Steubenville Police

Boys being bad: Three juveniles causing problems in Wal-Mart over the last few weeks were tracked down, Sunday. Employees said they’d asked them to leave and they did, but this time they wanted the kids, all wearing school T-shirts, identified so they could be trespassed from the store. Police located the trio on the other side of the mall and after identifying them, spoke with their parents and advised them of the complaint and that the kids are not permitted in Wal-Mart.

Brotherly love: Someone reported hearing a disturbance in the 100 block of South Fifth Street, Sunday. As they arrived police said they heard “what sounded like two people ‘rolling’ around in the upstairs apartment” and when they entered, discovered two brothers “actively fighting with one another.” The older brother told police he was “tired of his younger brother not listening (or) being respectful of his wishes” and bringing people into his home who he is unfamiliar with, claiming “some of them recently pointed a (gun) at him.” He said the argument started after he told his brother he didn’t want him bringing his girlfriend into the residence anymore. The younger brother confirmed his account, and police said neither of them wanted to pursue charges against the other. Police said one of the brothers agreed to leave for the night so they waited for him to gather his things but had to step between them when the other brother tried to “shove his way past (the officer) to start another fight.

Arguing: A caller reported a disturbance at a Colonial Drive apartment, Sunday. A female said she and the father of her child had been arguing but he’d already left.

Summoned: Employees at Wal-Mart reported a woman allegedly tried to leave the store with merchandise she hadn’t paid for, Sunday. Jennifer Day, 41, 1088 township Road 381, Steubenville, was issued a summons for theft, police said.

Family problem: A woman in the 2800 block of Sunset Boulevard said her grandson was harassing her and another family member, Sunday. Police checked the area but he’d left.

Noisy bunch: A caller complained of noise at a Gaylord Towers location, Sunday. Dispatchers said they “could hear someone yelling in the apartment.” Police said a woman in the apartment where the noise originated said her grandchildren had been arguing. Police advised her to keep the noise down.

Bad place: A juvenile driver was stranded in the 1600 block of Sunset Boulevard because his vehicle “was immobile and would not shift or drive,” police said. Due to breakdown being “in a bad spot (where it) could easily be struck,” police called for a tow and drove the boy home.

Cited: Leslie Thermes, 57, 106 Talbott Drive, Wintersville, speeding; Alicia M. Lonchar, 44, 416 Lee Road, Follansbee, expired or unlawful plates.

No thanks: A Maryland Avenue resident told police a couple that came to her house to use her phone robbed her, Monday. She said once inside they wanted to hurry up and leave, which is when she noticed her phone was missing and when she asked them where it was they gave it back, but her SIM card was gone along with her food stamp card. She told police she knows the pair.

Either-or: A caller reported a possible overdose in a parking lot in the 200 block of North Seventh Street, Monday. Steubenville firefighters did not have to administer Narcan, police said, but reported the individual “admitted using meth.”

Asked to leave: A man in the 400 block of Pittsburgh Street said a woman “was trespassing on his porch and refusing to leave,” Monday. The woman showed police a copy of a bill addressed to her at the residence and said she’d been living there for the last three months but after an argument earlier in the morning he refused to let her in and told her to leave the property. He insisted she hadn’t been living there long enough to establish residency and claimed the woman “forged his address on her paperwork.” Police told them it was a civil matter and if her information was accurate, “she would need to be evicted from the property.”

Problems: A caller reported a couple in the 500 block of South Sixth Street causing a disturbance, Monday. Police were advised the couple has “been in a relationship for several years and have been having relationship problems recently.”

Scared: A city resident told police her ex is harassing her and feared for her life, Monday.

Sobering: An intoxicated woman went to a city business to “request assistance with a possible domestic,” Monday. Police said the woman “was upset over old bruises and wanted police to remove him from the residence.” She had no new injuries, and told police he’d lived with her for over a year. Police said the male was already leaving the property with a family member, and they told her she’d need to evict him if she doesn’t want him there any more.

Keyed up: A male wanted to pick up his mother’s car but her boyfriend had it, Monday. The male’s father said the mother’s been hospitalized and the boyfriend wasn’t supposed to have it, but the boyfriend said she wanted him to use the car. Police told him he’d have to give them the key because it was still registered to the other man.

Booked: Aldon Orville Powell, 66, 650 South St., Steubenville, operating a vehicle under the influence and stopping after accident, Monday. Powell allegedly struck a parked car on Maryland Avenue near Carnegie Street, ripping its side mirror off, police said.

Property dispute: A Pine Street resident said someone came to his property and threatened to “steal items off his porch due to a disagreement over a vehicle” Monday. Nothing was actually taken from the property, he said.

Booked: Lee Beckett, 41, Steubenville, failure to appear, Monday.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 102 Opal Blvd., 3066 Glendwell Road, 1230 Wellesley Ave., 1339 Wellesley Ave., high grass/weeds.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Hungry: Deputies caught up to a small child in Mingo Junction who has been asking residents for water and food, July 9. The youth, described as “maybe 8- to 10-years-old” and wearing a superman outfit and no shoes, turned up at a Wilson Avenue location but ran off when he saw the homeowner calling 9-1-1. Minutes later a homeowner living about a block away reported the child was at her home asking for food and a drink. The child said he lives with a family member who was “not providing him with potato chips and…was being mean” and ran away, deputies said. He said there are alarms on the doors and windows of his residence but he “climbed a chair in the kitchen to deactivate the alarms and left through the basement door.” Deputies said the child had picked up a piece of broken glass and had small fragments in his finger, so before taking him to the hospital deputies took him home to get his shoes and a jacket. They said there was ample food in the residence and the boy had his own room and age-appropriate toys.

