POLICE
Salem
— Officers responded to the 600 block of North Howard Avenue at 4:51 a.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious person. Officers spoke with the person in question and advised them to keep away from the residence and move along.
— Officers responded to the 500 block of Walnut Street at 10:29 p.m. Tuesday for a report of harassment. The caller advised that a juvenile was harassing another over email. It was determined the juvenile that was allegedly being harassed did not live within the city limits and the caller was to have the juvenile along with their parents notify the proper department.
— Officers responded to the 2500 block of Bentley Drive at 4:01 p.m. Tuesday for a reported physical dispute. No injuries were reported.
— Michael Delp, 48, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension and operating an ATV on the roadway after he was observed driving an ATV on the roadway on East Eighth Street and North Ellsworth Avenue at 3:11 p.m. Tuesday.
— Officers on patrol were advised of a possible natural gas leak in the 2400 block of East State Street at 1:24 p.m. Tuesday. The fire department responded and checked the area with no leaks located.
— Officers spoke to a person at the police department at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday regarding a possible sex offense that occurred in the city. Officers collected information for the report, and the matter will be investigated.
— Michelle Shingleton, 37, Salem, was cited for failure to yield after her southbound vehicle on Franklin Avenue struck a vehicle driven northbound on Franklin Avenue by Jason Papic, 50, Salem, at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday. Papic was treated on scene by the fire department for suspected minor injuries.
— Officers responded to the 700 block of West Wilson Street at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday for a report of possible phone harassment. Officers attempted to locate the owner of the number but were unable.
Sheriff’s Office
— A deputy responded at 10:13 p.m. Sunday to Leetonia Road, Salem Township, near Crestview Road, regarding cows in the roadway. The deputy found the cows and was eventually able to find the owner and herd the cows home.
— An alarm was reported at 5:38 p.m. Sunday at a Tomahawk Drive, Middleton Township residence, which a deputy found secure. Contact was made with the owners and the residence was checked with them and they advised everything was good.
— Justin Lee Vasquez, 34, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, was charged with domestic violence and aggravated menacing and taken to the Columbiana County jail after deputies were dispatched at 7:15 p.m. Saturday to East Liverpool Road, Madison Township for a domestic violence report. Vasquez appeared in county Municipal Court, with a pretrial set for Jan. 26.
— A woman residing on Old Irondale Road, Yellow Creek Township reported at 5:10 p.m. Saturday that a man at her neighbor’s property keeps revving his dirt bike and she felt this was targeted harassment on her, due to other incidents she has had with him.
— A deputy a 4:33 p.m. Saturday returned a call regarding a civil matter on Malone Road, Washington Township.
— A deputy was dispatched at 3:17 p.m. Saturday to McCracken Road, Salem Township for a juvenile-related report, with the report sent to child protective services.
— An anonymous caller at 7:48 p.m. Friday reported a disturbance at a residence on Bell Road, Elkrun Township. Deputies had no contact with anyone at the residence.
— A domestic was reported at 8:51 p.m. Friday at a property on U.S. Route 30, West Township, with a refusal signed.
— A resident on North Pleasant Drive, Unity Township called at 6:31 p.m. Friday to report a vehicle with an Illinois license plate pulled into his driveway and then pulled back out and left the area.
— A woman on Depot Street, Rogers reported at 4:53 p.m. Friday that her ex-husband,, who lives in Salem Township, has made three false reports to Columbiana County Children’s Services about the condition of her residence where their children live with her.
— A theft was reported at 3:50 p.m. Thursday at a West Point Road, Madison Township property.
— An active alarm was reported at 7:23 a.m. Thursday on Sycamore Avenue in Salineville, where the property owner was having a problem with the keypad and was activating the alarm.
