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Steubenville Police Donut run: A caller reported someone “doing donuts” in a car and then wrecking, Wednesday. Police said they found the car “stuck on a pole.” The driver, identified as Naakee Woodland, 21, 956 Sherman Ave., allegedly told police he lost control and “when he attempted to hit the brakes it made it worse and he struck the wooden poles in front of the pavilions.” Police said the vehicle was “suspended in the air on top of three poles that had come out of the ground” and had heavy front-end damage. Woodland was cited for failure to control, police ...

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Steubenville Police Cheating hearts: A woman reported a disturbance in the 3100 block of Central Avenue, Tuesday. Police said the woman, who was intoxicated, told them she’d been drinking with a male friend and they started arguing about a civil matter involving another individual and claims at one point the male “grabbed her by the front of her shirt, causing her necklace to break” so she “grabbed a dog leash and hit him (with it).” He fled on foot, bleeding, and tried to flag a passing ambulance down, police said. The male involved was also drunk, police said, and told them ...

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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Juston Kellenbarger, 50, 213 Yankee St., Wellsburg, obstructing an officer and assault on an officer, June 3 for allegedly threatening to harm a sheriff’s deputy if he attempted to handcuff him and resisting arrest when they were responding to a report the man was going to paddle his children. Charged: Paul Pulice, 59, 108 Ninth St., Wellsburg, driving under the influence, Monday. Steubenville Police Trio charged: A driver was issued a summons to appear and his two passengers booked into the county jail after a traffic stop in the 2100 block of ...

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Steubenville Police Ignorance is bliss: A woman in the 400 block of Union Avenue said she was assaulted by her husband, Sunday. She said she was standing in her doorway and wanted to know who she was texting, and when she told him she said he “grabbed her by the shirt and … punched her in the mouth,” before grabbing his things and leaving the residence. Police said her lip was bleeding, but she refused medical attention and told police she didn’t want to file charges. Police told her they’d be filing the charges themselves. Angry man: A Sinclair Avenue resident said her ...