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JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF Got the boot: A man living on township Road 241, Toronto, told deputies his ex slit his truck tire Saturday. He said she'd been next door at his sister's house drinking and when she showed up at this house he told her not to come in, she told him she "just wanted to ask him a question." He said he warned her a second time but she came in anyway, so he "kicked her in the chest and she fell off the stairs." He said he stayed in the house until he heard a loud noise and when he investigated, discovered the tire had been punctured. Picture this: A Jefferson ...

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Sept. 26 Drew Michael Karas, Mingo Junction Sept. 27 Matt Provenzano, Weirton

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STEUBENVILLE POLICE Diving for dollars: A driver said a pedestrian who wanted to argue with him in the 900 block of N. 7th Street “threw himself to the ground” Thursday when he attempted to navigate around him, claiming he’d been hit. The pedestrian said he was crossing the street when the driver “stopped …then yelled at him, veered to the left to go around him and then intentionally veered back to the right and struck him.” Police checked camera footage and said they watched the driver proceeding south on 7 th Street stop before the crosswalk while the pedestrian and ...

Marriages

The following marriage applications have been filed in Jefferson County: Gary John Kuntch and Katelynn Renee Torok, both of Rayland Joshua Troy Fancher of Toronto and Olivia Grace Farmer of Valley Grove, W.Va. Michael James Smith II and Bridget Nicole Beswick, both of Steubenville Stephen Andrew Bryant of Bear, Del., and Elizabeth Anne Clarke of Blaine, Minn. Tyler Michael Corella and Emily Kate Bottegal, both of Steubenville David Joshua Miller of Richmond and Kacie Renee Vandeborne of Wintersville Eulis Ellsworth Allen of Wintersville and Kristin Marie Wolford of Elkins, ...

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Sept. 25 Mark Gasser, Steubenville Rita Wigal, Wintersville

Police

STEUBENVILLE POLICE On a roll: An Adams Street resident was held without bond Thursday after he allegedly threatened that “before he dies he was going to kill her” Police report Daljeet Singh, 32, 406 Adams St., Apt. 1, also allegedly threatened to rape a city patrolman and allegedly assaulted a male correctional officer while he was being booked into the county jail. The correction officer told them he’d been hit in the face and…had a visible cut” on his face, police said. Singh was charged with assault and two counts of aggravated menacing. Double dipping: Occupants of the ...