• A man told Ashtabula County sheriff’s deputies his ex-landlord tossed his belongings in the yard and then set them on fire Thursday afternoon.
The victim said he was recently evicted from a Cox Road residence in Windsor Township, but some of his property remained in the premises. His ex-landlord forced open the door, grabbed the belongings, tossed them on the lawn and set them ablaze, deputies said.
• A Jefferson woman alerted deputies to a telephone scam Tuesday afternoon, according to reports.
On Tuesday, the woman received a phone call from a man identifying himself as a bank official who told her she was in line to receive a $7,800 government grant after she pays a $250 “security deposit.” Suspecting a scam, the woman eventually hung up, but not before obtaining a call-back number. A deputy dialed the number, and was connected to a man in India who told him to send the money to an address in that country.
• A man lost $100 from an automatic teller machine last week when he was momentarily distracted by another man at an Ashtabula Township convenience store, deputies said.
The victim told deputies he was using the ATM at Sheetz on Route 20 when another man standing nearby told him a certain lottery ticket seems to be lucky lately. The victim went to buy tickets, forgetting to retrieve the cash from the ATM. When he returned to the machine, the money was gone, according to a report.
Store surveillance cameras showed the man who offered the lottery ticket tip took the money when the victim was distracted, deputies said. The suspect drove away in an orange, later-model Mitsubishi Eclipse, video cameras showed. The suspect is white, stands about six feet tall, weighs around 200 pounds with short hair and a goatee, and was wearing a black leather coat and dark jeans, deputies said.
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A car window was broken while parked in the 1700 block of East 48th Street at 12:50 a.m. Friday. -
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• Police stopped a vehicle at 517 Joseph Ave. at 1:44 a.m. Friday. As a result, a man was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. -
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• Thieves took a variety of items from an Ashtabula Township house early Tuesday morning without disturbing a sleeping woman or her dogs, according to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office.
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• Charges are pending against a 35-year-old Geneva man who attacked another man inside a Jefferson Township apartment late Friday night, according to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office.
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• A disturbance was reported at 3829 Lake Ave. at 4:40 a.m. Friday.
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• An ongoing feud between neighbors on Adams Road in Monroe Township bubbled over Tuesday afternoon when one of the neighbors tossed a soft drink at the neighbor’s truck as he passed her on the road.
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• A man told Ashtabula County sheriff’s deputies his ex-landlord tossed his belongings in the yard and then set them on fire Thursday afternoon.
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• Police are investigating a rape that reportedly occurred at gunpoint at about 5 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Columbus Avenue.
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• A man reportedly tried to abduct a 15-year-old girl walking along Columbus Avenue in Ashtabula Township late last week, according to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office.
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• A Conneaut police officer witnessed a traffic crash that injured a Conneaut man early Sunday morning on State Street, according to a report.
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