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STEUBENVILLE -- Four people were indicted Wednesday by Jefferson County grand jurors, including a man charged with firing repeatedly into a Steubenville residence and a woman charged with assaulting a female police officer after she allegedly refused to get her unleashed dog away from Juneteenth festival-goers.
Also ordered to stand trial were a Rayland man facing pandering charges and a Mingo Junction man charged with severely injuring a juvenile after the child allegedly disrespected his grandmother.
Grand jurors returned a four-count indictment against Jerek Quinn Wesley, 36, of Cleveland, charging him with improperly discharging a firearm into a Rosswell Avenue home, having weapons while under disability, possession of fentanyl and possession of cocaine, all felonies.
Authorities allege Wesley fired repeatedly into the home on June 11 until his gun "either failed or ran out of ammunition, then pulled out another one and kept shooting." No one was injured in the alleged shooting spree, but the indictment states Wesley is prohibited from having or using firearms due to a 2012 drug trafficking conviction in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court. The indictment also includes a specification alleging firearms were used to facilitate the offense.
Wesley allegedly had 5-10 grams of fentanyl and 10-20 grams of cocaine in his possession when he was taken into custody nearly two weeks later.
Sheila Marie Alshandra Neto Cronin Dembele, 36, 808 N. 8th St., Steubenville, was named in a three-count indictment charging her with assault, a felony, and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Cronin-Dembele allegedly yelled obscenities and screamed at a female officer who had asked her to get her unleashed dog under control before it got too close to Juneteenth festival-goers. At the time, city police reported the woman began screaming that the officer "should mind (her) own business" because they were not there for her and eventually uttered a three-word phrase incorporating two curse words "while simultaneously putting her middle finger in (the officer's) face."
Authorities allege the woman also struck the officer.
Jonathan Lee Myers, 44, 72 Montwell Ave., Mingo Junction, was indicted on charges of aggravated assault, a felony, and misdemeanor domestic violence.
Myers allegedly caused serious physical harm to a juvenile on July 11 by "slamming the youth, then punching him" because the juvenile "was upset that the child was being disrespectful" to an older family member, authorities said.
The youth had reportedly been told repeatedly to complete a household chore but refused, instead referring to the older family member as a "crazy old (expletive)" five times.
The youth was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital, where he was treated for lacerations to his spleen, liver and kidneys.
The indictment suggests Myers acted "under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage ... brought on by serious provocation ... that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force."
David R. Abraham, 55, 973 County Road 4, Rayland, faces two felony counts alleging he pandered sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person.
The indictment alleges Abraham knowingly had materials in his possession in July 2025 showing a minor "participating or engaging in sexual activity, masturbation or bestiality," a second-degree felony, and that he knowingly "solicited, received, purchased, exchanged, possessed or controlled material" involving minors in sexual situations, a fourth-degree felony.
Authorities allege they found a large quantity of pornographic materials involving minors on Abraham's phone and that he had been communicating with a young girl he met at a church.
An amended indictment was returned against Cody Steven Wilt, 44, of Wellsville. Wilt was one of two men ordered in June to stand trial on felony counts of disrupting public services, theft, receiving stolen property and possessing criminal tools, as well as a misdemeanor count of criminal damaging or endangering.
The amended indictment eliminated a misdemeanor falsification charge and replaced it with a single count of vandalism.