Steubenville Police

Afraid: A city resident told police she’d been assaulted by her son and had fled the residence, Tuesday. She said she was doing her hair when he walked in the room “and struck her on the back of the head multiple times.” She said he also hit her on the hands, then pulled out a pocketknife and opened it. She had no visible injuries and refused treatment or to pursue charges but told police her son has physiological issues and his doctor had changed his medications. Police said she was visibly shaken and was afraid he’d attack her again if he did not get treatment. They said the son told them the argument “got out of hand” but he didn’t mean to hurt her and denied opening the knife, insisting he only held it closed in his hand. He said the medications he was now taking may have caused him to act erratically but he didn’t want to go to the hospital, but changed his mind when police put him in handcuffs and told him he was going to be charged with domestic violence.

Problem behavior: A security officer at JFK Apartments said a tenant who’s being evicted was causing problems, Tuesday. While en route police said the tenant reported being threatened with pepper spray. The JMHA security officer said the tenant mumbled something under his breath and when asked what, became argumentative. He said at one point during the argument the tenant “came towards (him) in an aggressive manner,” so he pulled out his pepper spray and warned him to stop. He said the tenant retreated, but then said, “I’ll be back, I’m going to get you.” The tenant refused to talk to police, and while unwilling to pursue charges JMHA security told police they’re in the process of having him removed from the property because “he is a continued issue in the building.”

Self-help: City employees said they received a tip that someone was stealing water at a property in the 300 block of N. Forest Avenue where they’d removed a meter a few years ago, Tuesday. They told police when they investigated, the discovered “there were hookups where the city water meter used to be and the water was turned on.” The property is currently being renovated by the owner’s son, who said he’s been “trying to resolve the meter issue…since last year and no one would assist him.”

Bad idea: Administrators at Catholic Central reported a juvenile “brought an alcoholic beverage into the school and may have consumed it,” Tuesday. They said the students’ parents were on scene and they were handling it internally but needed to report it. Police said the student “did not appear impaired and only a small among of (liquid) was missing from the can.”

Claims: A woman in the 500 block of South Fifth Street said she was threatened, Tuesday. She said she was out with her dog when three men walked past, making gun gestures and sounds. She said she doesn’t know who they are but said all three are “tall and thin.”

Sticks and stones: A Lawson Avenue resident said a juvenile came to her residence to fight with a family member and threw a branch on her porch when she told him to leave, Tuesday. Police couldn’t find the boy.

Damaged: A resident in the 600 block of Pine Street showed police a large hole burned in his kids’ trampoline, Tuesday. He said he didn’t see who did it.

Dog bite: A Vernon Street resident told police she was in her backyard when a neighbor’s dog went after hers, Tuesday. She said when she picked her pet up the neighbor’s dog bit her on the knee. She asked police to make sure the neighbor’s dog “gets examined and is up to date on its shots.”

Vandalized: A contractor reported two windows on a construction trailer parked in the 1000 block of Lincoln Avenue had been damaged overnight, Tuesday. Police said both windows had holes in them.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/pccupants of properties at 2643 Alvaredo Blvd., 2711 Sunset Blvd., 2398 Sunset Blvd., 3046 Sunset Blvd., 3003 Glendwell Road, 1524 Orchard St., 1419 West Adams St., 838 Lawson Ave., 409 Henry Ave., 413 Henry Ave., 1307 Jefferson St., 1405 Oregon Ave., 1525 Oregon Ave., 1233 Wellesley Ave., 1117 Park St., 703 N. 4th St., all for high grass/weeds.

Cited: Joseph L. Dokes Jr., 56, Scharlotte Ave., Mingo Junction, red light violation; Toby Lesnefsky, 21, 1722 County Road 56, speeding.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Booked: Damon N. Moore, 47, 2403 Commercial Ave., Mingo Junction, domestic violence, Tuesday. Moore allegedly “grabbed (a female’s) face after he threw her down on the couch, then spit in her face.” He denied any physical confrontation but did say they’d argued over him asking her daughter to take him to pick up medication since she didn’t want to go. Deputies said Moore was hiding in the basement when they arrived and said when they told him he was going to be arrested he “became verbally aggressive,” using derogatory language and suggesting they go do something to themselves they are physically unable to do.

Booked: Douglas L. Reese, 52, 1653 County Road 68, Toronto, having a weapon while under disability, Tuesday. A caller had reported a man he believed to be intoxicated standing outside shooting a gun, deputies said. They said Reese insisted he “didn’t do anything” and it was just his tractor backfiring. Deputies said he was holding a can of what appeared to be starter fluid and told them he’d sprayed it into his tractor because he’s been having trouble with it, but he ended up in custody after another deputy spotted a shell casing in his driveway. The caller alleges he was looking out his window when he saw Reese point the gun at him and yell that he was going to shoot him, so he stepped away and only heard the gunshot.

Booked: Mylee M. Seau-Myers, 42,3395 County Rd. 19, Brilliant, domestic violence, Tuesday. Seau-Myers allegedly struck a male companion in the mouth several times on state Route 7 near Toronto, causing his mouth to bleed.

Mingo Junction Police

So there…: A resident was upset that workers who delivered her new, government issued refrigerator wouldn’t install it, May 3. She said the delivery crew was supposed to install the new one and cart her old one away but she had to swap them out herself with a friend’s help because the workers “refused to install the new one due to the untidy living conditions of the home” and complained they weren’t doing their job so she’d promised the old one to someone “and was not going to give (the workers) her old fridge.” The workers said that “due to the unsanitary conditions of the home” they were not going to risk installing the new appliance or carting out the old one. Police told her they couldn’t force her to give them the old refrigerator, but her dissatisfaction isn’t grounds to keep it and if she wanted the dispute resolved it would be best to give it to them, which she ultimately did.

Open door policy: A woman told police she returned home after work to find her front door open and her dogs had been let out of their crates, May 8. She suspects her landlord because she was two days late paying her rent and he’d left a note on her door about evicting her.

Bag it: A Scharlotte Avenue resident who put four mattresses out for garbage pickup told police he was unaware they needed to be bagged, May 2. He told police he would go to the water department to get some.