Steubenville Police

Made it worse: A woman suspected of shoplifting at Wal-Mart landed in more trouble because she allegedly tried to mislead police about her identity, Tuesday. Jenaine L. Greathouse 44, 3433 Pennsylvania Ave, Apt. 1, Weirton was charged with two counts of falsification in addition to misdemeanor theft, police said. Employees allege Greathouse tried to leave the store with just under $60 in merchandise she hadn’t paid for. Police claim Greathouse initially identified herself as “Ms. Carson” but when no records were located, she told them she used to live in Florida. Police reported that when they still couldn’t locate any record of her they warned her she would be held without bond pending identification, so she told them the name of a 62-year-old woman, and when questioned about it, advised them she “aged well” and denied ever having been in jail. When they told her she would be identified by fingerprint, police said Greathouse finally identified herself and said she was wanted on a bench warrant out of Municipal Court. Greathouse also was served with the bench warrant, police said.

Questions: Employees at Wal-Mart complained of a man who’d been “parked in the lot for three days and keeps entering the store while it is closed for business,” Wednesday. They said when they confronted him the man flashed an obscene gesture. He said his mother had thrown him out of her house and he was currently homeless and “didn’t realize (the store) was closed and was only entering to use the bathroom.” He was told they do not want him there.

Kicked: A woman living in the 100 block of North Fourth Street said she was walking through the commons area at her building when an individual “kicked her dog in the face,” Tuesday.

Little drunk: Callers complained of a woman causing a disturbance in the 3000 block of Johnson Road, Tuesday. They found a woman “sitting in the third-floor common area … drinking a hard lemonade.” Her speech was slurred, her eyes were bloodshot and she appeared “slightly intoxicated” and said when they advised her of the complaint, she denied yelling. A short time later they were called back to the property because the woman was allegedly “screaming and banging on doors” and said she was putting furniture in front of one door. Police advised her to stop screaming residents and said she “became argumentative,” so they warned her they were going to arrest her if she kept causing problems.

Hands off: A woman who allegedly helped herself to a soda and junk food after she got locked inside a downtown business was charged with theft, Monday. Police said the woman called them from inside the business to report she’d gone inside to use the restroom “and when she went to leave the doors were all locked.” Talia Schoonover, 35, 524 Highland Ave., Steubenville, was issued a summons for theft after the snacks were found in her pockets and the owner advised he wanted to pursue charges.

Inside voices: A Rosswell Avenue resident was warned to keep his voice down after neighbors complained he is “constantly arguing and yelling with people who frequent his apartment,” Monday.

Assault claimed: A city resident said she, her father and a friend were drinking when they started arguing over a past relationship, Tuesday. She told police her father hit her and her friend, then woke her kids up. He claimed the two women jumped him “therefore he had to defend himself.” Police said they initially told the man he needed to find somewhere else to stay for the night, but he was rejected by the shelter and two other residences and no one could think of anywhere else he could go. The man was allowed to stay in the residence but told he needed to go to bed.

Missing bike: A Sherman Avenue resident said someone stole a bicycle she’d left chained up outside of her home, Tuesday. She said she’d been away for the weekend and when she returned it was gone.

No knock policy: A Maryland Avenue resident told police a disturbance that had been reported was caused by a female “at the wrong residence, knocking on the door.” She said an argument ensued.

Outta work: A man living in the 1400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue told police he and his girlfriend had been arguing, and she was “attempting to kick him out of the residence and force him to leave as she was tired of him not making an effort to work or help with the household chores,” Monday. He said they’re both out of work and she’d also threatened to “(put) their (child) up for adoption,” though police said they learned she’d said that “purposefully to upset (him.)” They advised the couple they can’t force anyone to leave a property where they’ve established residency unless the other party goes through the eviction process.

Booked: Xavier Crowder, 26, 1130 Lincoln Ave., Steubenville, possession of drugs and served with warrant for possession of stolen property, Wednesday. Police said they discovered Crowder’s warrant after a traffic stop and when they were preparing to search him allege he advised he had a small plastic bag of suspected cocaine hidden on his body. The driver of the car he was in, Anthony Hawkins, 31, 162 Beacon Drive, Weirton, was cited for a headlight violation, police said.

Peepers: A caller said he saw crews cleaning out a residence “and possibly looking into other(s),” Tuesday. The site manager told police he and his crew were cleaning out a vacant property and said he “did check on a house across the street to see if it was vacant.”

Denied: A disturbance was reported in the 400 block of Lauretta Drive, Tuesday. When police talked to the residents both denied any physical altercation. The woman said they’d just argued. Her husband let the property for the night.

