Jefferson County sheriff

Creepy: A man with a foreign accent called the sheriff’s office to report a murder, Friday. He told the dispatcher the murder “has not happened yet, but I’m going to kill my girlfriend.” He told the dispatcher the girl lived in Columbus and was 15-years-old and said he was 31-years-old, but refused to say where he was “because in three hours he would be in Columbus to kill his girlfriend.” He refused to give his phone number or his location “because it was our job to find him and stop him from killing his girlfriend.” Deputies attempted to trace the number provided by the phone company but it was disconnected. Police in Columbus were notified.

Get your goat: A Bergholz resident said her neighbor fired his shotgun at her dogs when they chased his goats out of her yard, Friday. She said he also pointed the gun at her and told her to “keep your dogs away from my (expletive) goats,” and said she told him if his goats didn’t come onto her property her dogs wouldn’t chase them off it. When they spoke with the goat’s owner, he denied firing a gun or pointing it at his neighbor. He and his girlfriend were advised to keep their goats on their own property, and the owner of the dogs was told the same.

Short-changed: A Bergholz woman told deputies she felt threatened by an individual she hired to cut her grass, Saturday. She said the man occasionally does work for her and called to see if she needed anything done. She told him she would pay him $50 to cut her grass, but said he only cut one part of her lawn. When she asked him if he was coming back to finish the rest of it another day, he told her he cut what they agreed on. She said she gave him $30 and told him she’d give him the rest when he finished the job and said he took it badly, screaming profanities at her and telling her “you are going to regret this.” Later that night she contacted deputies again and reported someone outside her home, yelling. When she got to the porch she couldn’t see the car but noticed her landscaping lights had been thrown over the bank onto the field across the street.

Robbed: A Springfield township woman reported her home was burglarized, Friday. A bag containing jewelry and her “important papers” was taken, she said. The woman also told deputies that on May 4 she noticed more than $600 in transactions had been made on a debit card belonging to a man who lived with her before he was incarcerated.

Booked: Robert Brager, 44, 122 E. Main St., Adena, domestic violence, Friday.

Steubenville police

In custody: A Rosswell Avenue man was taken into custody Saturday after he allegedly left his little sister behind and fled Lowe’s with a Husquvarna chainsaw he hadn’t paid for, police said. Dylon John King McElroy, 23, 814 Rosswell Ave., Steubenville, was charged with petit theft and child endangerment. A manager who was with the unaccompanied minor said while they waited for her mother to arrive, she’d told them her brother had stolen something and run out of the store without her. Police said an argument erupted when the child’s mother and brother arrived, and the mother threw the chainsaw out of the vehicle and said something to the effect that she “is not going to get in trouble for him.” Police said surveillance footage showed that after he’d loaded the saw into his trunk, McElroy took off the flannel shirt he was wearing and went back in the store to look for his sister but didn’t find her so he left, returning a few minutes later with his mother. The chainsaw was valued at $500.

Taken: Kroger employees told police a man fled the store without paying for three large bottles of liquor, Saturday. Police said they located Brandon M. McLaughlin, 41, 308 Miller Ave., Weirton, on the west side of Harding Middle School, trying to hide in some bushes with three bottles of Jack Daniels in a bag. McLaughlin was charged with theft and a probation violation. The whiskey was valued at $233.

Fired: Mulch around the fire receptacle in front of the city building was on fire, Saturday. A passerby spotted the smoke and alerted police, who used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames before city firefighters arrived to “douse it further with water.” Police said the fire may have been caused by an errant cigarette ash.

Not wanted: A man from Perry, Ohio, refused to leave the Ohio BMV office because they refused to order him the personalized plate he wanted for his motorcycle, Friday. A clerk said she told him that particular plate was on a list of personalized plates that cannot be issued. She said she wanted him to leave the building but he refused and said he was going to sit there. Officers requested his ID and he initially said he didn’t have to produce it, then asked to speak to them off the record. The officer explained to him he was not welcome on the property and if he stayed he would be arrested and his vehicle towed. He agreed to leave but said he would return with other business for BMV after the officer’s shift was over. He was told again he would be subject to arrest.

Squabble: A Steele Avenue resident claimed his neighbor violated a protection order, Friday. He showed an officer video, minus audio, of the man walking between their houses and claims he called him a derogatory term and told him he’d “(expletive) him up if he moved this wood again.” The wood he referred to is apparently two boards the neighbor uses as property markers.

Juveniles: People in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue complained juveniles were shooting paintball guns at them, but police said when they checked nobody had a paintball gun or any other type of toy gun. They said they were then advised the kids had “orby” gun which shoot water or gel pellets, but they didn’t observe that activity.

Big oops: Wells township police said a man told them he lost a 9mm black Smith & Wesson while he was walking at Jim Woods Park, Friday. City police checked the park and didn’t find it, and said residents who were there also advised they hadn’t seen a gun without an owner.

Booked: Kayla Moore, 25, and Frank Scalise, 27, both of 1327 Maryland Ave., Steubenville, were booked for domestic violence Friday. Scalise told police the two of them were arguing when Moore began behaving more aggressively toward him, kicking a table at him, Officers said he was bleeding from his nose and had scratches on his arms. Moore showed no visible injuries, despite claiming Scalise had thrown the table at her and struck her in the face.

Booked: Nicole A. Oxley, 39, 730 N. Seventh St., Steubenville, DUS, expired license plate and possession of drug paraphernalia, Friday. Oxley was taken into custody after police spotted her driving on Third Street with an expired plate. Her license also was suspended and the vehicle had to be towed, and during the inventory police said they discovered a backpack containing a metal crack pipe with burnt chor boy.

Stolen: A Ross Street resident said his green-and-grey 10-speed bicycle was stolen, Saturday. He said he left it in front of his residence.

Help not wanted: A disturbance was reported in the 100 block of North Fourth Street, but when they tried to check on the parties involved the female refused to open her door or identify herself. She said she and her boyfriend had been arguing but everything was fine.

Cited: Autumn S. Ayers, 32, 646 Prospect Ave., Steubenville, PRA, expired unlawful plates;

Code issues: Notice of violation sent to owner/occupant at 258 Norris St., large pile of construction material and what appeared to be old paneling from interior walls of residence in the street near guardrail, partially blocking a driveway. Also to 308 Kingston Ave., 329 Kingston Ave., 3817 Stratford Blvd., 138 Butte St., all for high grass/weeds.

Booked: Brandon Kugler, 34, 533 Clinton Ave., Steubenville, obstruction and two counts failure to appear, Saturday; Cathy Poole, 34, 134 Oregon Ave., No. 2, Steubenville, failure to appear, Saturday; Justin M. Brown, 33, 1408 Pennsylvania Ave., Steubenville, fugitive from justice, Saturday; Venetica C. Johnson, 30, 1408 Pennsylvania Ave., Steubenville, bench warrant, Saturday; Amy Bartholomew, 37, 507 Lincoln Ave., Steubenville, possession of drug paraphernalia, Sunday. Bartholomew was discovered in front of a church, unresponsive. Firefighters administered Narcan. Police said the woman had two crack pipes in her possession.

Theft: A Market Street resident reported the theft of electronic SSI funds, Friday.

Ohio State Highway Patrol

Booked: Amber Grimes, 37, 9728 county Road 39, Bloomingdale, possession of methamphetamine and OVI, Thursday.