Apr 22, 2021
— An Akron man reported at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday he was assaulted by a man named Christopher, who he had been hired as a Lyft driver by the man’s grandmother to transport to East Liverpool City Hospital for alcohol rehab. He did not know the man’s last name and he reportedly ran into Hull’s Market after the assault. Deputies went into the store and found a man matching the description inside the beer cooler. The man, identified as Christopher Lunsford of Massillon, was escorted out of the store. Lunsford had become irate when he was denied smoking or vaping in the Lyft vehicle. He then struck the driver in the head several times and ran from the vehicle at the intersection of state Routes 9 and 172. Two witnesses also submitted statements to deputies. Lunsford, 26, was charged with assault.