Missing: A man dropped his wallet in the 200 block of North Third Street, Tuesday. He said when he realized he was missing he contacted the store he’d been at and after checking their videos, was told someone picked it up. He said it continued $150 and his credit cards and ID.

Booked: Brandy L. West, no age, no fixed address, parole violation, Tuesday; James Watkins, no age listed, Garfield Heights, failure to appear.

Served: Sean E. Miller, 35, 1522 Maryland Ave., Steubenville, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft, Monday

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 324 Commercial Ave. (vacant lot), junk, litter and tires; 447 Spring Ave., mattresses and litter; 326 S. Fifth St., litter, junk, car parts and tires.

Cited: Juana Rodriguez, 711 Kendall Ave., Steubenville, dog at large. Police say they are familiar with Rodriguez’s dog and allegedly watched it defecate on the side of another property. They said they heard Rodriguez calling for the dog and reminded her she’d previously been warned for the violation. Others cited: Milano L. Shepard, 36, Portland, Ore., speeding; Christine Cervenak, no age listed, 139 Forestview Drive, Wintersville, loud exhaust and driving under suspension; Tiffany R. Mills, 45, 828 Oxford Blvd., Steubenville, speeding.

Jefferson County Sheriff

In custody: An East Springfield man was taken into custody after an alleged domestic dispute, Wednesday. Deputies said Brett Calvin Reeves, 53, 304 Mill St., East Springfield, was booked into the county jail on charges of felonious assault and domestic violence. A caller had reported hearing a gunshot and people fighting down below her house, coming from the Mill Street area, and then a second caller reported hearing “a shot fired and a woman crying,” deputies said. The report did not indicate if anyone was injured or if a shot had actually been fired. No further details were available Wednesday

Kept it: A Tiltonsville woman said her ex was refusing to give her vehicle back, Friday. She said she let him use it for work, but he broke up with her while he was gone. Deputies told her she couldn’t file a stolen vehicle report but if he didn’t return it after his shift was done to contact them.

Half-truths: Deputies responding to a 911-hangup call said a woman told them her husband had left with her phone, Saturday, She said she’d been at her cousin’s house and had a few drinks and when she came home he “took her phone and started going through it and she cannot live like this” and said he started “screaming at her, accusing her of cheating on him.” She said she was trying to go to bed when he grabbed her by the arms and pushed her on it, though deputies said she had no bruises or red marks. He called deputies to tell them when she came home, she “passed out” on the toilet so he had to get her into bed and “felt she might be on something.” He said he also found ice cream on the floor and the refrigerator door open and he saw her phone open on the counter with a message to a man he didn’t know about how she was “going to park her car at her cousin’s and leave her phone in the car and go spend the night with (him.)” He claims when he confronted her “she started screaming at him and hitting him,” until he put her on the bed and left.

Hanging on: A caller reported a person trying to break into a neighbor’s house in Dillonvale, March 15. Deputies said the man told them he and his wife are separated, and he wanted to try and “mend the relationship” and when she didn’t answer his knock he left. There was no signed he’d attempted to force his way in, but deputies said when they talked to the woman, she told they’d “been separated for 11 years” and he doesn’t live there, then showed them the 46 “missed” calls in her call log. She said he’s “constantly trespassing on her property,” has tried to look in her windows and left a voicemail and text threatening to kill her new male friend. The male friend confirmed her ex has “on many occasions … (threatened) to kill him from the street.”

They’re watching: A Rhodes Street, Dillonvale resident reported a woman in a hoodie and jeans was “running up and down the street, beating on their homes and vehicles,” Tuesday. The caller told deputies he was watching her on his security camera. Deputies said she “took off” when she saw them, and they patrolled the area and could not find her.

Hitching a ride: A Mingo Junction man walked up to a cruiser stopped on the state Route 7 northbound ramp from state Route 151 to ask for a ride home, Friday. He told deputies he’d “drunk too much alcohol … and (was) afraid to walk back to his house.”

Concerned: A caller reported seeing a child getting off the bus and walking into a house in Mingo Junction that “looked abandoned and had large piles of trash around it,” Monday. Deputies were unable to make contact with anyone in the house, but did note the property has “a large amount of trash everywhere.”

Cited: Charles E. Jenny, 836 Spencer Ave., Steubenville, passing on a double yellow line and driving under suspension. A deputy allegedly saw Jenny improperly pass another vehicle and when he pulled him over, reported he said he knew passing was not permitted on that stretch of Sinclair Avenue but “the car in front of him was going too slow.”

Cited: Lexi L. Monroe, 1309 Hill St., Brilliant failure to display; Robert Wright, 72, 185 township Road 456, Irondale, driving under the influence; Cody L. Lehmann, no age listed, Carrollton, overweight vehicle.