Birthdays
Oct. 19 Diane Sogan, Mingo Junction
Police reports
STEUBENVILLE POLICE Vandals: A caller from the 100 block of South Ninth Street told police she found three boys playing “in and around” company vehicles parked there earlier in the week and told them to leave the and if they came back she’d call police. When she checked on the vehicles Thursday, she said five of them had been vandalized. Not wanted: A caller reported a man “possibly trying to force his way into an apartment” in the 700 block of Market Street Thursday. The caller said the man was not on her lease and doesn’t live there and she wanted him to leave. After ...
Police Reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE A search warrant at a Steubenville residence led to arrests, Drug Task Force Commander Maj. Chris Vinci said Thursday. Facing charges are: *Christopher Curenton, 37, Steubenville, was arrested on active warrants through Steubenville Municipal Court for obstructing official business, assault, and aggravated menacing. Additional charges of having weapons while under disability, a third-degree felony, and possession of drugs involving crack cocaine, a second-degree felony are pending, Vinci said. *Deborah Schiffman, 45, of Steubenville, was also arrested ...
Birthdays
Oct. 11 Mila Trbovich, Mingo Junction Janet Griemes, Wintersville Oct. 12 D’Andrea (Champ) Harper, Mingo Junction Jenny Baker, Bloomingdale
Police
STEUBENVILLE POLICE Water theft alleged: A water department employee who shut off water to a residence in the 3600 block of Sunset Boulevard alleged a resident had tampered with her water meter and was using water she didn’t have to pay for. The resident told police she was aware the pipe had been changed but insisted it was done by “a man unknown to her” and she didn’t know his name. Police told her she could expect the city to contact her “in regards to theft of service” and was advised to have her water service turned back on legally. Gullible: A Carnegie Street ...
Police Reports for October 14, 2026
STEUBENVILLE POLICE Rolling stop: A motorist who didn’t put her vehicle in park before she got out of it at PNC Bank was injured Monday when it rolled backward, hit her and then came to rest against a fence. She told police she pulled up in front of the main entrance and got out, and when the vehicle began drifting backwards it “caused her to fall underneath (it).” Police said her leg and arm were injured, so she was taken to the hospital for treatment. Didn’t want help: The manager of a store in the 900 block of N. 7th Street reported a clerk had a run in with a “younger ...