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Steubenville Police Business struck: A vehicle drifted into the Taco Bell storefront, damaging the northeast corner of the building, Sunday. The motorist told police she pulled into a parking space and went inside to use the restroom and “must have left her vehicle in gear” and it drifted backward into the front of the building. Drink it off: A couple in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue was arguing, Saturday. The male told police he wanted his girlfriend to “go home and go to sleep due to (her) being intoxicated,” which police said was “apparent,” Saturday. The male ...

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Steubenville Police Acting out: A city resident is facing multiple charges after she allegedly tried to outrun police in the 200 block of North Seventh Street, Thursday. Police said Samantha Cremeans, 832 South St., was charged with possession of drugs, tampering with evidence and escape, all felonies, after a foot chase, during which they reported seeing her allegedly toss items over a fence running parallel to Washington Street. Police said they subsequently recovered a lighter and a “small, white rock-like substance” believed to be cocaine and said Cremeans told them she’d ...

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Steubenville Police No place to go: Two people reported seeing a man “slumped over the wheel of a dark pickup truck” at the Steubenville Marina, Monday. They said he’d been there for some time, and when the police arrived, they found him “hunched forward in the driver’s seat.” After they stirred him, the man said he is “currently homeless and living out of the truck.” Wet blanket: A man sharing a tent in the North End with a female said she took his phone and wouldn’t give it back, Tuesday. He said he was sleeping when he was “awoken (by the woman) urinating on ...

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Weirton Police Charged: Hakim J. Kirby, 33, 57 Gullette Lane, domestic battery, Friday. Steubenville Police Badly injured: A man ended up being flown to a Pittsburgh-area hospital after he was allegedly hit in the head with a brick in a parking lot in the 100 block of North Fourth Street, Monday. When they arrived, police said a bystander was “providing aid” to the man, who was breathing but not alert. Police said he had a large lump on his forehead with “a large amount of blood coming from his nose and mouth, and blood covering his hands and chest area.” Several bystanders ...

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Steubenville Police Short fuse: A woman in the 3900 block of Stratford Boulevard said she got herself a glass of water, which upset her husband who began yelling at her and “poured the water over her and the dining room chair,” Friday. She said he also shoved her to the ground so she pressed the medical alarm on her cell at which point he left the residence. Police said she had no visible injuries though she complained of knee pain, but they did see water on the dining room floor. She told police she wants to pursue charges. No way to live: A caller in the 500 block of Cedar ...