Commotion: A Springdale Avenue, Wintersville caller reported a woman running between trailers “screaming and saying unknown things,” July 7. The woman is known to have an addiction problem. Deputies said she agreed to go to the hospital for evaluation.

Harassment: Two people living in a recreational vehicle parked along a county road said a pickup truck pulled up alongside them and “started calling (them) pedophiles and other rude names,” July 7. The caller said they were going to move the RV to another location and that “if anything escalates…there they do have baseball bats to defend themselves.”

Flagged: Someone reported a man was “trying to flag down vehicles and … get into them” on state Route 43 in Berghoz, July 8. Deputies who located the man said they took him into custody on outstanding warrants. Adam R. Ryan, 30, of Bloomingdale was booked into the county jail on charges of domestic violence, disorderly conduct and having weapons under disability, deputies said.

Unhappy: A Rayland woman wanted her son removed from her home, July 9. She claimed he was removing things from the home, but deputies said he could be heard in the background insisting he’d done no such thing. Deputies said the son and his girlfriend went to his father’s home for the evening.

Assault reported: A Bloomingdale woman said she was attacked by her husband, July 9. She said he was sitting in his truck outside the residence and told deputies her back was injured. Deputies said the two separated for the night.

Tapped out: A Steubenville area resident said his ex “will not leave him alone,” July 10. He said he’s told her several times to leave him alone but she won’t listen, and now claims to be pregnant. He said if he is the father he will support the child “but until then he wants left alone,” but said she’s “repeatedly messaging, calling and texting him from other peoples’ phones and social media outlets.” He said she’s currently homeless as far as he knows and does not have a phone but uses messaging apps to contact him. He said at one point a guy named Joshua “called him and … (threatened) to beat him up” and believes she put him up to it.

Big issues: A man said his wife was causing a disturbance outside a club on state Route 213, July 8. Deputies said they could hear her shouting in the background during his calls and told him to wait inside, if possible. She said her husband had called her for a ride home and upon arriving, “they began to argue regarding his relations with another female.” She assured deputies she doesn’t drink “due to (her husband’s) alcoholism” and was only there to give him a ride home. Deputies said the two of them continued to shout at each other, and the woman was advised to sit in her vehicle while they talked to her husband. He said they’d been having “marital issues” and said when she dropped him off at the bar he told her “not to come back due to wanting to be left alone” but she returned anyway “and began shouting at him.” He said he would stay away from their home until the following day to let things calm down.

Dominos: An Irondale man was taken into custody on unrelated charges after his girlfriend was spotted on a neighbor’s porch behaving strangely, July 6. The caller described the woman as “possibly on drugs” and said she dates a man down the street. The woman claimed someone was “virtually” putting cocaine in her system” and said she’s in pain and nauseated, but her boyfriend told deputies she’s “schizophrenic and has been acting crazy.” When they requested his information for their report, deputies said the boyfriend was hostile, eventually admitting he was concerned he might have an outstanding warrant. After confirming he was wanted in Columbiana County, he allegedly told deputies he “is going to run away if (they) arrest him” and that he’s “not going to go to jail” before trying to go inside the house but they stopped him. Deputies said the male, identified as Joshua Board, 34, 129 Saline St., Irondale, was taken to the county line where Columbiana County deputy sheriffs took him into custody to address an unspecified warrant, they said. Board also was charged with resisting arrest in Jefferson County, they said.

Changing story: A Dillonvale woman told deputies she gave a female on the side of the road on state Route 150 a ride to town but claimed the woman attacked her, July 8. She said she was able to get her assailant out of the car but the call dropped. The woman eventually called back, “extremely upset,” and the dispatcher said he realized” she was intoxicated, this time claiming it was a family member she was fighting with and that the (woman) was still in her car at the time of the 9-1-1 call.” A deputy advised a family member was going to stay with her.

Nuisance: An Adena man complained that someone in a truck at his neighbor’s house was “blowing his horn non-stop” in the wee hours of the morning, July 10. Police couldn’t locate the truck the man described, but they were able to stir the homeowner, who said he’d been sleeping. He said the truck probably belonged to his brother “but he did not know why he would be honking the horn that early.”

Damage: Deputies spotted a storm door with broken glass behind a Bantam Ridge club, Thursday. They said “all the glass laying around” appeared to be freshly broken, but the door was secure and no entry was gained.

Lit up: The manager of an energy company operating in Jefferson County said a property owner is upset with drivers headed to and from the well pad, July 8. The man was “complaining about his trucks having too many lights on the back, and said he’d texted him that “he will get his.” He said he was concerned about the safety of his drivers “due to a past incident where one of his employees was shot in Harrison County.”

Cited: Anthony Blankenship, no age listed, Martins Ferry, speeding; Beau Allen Eicher, Salem, traffic control devices (running a stop sign).