Mingo Junction Police

Not valid: Stephen Cochran, 56, 1435 Main St., Smithfield, driver’s license required, one-way traffic violation, May 15. Police allegedly observed Cochran’s vehicle make a left turn into “Do Not Enter” way of Indian Creek Middle School. Cochran allegedly immediately stated, “I’m not valid” and provided his Ohio identification card, and police confirmed he did not have a valid driver’s license.

Served: Chanz Isaiah DeGarmo, 21, 306 Petrick Ave. DeGarmo was arrested May 17 through a felony warrant after being charged with grand theft auto out of Stark County.

Two-for-one: William Maxon, 22, 533 Geiger Ave. SW, Massillon, use of illegal plates, failure to transfer registration, and Alexis Nation, 21, 601 Two Ridge Road, Wintersville, driver’s license required, both Monday. Police initiated a traffic stop after a National Crime Information Center check revealed a sedan’s license plate to be registered to a truck. Maxon, the vehicle’s owner and a passenger at the time, claimed he purchased the sedan but did not get it registered, instead placing the plates from his truck on the vehicle to drive it. Maxon allegedly could not provide a valid registration and advised he did not have valid Ohio insurance. Nation, the driver, was issued a citation for driver’s license required.

Too fast: Terri Fithen, 72, 2889 Wilson Ave., speeding, Wednesday. Police allegedly observed Fithen’s vehicle traveling at 41 mph inside a 25-mph zone.

Steubenville Police

Violent man: A woman in the 1500 block of Euclid Avenue told police the father of her children attacked her because she is “pregnant again and refused to get an abortion,” Thursday. Police charged Denzel Mills, no age available, Columbus, with felony domestic violence as well as obstruction when they found him later that day causing problems outside her elderly father’s home in the 200 block of North Fourth Street. Police said the pregnant woman told them after she refused to get the abortion he donned boxing gloves and began hitting her face, and when she fell to the floor “he began to choke her with the gloves still on his hands.” She told police he wouldn’t let her leave so she ended up climbing through a window, ripping the screen, and as she fled reported hearing him saying “get her people, get the police.” Police said she had a scratch on her arm and her cheek was swollen. Police patrolling Fourth Street said they heard a man screaming and when they investigated, discovered that victim was the woman’s father. Her father told police Mills thought his daughter was at his place and kicked his door and threatened to “kill all of you,” leaving a footprint on it and the deadlock damaged. Police said Mills was belligerent, walking away when they told him to stop, at one point appearing as if he might strike an officer, and refused to identify himself. They said when they tried to explain why he was being detained he “began screaming” at them.

Stubborn: A city resident refused to leave a business in the 400 block of South Third Steet until she was told police had been called, Thursday. Employees said she had demanded to see surveillance footage from the day before and was upset when they told her they can’t show it to anyone but police. She’d claimed she’d lost her phone in the store the previous day and became “irate and caused a disturbance” when she was told they couldn’t let her see it.

Causing problems: A man hired to clean up a property in the 500 block of Areden Avenue said a neighbor “began yelling at him from (his) porch,” Thursday. The neighbor said he had the owner’s permission to store lumber on the property, but when police checked with the owner they were told the lumber needed to be removed by noon the following day.

Stolen: A Woodlawn Avenue resident reported his vehicle stolen, Thursday. He told police he’d parked it in the 500 block Wednesday night and discovered it missing the following morning, along with his wallet and personal banking information that he’d left in it.

Hit: A Lawson Avenue resident said he discovered his passenger side mirror had been shattered overnight, Thursday.

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