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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Kerri Swager, 57, 463 West Liberty Road, Bethany, domestic battery, Tuesday. Steubenville Police Itchy finger: A motorist said someone pulling out of the midtown Speedway clipped the back of his car, then “flipped him off and continued…without stopping,” Tuesday. Police said the rear passenger side wheel well of his car was damaged. Cameras at Speedway captured the incident as well as the man inside the store. Fired up: Police were asked to check into someone burning a fire in the 200 block of Logan Street, Tuesday. Police said they located the ...

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Weirton Police Charged: Tyson C. Pratt, 19, 4123 Freedom Way, underage consumption, resisting arrest and domestic assault, Sunday. Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Terri J. Hoit, 58, 621 Main St., Wellsburg, domestic battery, Monday. Steubenville Police Hubbub: Police investigating reports of a disturbance in the 200 block of Lawson Avenue said when they arrived there were “numerous people on both sides of the street arguing back and forth.” A property owner said he came home to find several cars parked in his side lot and when he approached one of the men started arguing with ...

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Steubenville Police Stating the obvious: A city resident ended up in custody after he allegedly caught an officer’s attention by trying to not to be noticed, Sunday. Police said Randy Bake, 51, 637 N. Fifth St., had been walking in and out of the roadway at Market and South Fifth streets and made “what appeared to be an obvious effort to be evasive” as he cut through grassy areas and parking lots. When they caught up to him, police allege Bake “was advised of the reasoning for the stop and while speaking with him, he … admitted he was wanted by the Jefferson County ...