Steubenville Police

Can’t stay there: Employees at the Laundromat asked police for help getting a man to leave the property, Wednesday. They said he’d been “sleeping under the counter” for the last three days. Police told him he needed to leave, which he did.

Talking back: Employees at Hawk Fuel needed help “removing a customer …who was refusing to leave,” Wednesday. The customer complained that the clerk was using “vulgar language towards him” so he responded. The clerk said the customer “was leaning over the counter, so he asked him to back up” and claimed the customer “started using profane language first” so he responded in kind.

Charged: Weirton man was taken into custody after a resident reported seeing someone entering cars parked in the Firestone lot at North Fifth and Washington streets, Wednesday. A caller whose apartment overlooked the lot said she heard a car alarm going off and looked out in time to see a man entering vehicles. When they arrived at the location, police noted a bed cap window in a truck was open with “numerous plastic spoons and pieces of mail on the ground outside the vehicle” and allege they saw a man “walking in between vehicles” on the Washington Street side of the lot. When they called out to him to stop, police report the man “tried to duck down out of sight (but) immediately came back up” and said he “was just passing through.” Police claim they found a piece of mail in the man’s possession that was a match to the registered owner of the vehicle the caller had reported seeing someone in. Christopher Popovich, 50, 119 Greenlawn Blvd., was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and vehicular trespass, police said.

Causing problems: A resident in the 600 block of North Fifth Street said his upstairs neighbor “has been harassing them for the last five days,” Wednesday. He said the man “keeps coming down and standing outside their door yelling.” Police spoke with the man and told him to stay away.

Anger issues: A woman told police she needed to go to Trinity Medical Center West for a mental health issue, Wednesday. A couple of hours later police were notified of a “possible assault” involving the patient, and upon arrival were told the woman “was acting belligerent and assaulted” a security guard. The security guard said he was “slightly shoved and didn’t think anything of it,” wasn’t injured and didn’t wish to pursue the matter. Police said she was “escorted off the property” and ordered an Uber to transport her to a Pittsburgh hospital.

Charged: A Wheeling woman is facing charges after she allegedly ran a stop sign and made an improper turn “directly into the left lane” on South at Fourth streets while arguing with her passenger, Thursday. Police said Kourtenay Mayfield, 36, 2515 Hazlett Ave., was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence and cited for improper turn. Police report Mayfield told them she and her passenger were arguing because the passenger “became upset at the (American) Legion and punched her twice in the face.” The driver had a small abrasion on one hand. When they spoke with the passenger, police said she was “still being verbally combative and appeared to be heavily intoxicated” and thought her thumb was broken. Before administering field sobriety tests police report Mayfield had admitted having one drink but claimed she smelled of alcohol, and when asked for her license, gave them her insurance information and a charger instead of her passenger’s phone.

Snack time: An employee at the midtown Speedway said a woman who frequents the store loaded her pockets with candy that she never paid for, Wednesday. On her way out, he said she did pay for a pack of cigarettes.

Out of it: Police spotted a man in the 500 block of Grandview Avenue who was “taking to himself and walking in and out of traffic,” Wednesday. Upon speaking with him police said it was “apparent that he was under the influence of an intoxicant.” Due to what they described as his inability to properly care for himself, Steubenville firefighters took him to the hospital for evaluation.

No key, no problem: A real estate agent told police said she’s having trouble with people breaking into a Logan Avenue property, Wednesday. She said on several occasions it was apparent someone had forced their way inside. She said it happened again in the last two weeks so she’s had the problem areas boarded up.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 1509 Maryland Ave., large cardboard TV box and other items piled on front porch; 1510 Maryland Ave., scattered litter and tires in back yard; 1345 Oregon Ave., large pile of discarded items and household trash in back yard; 610 Pine St., garbage, trash and furniture piled in front yard, litter and mattresses in back yard.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Workplace harassment: An individual working in the oil and gas industry reported for “the past year or two” someone he works with has “been doing stuff to his personal vehicle, and he’s tired of it,” Feb. 24. He said the culprits are “drawing explicit pictures” and vulgar messages on his tailgate. He said he’s reached out to human resources and told the company’s boss “this needs to stop” without success. He said he’s afraid his temper is going to get the best of him and wanted to know what his options are. Deputies said since the incidents he’d related hadn’t necessarily happened in Jefferson County, he “should draft a letter to the company and its owners … and make them aware he has filed a report” with the sheriff’s department. They also advised him to consult an attorney regarding the workplace harassment.

Property damage: A Rayland resident complained a neighbor had damaged her property, Tuesday. She told deputies the man “purposefully ran over an orange traffic cone” she’d placed at her property line. He said it was an accident.

Theft: A resident living along State Route 152 said her child’s bicycle was stolen off their porch overnight, Wednesday.