Feb 5, 2021
SALEM The number of cases may be down, but drugs remain a problem that did not slow up during COVID-19 in Salem.
That’s what Police Chief J.T. Panezott indicated during a recent interview regarding 2020 police department statistics.
“We saw an increase of people going through drug abuse crises. The big concern to me is the amount of methamphetamine we’re seeing,” he said.
According to Panezott, it’s not unique to Salem, but something everybody else is seeing, with a surge of methamphetamine statewide and not the homemade kind, but the pure meth from super labs in Mexico. They’re also seeing fentanyl, but the amount of methamphetamine is dwarfing all other drugs.
Highway Patrol Kevin J. Simballa, 56, of Lisbon, struck a deer while driving on state Route 154 in Elkrun Township at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Lisbon
–Samantha K. Mayle, 56, of Minerva, was cited for failure to yield after she pulled into the path of a vehicle operated by Taylor D. Cunningham, 18, of Salineville, resulting in an accident at the intersection of South Lincoln and Maple Street at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Cunningham was taken to an area hospital with suspected minor injuries.
Leetonia An officer responded to the 300 block of Pearl Street at 4:52 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a suspicious truck parked on the side of the road with a male sitting in it. The officer advised the male of the complaint. The male said he was waiting for his significant other to show up with another male. The officer advised him not to cause trouble and the male agreed to leave the area.
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Five bullet holes are visible in one window at a Salem Acres apartment in the 1100 block of Prospect Street where two unidentified shooters and possibly a third, opened fire on a residentâs car and dwelling early Thursday, leaving 31 shell casings behind. No one was injured. Anyone with information about the shooting or who may have heard or seen something suspicious between midnight and 1 a.m. should call Perry Township Police at 330-337-7836. (Photo provided by Perry Township Police)
PERRY TOWNSHIP Unidentified shooters delivered a message on a rock and fired a barrage of bullets early Thursday into a car and Salem Acres apartment, but police said they believe the shooters may have hit the wrong location.
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Five bullet holes are visible in one window at a Salem Acres apartment in the 1100 block of Prospect Street where two unidentified shooters and possibly a third, opened fire on a residentâs car and dwelling early Thursday, leaving 31 shell casings behind. No one was injured. Anyone with information about the shooting or who may have heard or seen something suspicious between midnight and 1 a.m. should call Perry Township Police at 330-337-7836. (Special to the Review/Perry Township police)
SALEM Unidentified shooters delivered a message on a rock and fired a barrage of bullets early Thursday into a car and Salem Acres apartment, but police said they believe the shooters may have hit the wrong location.