Police reports
Follansbee Police
Charged: Seth A. Vargo, 25, 2716 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg, driving under the influence and driving while suspended, Friday.
Brooke County Sheriff
Charged: Robert L. Boyd, 52, 567 Banfield Ave., Follansbee, driving while suspended for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, Friday.
Steubenville Police
Good riddance: A city resident said her ex is harassing her, spitting on her car window and trying to hit it with a bat while she was in a parking lot in the 2000 block of Sunset Boulevard, Sunday. She said he missed with the bat but he texted her after that and said he was “waiting for her to come home.” Police said the spit was still on the window, but when they went to her home he was nowhere to be found.
Should have listened: A disturbance in the 400 block of South Fifth Street resulted in three people–two of them juveniles–being charged, Monday. Police said they were notified of a disturbance by JMHA security, but when they arrived at the location were told four girls who came to the location to fight had already left the area. Police were able to locate the four and took them to the police station, where they were released to an older woman and told not to return to the S. 5th Street location. Once there, police said several of the juveniles they’d turned over to the woman were involved in another disturbance. Two juveniles are facing disorderly conduct charges in juvenile court and a third, identified as Krya Holliday, 18, 940 Sherman Ave., was transported to the county jail and issued a summons.
There’s worse: Someone in the Wildon Avenue area doesn’t like the sound of kids playing, Sunday. Police said a caller reported a group of juveniles creating a disturbance, but when they arrived the group of kids aged 6-10 were “playing in the back yards of their residences and creating no disturbance,” police said.
Overstayed: A Sherman Avenue resident wanted a female removed from his property, Sunday. She’d already left when police arrived but they delivered the message.
Not there: A resident in the 400 block of Adams Street reported a disturbance, Sunday. Police said the caller complained of people “yelling and running the stairs,” but when police checked they said no one was around.
It happens: A caller complained that children in a neighboring apartment were “screaming and hitting the walls,” Sunday. Police talked with the father of the kids involved, who told them he’s trying to keep the noise at a minimum but his kids have learning disorders and “sometimes he does not have control on the noise.” Police said his kids “appear to be healthy and happy.”
Creeped: Callers reported seeing a man walking around the Hollywood Plaza parking lot taking pictures of license plates, Sunday. Police said he’d already gone when they checked the lot.
Mistaken: Someone reported hearing a shot fired in the 800 block of N. 6 th Street, Sunday. People hanging out outside JFK apartments said it was just a vehicle backfiring.
Stolen: Two catalytic converters were stolen from a truck parked in a business lot in the 1600 block of Sunset Boulevard, Monday.
Booked: A homeless man ended up in police custody after police discovered Wintersville police had felony warrants for his arrest, Monday. Brian Wright, 42, no fixed address, was booked into the county jail on charges of aggravated possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and tampering with evidence. Police located Wright after police spotted a man laying on the ground in the N. 7th Street plaza.
One booked, one cited: A man was taken into custody and the driver cited after a traffic stop near the intersection of Market and 7th streets, Monday. The driver, Connie Fletcher, 46, 2702 Pleasant Ave., was cited for no operator’s license and expired registration and the vehicle she was driving was towed. Her passenger, Joshua Sponaugle, 40, 224 Hudson Ave., Weirton, was booked into the county jail on a warrant (Stark County), Monday.
Booked: Teneisha Walker, 18, 964 Sherman Ave., Steubenville, assault, Sunday. Walker allegedly assaulted a juvenile, police said.
Cited: Deyzha Yates 29, 816 Oakmont Ave., no operator’s license, no registration light, and expired/unlawful plates.
Jefferson County Sheriff
Didn’t hear it: A caller reported someone in a white pickup parked on Frostview Drive was playing music so loud it shook her house, May 3. She said the individual had been playing the music “for hours” and said it’s been a recurring problem, but he must have a scanner because every time she requests deputies come to the area by the time they get there he’s stopped. Deputies checked the area and report “there was no loud music and the house was dark.”
Making noise: A group of juveniles were said to be in the roadway in the 300 block of McClister Avenue, Mingo Junction, “screaming and yelling,” May 1. Deputies located a female who told them she was walking around with her friends, “being loud,” but a family member was enroute to give them a ride.
Theft: Money and two lock boxes were reported stolen from a Dillonvale area property, Sunday.
Not responding: A Richmond man told deputies a friend who borrowed his Xbox is refusing to return it or take his calls, Saturday. He said he lent it to the individual because he wasn’t using it and no money had changed hands, but now the person won’t give it back. He told police he doesn’t know the serial number but it should be on file at a Steubenville businesses “because he had pawned it there before.” He said it’s worth $400.
Cited: Mary Jane Vandeborne, 95 Dean St., Dillonvale, driving under suspension and expired plates.