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West Virginia State Police
Charged: Carol S. Posey, 64, 1870 Eldersville Road, Follansbee, fraud by an access device, Tuesday.
Steubenville Police
Gun, drug charges filed: A city resident allegedly found unresponsive in a car parked but still running at the Kroger gas pumps is facing multiple charges after police found guns and drugs in his possession, Monday. Westley Larry Ron Bowling, 37, 511 Highland Ave., was initially charged with improper handling of a firearm and having a weapon under disability after the responding officer spotted a loaded handgun on the console beside Bowling, who they had to shake to awaken. Later, corrections officers reported finding five grams of what is believed to be crack cocaine on him, and police also charged Bowling with felony drug possession and illegally conveying prohibited item (drugs) into a correctional facility.
Dialed up: A Dillonvale woman who allegedly pocketed a Wal-Mart-issued iPhone an employee had left by a register unattended ended up being charged, Monday. Police said Tina L. Cassels, 52, 280 county Road 8, faces a misdemeanor theft charge after an employee called the number corresponding to the phone they found in her shirt pocket. Employees said the theft was captured on store surveillance video, which police also were able to view. Cassels also was given a lifetime ban from Wal-Mart stores.
Big haul: The manager of the West End Speedway told police a female had stolen merchandise valued at just over $876, Monday. He said the woman had scanned items in the self-checkout on April 25 but voided nearly all of them before paying, then returned a second time a few hours later and doing the same.
Love's lost: A woman who had been cohabitating at a Westwood Drive residence said her male companion had moved out and is now harassing her, Monday. She said the man entered the residence and "kicked down her locked bedroom door" and took her clothing plus her dog. She said he still owns the residence, and she plans to move out but "is awaiting a better financial situation." She was advised to seek a protection order.
Shoplifter: Kroger employees reported a man with a bright blue backpack filled it up with merchandise then fled toward Union Cemetery, Monday.
Nuisances: A North Sixth Street resident told police her neighbor's kids are causing problems, throwing things over her fence and pulling on her storm door, Monday. She said when she opened her door they were "belligerent and disrespectful." The mother of the kids denied it, but she was told her kids need to stay away from the neighbor's property.
Shoving match: A woman waiting in a parking lot in the 100 block of North Fourth Street said a man hit her in the face, Monday. Police said she had a small red mark on her lip but refused medical attention. She wants to pursue charges, but two witnesses said they saw the pair shoving each other but no punches being thrown.
Weirton Police
Charged: Kiera Bruno, 21, Coraopolis, Pa., malicious assault, Saturday, for allegedly using a kitchen knife to cut the head of a man known to her. Bruno told police she was acting in self-defense following a domestic altercation between the two.