POLICE
Salem
— Officers responded to the area of North Ellsworth Avenue and West Sixteenth Street at 1:32 a.m. Friday for a reported water line break. Officers found the break and notified the water department.
— Officers responded to the 700 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 12:48 a.m. Friday for a reported fight. Officers spoke with both parties who advised that it was just an argument with nothing physical, and both parties went their separate ways.
— Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of Granite Avenue and Prospect Street at 9:35 p.m. Thursday. During the stop K9 Fero alerted to the presence of narcotics odor from the vehicle and located contraband in the vehicle. Both occupants of the vehicle, Amanda Jackson, 29, Salem, and Cody Hostetter, 24, East Palestine, were taken into custody for drug paraphernalia and transported to the Columbiana County Jail.
— Officers responded to the 500 block of Washington Avenue at 8:08 p.m. Thursday for a warrant check. Officers were unable to contact the person in question.
— Officers responded to the 1000 block of South Broadway Avenue at 7:37 p.m. Thursday for a reported reckless operator. The caller advised that a vehicle was doing donuts in a parking lot. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.
— Officers responded to the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge Drive at 5:44 p.m. Thursday for a reported property dispute. Officers found that the caller had sold a vehicle to the other party but had yet to receive all of the money. Officers advised all parties that the matter was civil, and they would need to speak with an attorney, and the parties separated for the evening.
— Officers spoke to a person by phone at 5:18 p.m. Thursday who requested officers document that she had been forced to request her landlord change the locks to her residence.
— Officers responded to the area of Newgarden Avenue and Liberty Street at 3:26 p.m. Thursday to follow-up on a telephone pole which had been struck by a car. Officers confirmed that it was the same pole involved in a hit and skip report the prior evening.
— Officers responded to the 1700 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 3:11 p.m. Thursday to assist Perry Township officers. Officers collected information and gave it to the Perry Township Officers.
— Officers spoke to a person at the police department regarding a harassment at 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The caller advised that they had informed their local police about the incident, and that they had been instructed to file a report with the Salem Police Department. Officers advised them that the incident was not in the city’s jurisdiction and to contact the Goshen Township police department.
— Officers responded to the area of North Lincoln Avenue at 1:55 p.m. Thursday for a reported reckless driver. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the vehicle in question.
— Officers were advised of the possible theft of money at an organization, which was not identified in the report, within the city at 12:10 p.m. Thursday. Officers collected information and advised that the matter would be looked into.
— Officers responded to the 300 block of West Fourth Street at 10:40 a.m. Thursday for a reported domestic in progress. Officers spoke with a woman who advised that she had gotten into a verbal argument with her live-in-boyfriend and smacked him on the hand. Officers Spoke with the male half who advised that she had begun yelling at him and smacked his hand and wanted her arrested for assault and that he wanted to press charges. Officers advised him that the woman would not be arrested for assault and that the case would be sent to the prosecutor’s office to review if charges would be filed.
— Officers responded to the 500 block of Aetna Street at 9:13 a.m. Thursday for a reported suspicious vehicle. The caller advised that a vehicle has been parked on the roadway for weeks and hasn’t been driven. Officers located the vehicle, which had an expired temporary tag, and were unable to contact the owner of the vehicle. A red 48-hour warning tag was placed on the vehicle.
