Steubenville Police

Stating the obvious: A city resident ended up in custody after he allegedly caught an officer’s attention by trying to not to be noticed, Sunday. Police said Randy Bake, 51, 637 N. Fifth St., had been walking in and out of the roadway at Market and South Fifth streets and made “what appeared to be an obvious effort to be evasive” as he cut through grassy areas and parking lots. When they caught up to him, police allege Bake “was advised of the reasoning for the stop and while speaking with him, he … admitted he was wanted by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office.” Bake was booked into the county jail on a probation violation, police said.

Spitting mad: A woman in the 100 block of North Fourth Street said a man “spit in her face” when she asked him to leave her apartment, Sunday. She told officers she wants to pursue charges.

Misbehaving: A motorist told police she saw a juvenile throwing things at passing vehicles in the 1000 block of Lincoln Avenue, Sunday. She said her car was dented by whatever the juvenile was hurling at cars. She said the youth appeared to be around 10-years-old and was wearing a dark-colored hoodie with a red bandana. Police were unable to locate the juvenile she described.

Walking trail: A Euclid Avenue resident reported her windshield had been broken overnight, Sunday. Police said there were “multiple cracks” through the windshield, along with dents and shoeprints.

At risk: A caller reported seeing juveniles in an abandoned house on Dresden Avenue, Sunday. As they arrived, police said they saw the kids running from the area, but no one was able to locate them. A resident said he suspected his child was one of them and said he would “take care of his punishment once he returned home.”

Orderly departure: A man who’d been discharged from the hospital was refusing to leave, Monday. Employees said he’d been there for seven hours and after being discharged was “following patients waiting in the lobby and making (them) feel uncomfortable.” When police told him that he was no longer wanted on the premises, he requested a ride to a hotel.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Hoe down: A contractor reported the theft of a backhoe from a work site on County Road 39 in Unionport, April 3. Employees said the backhoe, which had been parked in a field, is valued at $20,000 and was last seen about two weeks ago. They said someone went joyriding in a piece of equipment from one of their work sites at Friendship Park in November but they found it nearby.

Asked to leave: A woman turned away from an Amsterdam party because of someone there didn’t like one of her passengers said a man roughed her up, Sunday. She said she’d turned around to leave when some party guests came out and one of them got in because he knew one of her passengers. She got out of her truck briefly to talk to a friend when the same male walked up behind her and “pushed her into another vehicle, and when she tried to get back in the vehicle he “pushed her up in the truck.” She wasn’t injured and said she didn’t want to pursue charges because her friends had talked to her assailant’s family and they said “they would take care of it.”

Cold and wet: A Steubenville area resident said she and her husband were intoxicated and he’d locked her out of the house, Sunday. She said she’d been trying to get in for nearly an hour and even broke the front door glass to try and gain access, to no avail, and requested assistance because “it was late, cold and raining.” Deputies knocked several times before her husband appeared and said he was also drunk. They told him he can’t lock her out of her own house, so he let her in.

Keeping it amicable: A caller said someone was trying to break into her daughter’s garage, April 5. Deputies said a red Ford pickup was seen leaving the property with a 4-wheeler in the bed. The property owner said she’d been awarded the property in divorce court and didn’t want to pursue charges because she’s in the process of selling it to one of her ex’s family members. She said her ex had talked about getting his things out but hadn’t gotten around to it and figured he came to get his RV.

Pilfered: A caller said a house in the Bloomingdale area that she’d inherited from a family member had been entered, April 5. She said she’d been at the property a little over three weeks ago and returned to find it had been and rummaged and interior doors were missing.

Ethereal: A Steubenville area resident said he was hearing noises from his roof or attic, Sunday. He told deputies the longer he listened the “more it sounded like footsteps.” They checked his trailer and found nothing out of place.

Low blow: A Mingo Junction resident said a deceased neighbor’s residence had been entered, Sunday. Deputies said windows and a door were broken.

Once bitten, twice shy: A Richmond man who put surveillance cameras up after items were stolen from his garage several weeks ago reported a prowler, Sunday. He told them the individual was wearing a black hoodie.

Forgot something: A neighbor reported the owners of a nearby property on State Route 43 had been evicted and hadn’t returned for their dogs, April 4.

Drugs suspected: A caller reported a male in an altered mental state and said it appeared that he “may be on something,” April 4. Deputies notified his probation officer.

Left: A Dillonvale resident said a motorist crashed into his ditch and then fled the scene, April 4.

Rampaging: Deputies were told a woman “believed to be on narcotics” was at a Yorkville residence.

Cited: Donald Adams, 70, 815 N. Sixth St., Apt. 616, Steubenville, operating a motor vehicle on a temporary permit and expired plates; Vertwon Upshaw, 35, 476 S. Sixth St., Steubenville, expired registration and no operator’s license.