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Steubenville Police On the run: A man allegedly snatched his child away from his mother in the 100 block of North Fourth Street was taken into custody after a foot chase, Friday. Bystanders said the man fled on foot with the child’s mother in pursuit of him. An officer also gave chase on foot and caught up to them near Washington Street apartments and reported the man knocked the child’s mother to the ground while he was holding the child. The woman didn’t want to pursue charges, but police told the couple they were filing them anyway. Police said they charged Terrick Grimm, 31, ...

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Steubenville Police Tearing it up: A city man was taken into custody after police found him in the home of a woman he’d been ordered by a judge to stay away from, Monday. Joseph Mitchell, 30, 1301 Ridge Ave., was charged with violating a protection order after police found him at a residence in the 800 block of Market Street while following up on a 9-1-1 hangup call. They said they discovered “the kitchen to be a mess and multiple people yelling at each other” and the woman said they’d “been arguing all day” and it turned physical. She said he “might have grabbed her a ...

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Weirton Police Jeremiah R. Cassella, 46, 120 Pinewood Drive, Weirton, shoplifting, June 2, arrested on a warrant following a call at Salvation Army. Trent N. Taylor, 37, no fixed address, possession of methamphetamine, June 11, arrested after a disturbance call in the 2600 block of West Street Extension. Steubenville Police Pitched a fit: A woman in the 700 block of North Seventh Street told police a male friend had coerced her into giving him $195, Sunday. She said they were in her apartment when he “started to yell at her.” She told police she told the man to stop yelling or ...

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Steubenville Police Funny business: A caller reported a disturbance at a residence in the 100 block of Fellows Drive, Steubenville, Thursday. The caller said a red truck “keept pulling in and out of the driveway and a male and female were screaming at each other and possibly throwing things.” Police spoke with the female, who said her boyfriend was upset because she didn’t want him to spend the night and grabbed her cellphone and then left, but kept coming back. She said she tried to use her Alexa to call for help, but it wouldn’t work so she “was hoping a neighbor heard her ...

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Steubenville Police Donut run: A caller reported someone “doing donuts” in a car and then wrecking, Wednesday. Police said they found the car “stuck on a pole.” The driver, identified as Naakee Woodland, 21, 956 Sherman Ave., allegedly told police he lost control and “when he attempted to hit the brakes it made it worse and he struck the wooden poles in front of the pavilions.” Police said the vehicle was “suspended in the air on top of three poles that had come out of the ground” and had heavy front-end damage. Woodland was cited for failure to control, police ...