Steubenville police

Gassed: A motorist told police he ran out of gas and his truck stalled out, Friday. He said he lost his steering and brakes so the vehicle coasted through the grass at Cleveland and Hollywood before striking a fire hydrant and coming to rest against a metal pole.

Ongoing problems: A Lovers Lane resident told police she was having a family cookout Thursday when her neighbor came out screaming at her family, and said the following day her kids were playing outside with children from the neighborhood when the same neighbor came out “yelling at her and her children.” She said when her fiance came out and told her to call the police, the neighbor told her, “You don’t have to go that far” and went back inside.

Risky business: A vehicle was parked partially on the sidewalk with the driver side door open and the engine running in the 600 block of Wilkins, Saturday. Police said the driver was slumped over the armrest. After removing the keys from the ignition they said they tried several times to awaken her before she finally opened her eyes, and when she did, officers alleged her pupils were pinpointed and her eyes glassy, and she was slow to respond to questions, if she responded at all. She told them she’d taken two Tylenol PMs before driving and was on her way home from her mother’s.

Wrong place, wrong time: An intoxicated man allegedly urinated inside a store on Mall Drive, then laid down in front of the store, Saturday.

Code issue: A notice of violation was sent to the occupant of an apartment at 1648 Ridge Avenue, Friday, after beer cans and garbage were found tossed over a fence onto the city right-of-way. Officers notified the occupant of the top floor apartment the materials need to be removed.

Found: Two men turned in a wallet they found on Virginia Avenue, Friday.

Slashed: A Broadway Boulevard resident found two tires flattened on her vehicle, Friday. Police said at least one of them had been slashed. The owner said she can’t be sure who is responsible.

Booked: Curtis P. Arnold, 37, 107 Wilmar Ave., Follansbee, possession of a drug abuse instrument and possession of drug paraphernalia, Friday. Arnold also was cited for driving under suspension and failure to control a motor vehicle. Arnold was cited following a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of South Fourth and South Sixth streets, police said.

Problematic: Callers reported a group of juveniles between the 600 block of Oakmont and Lawson avenues throwing rocks at vehicles and houses, Saturday. Police were unable to locate the youths.

Booked: Stacie L. Schaffer, 50, 901 Route 18, Burgettstown, Pa., petit theft, Saturday. Walmart employees claimed Schaffer bagged items from her shopping cart without paying for them, police said. When they asked her what had happened, police said Schaffer told them it was “a stupid mistake” and that “technically she had not stolen anything.” Police report eight toys valued at $107 were involved.

Booked: James Patrick Snyder, 36, 808 Trenton St., Toronto, possession of drugs and possession of drug abuse instruments. Snyder allegedly had 8.22 grams of a white crystal-like substance that tested positive as methamphetamine in his possession when he was pulled over on a traffic stop, police said. He also was cited for driving under suspension and expired/unlawful plates.

Cited: Michael Bednar, 30, 352 Wilma Ave; Steubenville, OVI and failure to control. Bednar told police he was making a left onto Adams from Fourth Street when he struck a parked car.

Booked: Thomas E. Gallo, 26, Bethel Park, Pa., bench warrant, Saturday; Jay R. Blair, 59, no fixed address, public intoxication, Saturday; April M. Stanley, 47, no fixed address, probation violation, Saturday; Booked: Jason L. Jones, 37, Arlington Avenue, Steubenville, warrant for petit theft, Friday; Melissa R. Huntington, 39, 707 Market St., Apt. 605, Steubenville, warrant for petit theft, Saturday.

Cited: Heaven Fanning, 31, 507 Heathermoore Drive, Weriton, expired plates and driving under suspension; Joseph Swartz, 37, 1303 Oak Grove Ave., Steubenville, driving under suspension; Ray O. Wells, no age listed, 7388 State Route 43, Bergholz, brake light violation.

Jefferson County sheriff

Lights out: A woman who left her car radio playing while she, her daughter and granddaughter decorated a family member’s grave at Smithfield Cemetery told deputies they were stranded when the vehicle wouldn’t start, Friday. Deputies gave her a jump to get the vehicle running.

Ripped off: A Martins Ferry man told deputies someone cut the catalytic converter off a junked vehicle he had parked on a lot he owns in Yorkville, Friday. A Yorkville man reported a catalytic converter was stolen from a 1989 Ford Ranger truck he parks on the same property, Friday.

Stolen: A Bloomingdale woman reported the theft of a gate, Friday. She said it was worth about $300.