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.
Feb 3, 2021
LISBON Tyler P. Faulkiner, 19, Quaker Church Road, East Rochester, was sentenced in Common Pleas Court to 120 days in the county jail for failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and obstructing official business. Faulkiner fled from the highway patrol and Minerva police at speeds more than 100 mph until his vehicle wrecked about six miles from the intersection of Gavers Road and state Route 518. Faulkiner then fled on foot until he was taken into custody after stopped in the field by K-9 Hunter of the county sheriff’s office. His license has been suspended for five years.