Steubenville Police

Surprise visitor: An Oakmont Avenue resident said she was asleep on her sofa when she awakened to find someone in her home, Thursday. She said she assumed it was a family member headed up to her bedroom and called out several times, but instead a strange man “wearing a hat, jeans and a black shirt came down the stairs into her living room.” The homeowner said when she asked the man who he was he said he was looking for someone and left on foot. She said the intruder was “in the upstairs bedroom for (about) four or five minutes and she was unsure what he was doing or if he’d taken anything from the residence.” Police went to the residence of the man the intruder was looking for and said after a few minutes a man came outside who initially denied having entered the house but eventually “advised officers that it was a possibility he had walked into the wrong residence.” Police said his car was parked in front of the woman’s house and “possibly was so intoxicated that he went into the woman’s residence … and once he realized he was in the wrong residence, “he denied (it) in an attempt to stay out of trouble.” Police said Harley R. Leggett, 30, 1175 county Road 28, Wintersville, was charged with burglary.

Run down: A Wellsburg woman claimed her boyfriend had assaulted her, Sunday. She said he “threw a brick at her” that clipped her foot and hit her in the face at a Grandview Avenue location, then chased her down the hill on foot. She said he assaulted her again on North Seventh Street. She told police she’d like to pursue charges.

Beer bath: A man at the downtown Speedway said a blonde in her 50s “spilled beer all over him and refused to leave,” Thursday. He told police he’d spotted a beer sitting on a ledge outside and “was attempting to throw it away and (she) snatched the beer out of his hand, spilling it on him.” He said when he picked up the phone to call police she “walked around the back of the store towards Court Alley, where he lost track of her.

Opportunity knocked: A man waiting for his food order said he turned away from his table momentarily to grab a bag of chips and when he returned discovered someone had stolen his cell phone, Thursday. Police reviewed surveillance footage and discovered a white male wearing a blue T-shirt, gray shorts and a black ballcap walk up to the table and grab the phone. He might have gotten away with it but employees realized the thief’s female companion had “left her ID behind.” When police located the pair walking near University Boulevard and North Eighth Street the female told them her companion gave it to her “and she panicked and hid (it) in the trash can in the women’s restroom inside the restaurant,” where police located it. It was returned to the owner, who told police he didn’t want to pursue charges.

There’s the door: Police responding to a disturbance call said they found a woman who said her boyfriend put his hands around her throat and began choking her” during an argument over her Cash App card, Saturday. They said her neck and jaw were still red but she refused medical attention. The woman told them her assailant fled when she called police and wanted the incident documented, but “was not interested in pursing any charges at this time.”

Animal welfare: The Jefferson County Humane Society asked police to check on a puppy at a Euclid Avenue residence after “they received information that (it) was picked up and thrown to the ground, causing (it) to suffer compound fracture,” Saturday. Police said the homeowner told them she doesn’t have any puppies but “she had three dogs inside.” They said she let the dogs come outside so they could see them and realized two of them “appeared to be malnourished with their ribs and hips visible,” but none of them had visible injuries.

Fighting: A woman in the 500 block of South Fourth Street wanted her live-in boyfriend removed from the residence again, Saturday. Police asked the man if he would “voluntarily” leave to avoid any further problems and he did. They told the woman again that if she wants him gone, she will have to evict him.

Cited: A motorist told police he hit the guardrail on state Route 7 near South Street, Saturday. Police said the front passenger side of his car was damaged and both his front tires flattened. He told police he wasn’t drinking but a female arrived who said he had been. Daniel Haskins, 23, 325 Logan Ave., was cited for failure to control, police said.

Bad taste: A city resident said her boyfriend was sending “threatening texts to her and her mother,” Saturday.

Damaged: Police said someone threw a brick through a front door window in the 500 block of Logan Avenue and left the door open, Saturday. Neighbors gave police a description of the man who did it.

Didn’t go well: A Union Avenue resident reported being threatened, Sunday. Police said a woman told she was at a “get together” with a male at a nearby residence when “someone assaulted him and he threatened to harm everyone.” She said he left before police got there. Police searched the area but said he was nowhere to be found.

Sweet tooth: A Lawson Avenue man said someone ransacked his car and stole a bag of candy, Saturday. He said he captured surveillance video of a man with a flashlight tampering with one of his solar-powered security lights until he saw the camera, when he “bends down and flees the alleyway.”

Summoned: Shadea Stevenson, no age listed, 1532 Euclid Ave., Steubenville, warrant, Sunday.

Booked: Tyler Ward, 32, 551 Overlook Drive, Wintersville, warrant for petit theft, Thursday.

Cited: Zachery Sacripanti, 26, 858 Donegal Drive West, Follansbee, petit theft, Saturday. Employees at Wal-Mart claimed they saw Sacripanti bagging items “without making any attempt to scan (them) and pay for them,” police said.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Wakeup call: A Wintersville resident said he was awakened by the sound of his bedroom window opening, Friday. He said someone was outside his window so he “started yelling and when he turned the lights on and the person ran off.” He said he didn’t get a good look at the would-be thief because of his curtains.

Attempted break-in: A woman managing a property for a mortgage company said a padlock on the back door appeared to have been vandalized but the thief didn’t appear to gain entry, Thursday.