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Steubenville Police Dog days: A Ridge Avenue woman told police she needed help getting a male to leave her home, Monday. She said the two of them argued because he “let her dogs outside and left them.” When he wouldn’t leave her home, she admits “grabbing his coat and pulling him out of the residence” and claims he “threatened to burn her house down with (her) dogs inside” but there were no witnesses. Once he realized she’d called police he fled, she said. Got the boot: A juvenile told police he saw “a male in all black banging and yelling” at a residence in the ...

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Steubenville Police Pained: Callers reported a man in the area of Sunset Boulevard near McDowell Avenue “sitting on the sidewalk and possibly needing assistance,” Monday. Callers said he was laying in the grass when they found him. The man said he was “complaining of chest pain and stated he laid down because he thought he was having a heart attack,” but told police he had been drinking (the night before) and was attempting to walk to his residence.” ‘Tis the season: Employees at Wal-Mart allege a woman tried to leave the store with a purse full of merchandise she ...

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Jefferson County Sheriff Lightning strikes: A woman who a week ago reported two strangers entered her home while she was taking a bath said it happened a second time, Monday. She said she was in the tub again when she heard voices and initially thought it was her children, but when she got out of the tub she saw the men in her house and reports one of them asked her, “How you been” followed by a descriptive term. She said her dog attacked the intruders, biting their hands, arms and thigh until the man struck the dog, causing it to loosen its grip on him. She said she got her gun ...

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Steubenville Police Two women, two stories: A resident in the 3900 block of Stratford Boulevard was reportedly assaulted during an altercation with another woman, Saturday. The homeowner said she’d asked the other woman to drop food off to her and she ended up staying there, and when she finally asked her to leave the woman refused, then stood over her. She said she started recording on her phone and the other woman “smacked (it) from her hands,” then began punching her in the side of the head and threw a small space heater at her” so she called her boyfriend, who then ...