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-- Deputies were dispatched at 10:04 p.m. Sunday to Cream Ridge Road, Elkrun Township, for a person having a mental episode. The person was worried that people were trespassing on his property. Deputies checked the area and made no contact with anyone, telling the person, who calmed down. He said he was going back inside for the night.
Salem
-- Cameron Colwell, 24, Salem, was cited for OVI, plates to another vehicle, no operator's license, and issued a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on his vehicle in the area of South Broadway Avenue and East State Street found him to be impaired, driving without a license, and the license plate on his vehicle to be registered to a different vehicle at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday. A search of the vehicle located drug paraphernalia and suspected narcotics in the glove box.
-- A dispute was reported in the 800 block of West Pershing Street at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday. Officers determined that the dispute had been verbal only, but the male half was found to have an active warrant out of Guernsey County. The man, Christopher Kleinhans, 40, Salem, was taken into custody for the warrant and transported to the Columbiana County Jail.
-- A juvenile issue was reported in the 900 block of West Wilson Street at 4:39 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that a juvenile had never been picked up from their bus stop and had been taken back to the bus garage. Officers advised the juvenile's guardian of the same, and they advised that there had been a misunderstanding about who was getting the child off the bus. The guardian retrieved the child from the garage.
-- A runaway juvenile was reported in the 300 block of West 10th Street at 4:03 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised their juvenile son had not gotten on the bus to return home from the Utica Shale Academy and was believed to have gone home with friends in Salineville. The runaway form was completed, and the juvenile was entered in LEADS.
-- Officers observed what appeared to be two electric dirt bikes operating southbound on North Ellsworth Avenue, turning East onto East Eighth Street at 3:42 p.m. Tuesday. Officers spoke with the juvenile riders and advised them that the bikes were not street legal. The juveniles were given a warning for the violation and proceeded on the sidewalk to reach their destination.
-- A juvenile problem was reported in the 100 block of East Sixth Street at 3:04 p.m. Tuesday. The caller advised that they had seen a juvenile be jumped by two other juveniles who then fled down North Lincoln Avenue. Officers observed injuries to the victim who was able to identify one of the two assailants. The victim also advised that the two juveniles were paying each other to knock them down and had struck him in the head with a closed fist multiple times. Officers requested the fire department and EMT and the victim was later transported to the hospital for further evaluation. Officers responded to the residence of the identified juvenile but were unable to make contact. The incident is under investigation.
-- Officers spoke to a person at the police department at 2:02 p.m. Tuesday who advised that they had lost $6,000 in a cryptocurrency scam. He advised they just wanted a report on file for his bank.
-- Officers assisted the fire department with a medical call in the 1400 block of Franklin Avenue at 1:33 p.m. Tuesday. The patient was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
-- Criminal damage to a motor vehicle was reported in the 100 block of Washington Avenue at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday. The caller advised their front passenger window had been smashed and the door was dented. Officers collected a statement from the caller and documented the damage with photos. Officers also followed up with the business where the damage occurred but were unable to obtain any information on other possibly involved people.
-- Officers on patrol in the 100 block of West State Street at 8:32 a.m. Tuesday observed a person in what appeared to be a verbal dispute. Officers spoke with the woman but did not observe anyone else. Officers asked if they wanted medical treatment which they declined and advised them to stop in at the police department if they needed any assistance.