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STEUBENVILLE POLICE
Train wreck: Simmering tensions between Wilkins Avenue residents led to multiple calls over the weekend. On Saturday, a male told them he discovered cock roaches entering his residence and believed they were coming from (the downstairs’) neighbors (residence)." To stop them, he said he started spraying cockroach on the window trim, which caused the neighbors to "yell at him and spray him with the sink hose from their kitchen." He said he and his female companion don't feel safe walking to their car because it takes him past the other couple's window "and they have threatened (them) numerous times."
The downstairs neighbors said the caller "threw feces at their window and liquid from a bug catcher at them through the screen of their kitchen window" and police said they did appear to have "some type of liquid on their clothes, though the video they showed of the caller holding a cup did not show him hurling it at their house. The neighbors also claimed they'd been threatened by the caller and his female companion "on numerous occasions" and they "hang out of their windows frequently to harass them."
The four of them were advised it was in their best interest to avoid further interaction. However on the same day, the downstairs neighbors complained to police the original callers "threw water on their cameras." Police said the pair produced a video showing "a small amount" of water falling on their camera" but there was nothing to prove who was responsible or how it happened. Police observed water splashed on the side of the house and said the original callers complained "they felt that they did not have privacy from the downstairs neighbors" so they "used a little bit of leftover water from watering the plants on their porch and threw it onto (the downstairs neighbors) patio toward the camera." They were again advised to stay away from each other.
The original Wilkins Street caller called police again Sunday, this time to advise the electricity in his living room went out. He said the electrical panel is in the downstairs apartment "but the tenants are refusing to turn the power back on" and believes they "intentionally threw the breaker." He said he called the landlord "but they are refusing to do anything about the electricity problem."
Feeling guilty: A Market Street resident told police Saturday she "believed her ex-husband put a (hit out) on her" and feared for her life. She said she had cheated on him when she was 19 years old and believed that's "(why) he is now coming after her." On Sunday she called again, this time asking police for a ride to a family member's house outside city limits because she was afraid her husband put a bounty on her head. Police told her they couldn't do it and offered to check her residence to make sure no one was there or take her to the hospital, but she declined both suggestions. She instead called her son for a ride.
Big oops: A Lawson Avenue resident said her Glock is missing and she thinks she left it in a shopping basket at Kroger Nov. 4.
Unhappy customer: Two people in the 1200 block of Arlington were arguing over money Sunday. The homeowner said she hired a man to put a furnace in but he "never completed the install" so she wanted some of her money back. Both were advised it wasn't a police matter and if they couldn't come to an agreement they'd have to take it to court.
Bothersome: A N. 8th Street resident complained Saturday about "continuous harassing phone calls and text messages" from her ex.
Easy money: An officer on patrol spotted someone "walking around an abandoned residence...with a flashlight" and then going inside Saturday. Police have had reports in the past of trespassers in this building and said they found a man "carrying...an item" out of the building. Michael Sharp, 732 N. 6th Ave., was charged with criminal trespass, police said. He previously had been warned to stay off the property, they said.
Big foot: A S. 6th Street resident said she'd been arguing with a man who "kicked her front door in" Sunday. During the disagreement she said the male "began throwing items around the house" so his sister showed up and hustled him out, but "once outside he kicked the door and caused damage." Police said her screen door and inner door were "bent and unable to close."
Issues: A Maryland Avenue resident said a woman "threatened her with a knife and stole her phone" Sunday. The caller said she thinks the woman left her home and went to a neighbor's residence and wants to pursue charges. On Monday, authorities in another jurisdiction asked police to investigate after the alleged phone thief "called their department and (said) she was being held against her will in (a) basement" in the 1300 block of Wellesley Avenue. Police spoke with the male at that location, who told them there were "multiple people in his basement" but she wasn't one of them, and he last saw her "walking in the alley behind (it)." He told police they could look for themselves and once inside the home, officers said they spoke with "numerous individuals" who all said the woman they'd been asked to look for wasn't there.
Weird: The Family Dollar manager told police a man "wearing a black hoodie and (a) ski mask was following her and...breathing down her neck" Sunday. A customer told police the same man had also been following her and her daughter. Police located the man in the 100 block of S. 4th Street and told him he can no longer be on the property.
Personality clash: A Terrace Avenue resident said his child had run away from home Sunday, but when they located the juvenile he advised he left "as he did not get along with his father's current girlfriend."
Booked: Donald K. Brown Jr., 62, no fixed address, disorderly conduct/intoxication; Shai'Quan West, 29, 1317 Plum St., Steubenville, warrant for failure to appear (Belmont County)
Cited: Muraad Nabil, 46, Michigan, speeding (school zone);
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF
Way in: A Grandview Avenue, Tiltonsville resident said two men "tried to open his bedroom window" but left abruptly when they saw him grab his phone to call for help. A neighbor also called deputies to report the same men had been banging on her window. They were gone when deputies arrived.
Out of options: A man called from a County Road 47, Toronto location to report he needed help. Deputies advised his speech was slurred but they did hear a child crying in the background and a woman saying everything would be okay. They tried to speak with the woman but the caller insisted she was sleeping. Nobody wanted him in their house so deputies said the caller eventually asked them to take him to the hospital so he could talk to someone about rehab.
End of the road: A Rayland woman told deputies she was concerned by a driver "sitting in a vehicle parked illegally" across the street with anger issues who in the past she's seen speeding through town. Deputies said the man was actually parked legally and advised he told them he was "living out of his car" and was parked there waiting for his friend to come out because he'd been banned from the property.