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Police Beat Steubenville Waffling: Someone reported a disturbance in the mall parking lot “involving a firearm” Sunday, but the individuals involved told police no one had a gun. A female said four male juveniles who had accompanied her were in her car waiting for her and when she got there, “more individuals were banging on her car windows yelling at them.” Police searched the vehicle and did not locate any guns. A juvenile in the 1400 block of Ridge Avenue allegedly involved in the incident ended up in custody later after police reported he repeatedly refused to identify ...

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Birthdays April 4 Lindsey Channels, Bloomingdale Dustin Stingle, Toronto April 5 Jonathan Woodbury, Cadiz April 6 Sally Wenner, Toronto April 7 Miranda Corrigan, Steubenville Police Beat Steubenville Police Couldn’t hold it: A man with an overly full bladder ended up on the wrong end of a gun after he went behind a building in the 4500 block of Sunset Boulevard to relieve himself Friday. He told police he had worked there a few years ago when it was a mechanic’s school and considered it an out-of-the-way location, but a man who was on site with his family ...

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Today’s Birthdays April 3 Jenny Jo DeLauder, Bloomingdale Police Beat Steubenville Police Couldn’t hold it: Callers said a man was “being loud” in the 800 block of N. Sixth Street Tuesday. No one was causing a commotion when police arrived, but a man on a balcony “was yelling that (a man) had urinated in the parking lot.” The man denied it, telling police he “was visiting with a friend and was going to leave after he ate his taco salad.” Police gave him a ride home. Scavenging: Demolition crews arrived at a Lawson Avenue location Monday to find members of the ...

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Today's birthday David “Mope” Boyd, 65, Piney Fork Police Beat Jefferson County Sheriff Wild life: A Rayland woman told deputies she was trying to trap a raccoon “but ended up catching a baby bobcat” March 29. Deputies said ODNR dispatches stated they “would get a wild life officer to her.” Road hazard: Drivers of three vehicles parked in the area of state Route 7 North at the Rayland exit said they “hit a pothole that caused a flat tire.” Drugs: A caller in Mingo Junction reported a woman had overdosed and required Narcan March 29. People at the location said ...

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March 25 Jeannie Roberts, Mingo Junction March 26 Pat Pesta, Smithfield March 27 Audrey “Bobby” Allen, Mingo Junction March 28 Jacob Gasser, Marysville March 30 Bill Crowe, Summerfield, Fla. March 31 Arrow Maderea, Mingo Junction Joe “Boze” Potenzini, Mingo Junction

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Steubenville Police Road rage reported: A motorist allegedly involved in what was described as a road rage incident on Sunset Boulevard near the midtown Speedway “where one of the drivers brandished a firearm” was taken into custody Sunday. Police said Jovionte D.E. Howes, 27, 1805 N. 9th St., Apt. D, Martins Ferry, was charged with aggravated menacing after the other driver told them he’d “pulled a handgun out, pointed it at her and pulled the slide back.” Howes denied having a handgun but said there was a BB gun under the seat, claiming the other driver, a female, “tried ...