Steubenville Police

Donut run: A caller reported someone “doing donuts” in a car and then wrecking, Wednesday. Police said they found the car “stuck on a pole.” The driver, identified as Naakee Woodland, 21, 956 Sherman Ave., allegedly told police he lost control and “when he attempted to hit the brakes it made it worse and he struck the wooden poles in front of the pavilions.” Police said the vehicle was “suspended in the air on top of three poles that had come out of the ground” and had heavy front-end damage. Woodland was cited for failure to control, police said.

Unhappy: A city resident is facing charges after a disturbance in the 400 block of South Fifth Street, Wednesday. Residents said a couple was arguing and when the male tried to leave with a friend the female followed him and began arguing with the male and his friend who was driving, then punched the windshield as they tried to leave. The punchy female would say only that the dispute had turned physical and that she “had to defend herself.” She admitted punching the windshield but said the men inside were “yelling obscenities at her and it felt like the driver … was trying to hit her.” The driver said he and his family were walking to the vehicle when he saw the couple arguing outside, telling police the punchy female approached his vehicle “screaming and acting aggressive.” He said he was trying to leave but she was in front of it and punched the windshield before he could leave, telling police he hadn’t talked to her male companion for several hours and said he thinks she was upset with him because she “believed (they) were smoking crack … earlier in the day.” The driver said “his two juvenile children were in the vehicle and may have been hit by glass” but refused medical treatment for them. Bystanders told police the female companion had been at the driver’s residence prior to the call, after which her male companion “came over to her residence and began fighting with (her),” quickly escalating to the point where the couple was actively fighting. Police said Maleah D. Fletcher, 34, 425 S. Fifth St., was charged with criminal mischief.

Wakeup call: An Oregon Avenue woman said she was sleeping in her kitchen when a blonde female she didn’t know “came into her house and told her that her door was open,” Wednesday. After the woman left the resident said she discovered her wallet was also gone, but told police she didn’t see her do it.

Skipping the niceties: An assault was reported at a property in the 100 block of North Fourth Street, Wednesday. One of the men involved said he and another resident “have been getting into arguments over stolen property,” and that day when he passed the other man they started arguing. He said the other man approached him, so he shoved him, prompting the other man to up the ante by striking him in the face. He didn’t have any visible injuries and wasn’t interested in pursuing charges. The other man confirmed they’d been arguing “however he stated that he was provoked.” Police told them to stay away from each other.

Exchanging pleasantries: A North Sixth Street resident said a woman has been driving past her home “at all times of the day, yelling obscenities and making threats toward her,” Wednesday.

Arguing: A disturbance was reported in the 1500 block of Ridge Avenue, Wednesday. Police spoke with the homeowner who told them she’d been arguing with her son and his girlfriend, but there was no longer a problem.

Concerned: A letter carrier was concerned because a strange man was standing on the porch of a Moreland Street property she delivers to, Wednesday. Police said the man told them he was waiting for a family member who lives there. The letter carrier told police she didn’t know the man and he didn’t make any advances but seeing him there did make her uneasy.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 1150 Oregon Ave., 2008 Oregon Ave., 1321 Oregon Ave., 655 Broadway Blvd., 926 Broadway Blvd., 1407 Ridge Ave., 1521 Plum St., 165 McDowell Ave.,

Booked: Steven Williams, 36, 1232 Oak Grove Ave., Steubenville, probation violation, Wednesday. Williams also was cited for failure to reinstate his license after police allegedly spotted him at the wheel of a car in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, all for high grass/weeds. Also, 1407 Oregon Ave., appliances, junk and litter in the yard.

Cited: Samantha L. Buell, 37, 193 Main St., Follansbee, speeding.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Mistaken identity: A Wilson Avenue, Mingo Junction woman told deputies a man had been having suspiciously in their neighborhood returned and threatened a resident, Tuesday. They located the male who was driving the vehicle she described om another neighborhood and report he told them he was upset because she and one of her neighbors were “blaming him” on social media for an incident that had happened the night before and “putting him on ‘blast’,” complaining everyone’s blaming him for it and told them he wanted the post deleted. While they were speaking with him another man exited his residence and said the suspicious male they’d reported the night before looking around with a flashlight was him “looking for his weed that he left on (the roof of) his car.” He said he wanted to find it before a child did. The caller said when she’d seen suspicious characters going through yards in the neighborhood two nights in a row, she’d posted their picture online but had since taken it down.

Noisy: A Yorkville resident complained that a neighbor was using a generator to power his house, Wednesday. Deputies said the neighbor had already turned the generator off when they arrived and told them that going forward, he would “make sure not to run it too late.”