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Steubenville Police Spider man: A city resident who tried several times to climb the fire escape at a North Fourth Street property where he’d been banned was taken into custody on multiple charges, Tuesday. Police said Lee Becket, 41, no fixed address, was booked on a criminal trespass charge along with possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after they allegedly found a locked box containing needles and other drug paraphernalia, including a white, crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine, as well as a broken crack pipe, a digital scale and a cut straw, ...

Marriage applications

The following marriage applications have been filed in Jefferson County: Jason Curtis Spielvogel and Allison Marie Bartek, both of Dillonvale Bailey David McBeth of Tiltonsville and Savana Sue Granat of Wintersville David Michael Kemp and Cathleen Elaine Darling, both of Bloomingdale Paul Joseph Crawford of Dillonvale and Brandy Lyn Nash of Billings, Mont.

Police reports

Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Francis Shriver, 49, 51 27th St., Wellsburg, illegal entry of a building other than a dwelling, Saturday. Charged: Kerry J. Misch, 55, Paden City, W.Va., domestic battery, Sunday. Wellsburg Police Charged: Lele R. McCune, 37, and Chyla N. Peachey, 27, both of 1605 Main St., both with domestic battery, Sunday. Steubenville Police Not leaving: A city resident told police her father was parked in front of her home “trying to get her to come home with him” but she didn’t want to leave, Monday. She said he’d threatened to “drag her from the ...

Police reports

Steubenville Police Flying high: A caller reported a man seeking treatment for drug or alcohol abuse “was so overly intoxicated that he was now being combative with staff and (firefighters),” Sunday. Staff said he “admitted to taking between 1,600 mg and 1,800 mg of Gabapentin and Klonopin before arriving” as well as downing “(about) one pint of vodka,” but when they told him he would have to be medically cleared before he could enter treatment he “refused to listen.” Police said the man was “so overly intoxicated and/or under the influence that he was unable to stand ...