in the process of enrolling the juvenile into online schooling. Officers advised the father to contact the school district and speak with the principal about the matter.
— Officers responded to the 2200 block of East State Street at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday for a 911 text alert. The caller had seen a woman possibly in need of assistance and when offered a ride the woman began exhibiting odd behavior. Officers spoke with the woman in question and gave her a ride to another location.
— Officers responded to the 2200 block of East State Street at 10:32 a.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised that woman was blocking the entrance to their business with bags of clothes and had left prior to officers’ arrival in a gray SUV.
— Officers spoke to a person by phone at 10:16 a.m. Wednesday for a report of trespassing. The caller advised that a person has continually put up a sign on his property regarding an upcoming election and asked officers to instruct them to stop. Officers spoke to the person in question and advised them to stay off the property.
— Officers responded to the 900 block of West State Street at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday for a follow-up investigation. The caller advised that a former employee purchased a vehicle at his business for $7,500 and only paid $2,500 before quitting and hadn’t finished paying off the vehicle, and when he went to their residence to retrieve it, they told them to get off their property. The caller advised he’d made a report with the Perry Township Police Department and wanted to file a report in Salem for theft and criminal damage to the vehicle. Officers advised them that a car sale would be a civil matter and any damage to the vehicle happened in Perry Township and should be reported to that agency.
— Officers responded to the 300 block of North Broadway Avenue at 9 a.m. Wednesday to assist the Salem Housing Department in the execution of a search warrant at a vacant residence. Entry was made through the unlocked front door, and the residence was cleared for the housing inspector’s safety. There was evidence that people are squatting in the residence, which has no electricity nor running water, and the housing inspector photographed the inside of the residence.