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Dispute: A man who neglected to tell Lowe's employees he was there to pick up his online order was angry he had to wait 30 minutes for them to assist him, Friday. He told police he and his wife sat in the parking lot for a half-hour before his wife went inside to confront employees, who advised he hadn't bothered to check in so they didn't know he was even there. When they did go outside they said he started yelling at them and called a female employee a derogatory name, which sparked an argument with another employee who defended her. His items were already loaded and police told him he needed to leave.
Youthful indiscretions: Three boys were spotted trashing restrooms near the Murphy Park baseball fields, Saturday. Police said the youths were running behind the dugout, hiding toilet paper, when they arrived. There was no damage to restroom fixtures but the youths had toilet papered the area around the restrooms, so police made them clean up the mess they'd made and return the unused toilet paper rolls to the restroom before taking them home and having a conversation with their parents.
Booked: A pregnant Sixth Street resident told police she'd married a "psycho" who hit her in the face with a chair, took her cash and debit card and flushed her keys down the toilet, but she didn't want to file charges, Saturday. Her lip was cut and she had a scrape on her face police said was "consistent with being struck in the face." Police advised they would file charges on her behalf, but when they approached her husband he tried to say she'd burned herself on hot grease a few days earlier and claimed he'd moved the chair against the wall but never hit her with it. Officers pointed out the scrape on her face was not consistent with a grease burn and took Albert L. McFall, 32, 446 S. Sixth St., Steubenville, into custody on the domestic violence charge they'd filed.
Party's over: A man allegedly tried to force an apartment door open in the 400 block of N. Seventh Street, then found his way to a vehicle parked behind the building and decided to sleep in someone's car, Saturday. Police said Lawrence Hicks, 33, 544 Woodland Ave., Steubenville, "was intoxicated and advised he left a party in the North End and found the vehicle unlocked and decided to sleep in it." Hicks was taken into custody after police learned he had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear out of Belmont County.
Beer bath: A city man was taken into custody after he allegedly threw beer on two people who tried to intervene in an argument between him and a female who didn't want to talk to him, Friday. Shawn P. Ryan, 51, 2819 Sunset Boulevard, was charged with two counts of assault, police said. The female said Ryan demanded to talk with her and when she refused, grabbed hold of her arm. She told police they started arguing and when a group of her friends tried to break it up . he dumped beer on them. Police said her two friends were both still wet from the beer and wanted to pursue charges.
Helped herself: A new employee at a business on Mall Drive learning how to work the cash register took advantage of her trainer being called away to grab $200 out of the till, Saturday. Surveillance footage caught the woman looking around before reaching in and pocketing the money, they leaving. No one's seen her since.
Bad sign: A juvenile in the 1300 block of Oak Grove Avenue "made threats and slit an air mattress with a knife," Friday.
Slow down: A man causing a disturbance in a parking lot in the 100 block of South Seventh Street was taken into custody, Friday. Ralph Manna, 56, no fixed address, was charged with public intoxication and booked into the county jail on an eight-hour intoxication hold, police said. Manna was "obviously intoxicated and could not stand on his own," they reported.
Drugs: A Toronto man was taken into custody on drug charges after a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Third Street, Friday. Lucas Hunter, 30, 807 Daniels St., Toronto, was charged with two counts of possessing drugs and also possession of drug paraphernalia after police allegedly found cocaine, methamphetamine and a crack pipe in his possession.
Booked: Roman B. Longo, 36, 465 Lincoln Blvd., possession of drugs, possession of a drug abuse instrument and possession of drug paraphernalia, Saturday. Police were dispatched to a Franklin Avenue location for an unresponsive male laying on the sidewalk. They claim they found Longo, breathing shallowly and clearly under the influence, who revived after Steubenville firefighters administered Narcan. While they were treating him police allegedly spotted a plastic case containing a loaded hypodermic and other items, as well as a crack pipe in his pocket.
Nuisance: Police said a man was hanging around a downtown church, bothering people as they left, Friday. He was advised to leave.
Booked: Nora Haspel, 41, 5 Lindsay Ave., Wellsburg, petit theft, Saturday. Wal- Mart employees claim they watched Haspel stacking multiple items together and only scanning one of them before putting them in her shopping bag. Employees said the items she hadn't paid for totaled $162, police said. After taking Haspel into custody, police said a search yielded two more items concealed in her bra totaling $27.
Booked: Herman Pinnell, 46, Montwell Drive, Mingo Junction, probation violation, Friday.
Pilfered: A 65-inch TV was stolen from a property in the 300 block of Hill Avenue, Saturday. Police said there was no sign of forced entry. The TV was valued at $800.
Cited: Samantha S. Kopras-Miller, 43, 849 county Road 36, Bloomingdale, failure to yield on a left turn.
Up to no good: Police heard a woman yelling in the rear of the 1200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Friday. When they found her, she told them she'd spotted three juveniles on her neighbor's back porch.