Jefferson County Sheriff

Burned up: Callers reported a pregnant woman was being held against her will by her boyfriend and had a burn on her face inflicted by him, Wednesday. When they got to the location the man’s mother told them the two had been arguing and her son became angry and flicked his cigarette, striking his girlfriend in the face. She said her son never told her she couldn’t leave, nor did he try to keep her from leaving, telling police he would have taken her to her family’s home, but he didn’t have enough gas to get there. The male returned to the property and told deputies they’d been arguing but insisted it never turned physical nor did he tell her she couldn’t leave. Deputies said he also told them several times he hadn’t had a cigarette, but when they pointed out his mother had already told them he had one and flicked it he finally admitted he’d thrown one, “but not at (his girlfriend) directly and if it hit her he was sorry.” When deputies told him it hit her beneath her eye and left a blister, he claimed she had hit him July 8 and it left a mark, but he hadn’t reported it and deputies said he had no visible marks that would indicate that he had been assaulted.

Targeted: A Wintersville woman says her neighbor’s children are throwing things at her house and their mother “isn’t doing anything about it,” Wednesday.

Steubenville Police

Fraud: The pastor of a local church told police money is missing from the church’s account, Tuesday. He said the bank advised him someone had cashed a $1,500 check drawn on the church’s account. He said he didn’t write the check nor did he give anyone else permission to write it.

Drugs: A woman in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue overdosed, Tuesday. Steubenville firefighters/EMS told police they’d administered Narcan to revive the woman, who was taken to the hospital for treatment. She was given a drug treatment form.

Taken: A Pennsylvania Avenue resident said someone stole a small grill and a bag of charcoal from his front porch, Tuesday.

Bothered: A city resident said his estranged wife is violating a protection order, Tuesday. He said she’s asking people to “contact him to ask for personal items he doesn’t have.”

Not listening: An employee at a downtown business told police a woman had returned to the store when she’d been told not to and wouldn’t leave when she asked her, Tuesday. The employee said the woman had been vulgar a few days previously and she’d told her to leave the premises, but the woman said other employees had told her she could be in the store.

Bedded down: A man was sleeping on the stage at the Berkman Amphitheater, Tuesday. Police had him evaluated and once he was cleared told him he needed to leave the property.

Served: Romina S. Harris, 28, Oakmont Ave., Steubenville, failure to appear, Tuesday.

Cited: Matthew J. Gooch, 38, 525 E. Fernwood Dr., Toronto; Madison A. Fields, 20, 109 Mary Ann Place, Mingo Junction; and Veronica L. Novotny, 22, 1234 Oregon Ave., Steubenville, all for speeding.

Loaded: A Cadiz man was spotted in Wal-Mart despite a court order barring him from being on the premises, and when police caught up to him behind the store he allegedly had several hundred dollars in merchandise he hadn’t paid for, Wednesday. Michael S. Hawthorne, 40, 177 Wayne Township Road 31, Cadiz, was charged with petit theft, possession of drugs and contempt of court. Police said Hawthorne was cooperative and admitted he hadn’t paid Wal-Mart for the backpack he was wearing or its contents, as well as two fishing reels in his back pockets, a solar charger, clothing, a cooler and the shoes he was wearing. He also had a small metal keychain pill canister that contained a buprenorphine and claimed he had a prescription for it but did not have it with him, police said. Employees told police the 11 items in his possession totaled $463.

Fraud: A Euclid Avenue resident told police someone placed seven online orders at Wal-Mart and used her debit card to pay for them, Wednesday. She said the orders totaled $735 and had another woman’s name attached to them, but the store wouldn’t tell her if the thief had the items delivered or picked them up at the store. She said she didn’t give anyone permission to use her account.

Drugs: An unresponsive male was reported laying in the grass in an alley behind the 900 block of North Seventh Street, Wednesday. Police said as Steubenville firefighters/EMS moved his arm the man “became awake and alert for a brief moment” and admitted he’d shot up with heroin, police said. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Benched: An intoxicated man was sitting on a bench at Hollywood Plaza, waiting for a city bus, Wednesday. Police gave the man a courtesy ride to a family member’s home.

Dogged: James L. Hubbard, 57, 102 Parkdale Road, Steubenville, dog at large. Hubbard was cited after a U.S. Postal Service supervisor reported a letter carrier had been bitten on the calf as she approached his house. Police said photos showed the skin was broken and there was bleeding. Hubbard said his dog “has never bitten anyone before,” police said.

Distanced: A woman in the 100 block of North Fourth Street needed help retrieving her credit cards from her boyfriend, Thursday. She said the male was in the building, but she was banned from going inside. Police located her boyfriend, who gave them the items she was requesting but said he didn’t want to talk with her.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 500 Union Ave., 1340 Arlington Ave., 1124 Wellesley Ave., 137 Wildon Ave., 289 Cunningham Lane, vacant lots in the 1500 block of West Market St., 1324 Arlington Ave., 1326 Arlington Ave., and 1492 Columbus Circle, all for high grass/weeds; also 433 Union Ave., couch in front of residence; 1335 Oak Grove Ave., household litter scattered behind detached garage; and 827 Rosswell Ave., garbage bags piled on the sidewalk.

Bad day: A woman involved in an argument in the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue with another woman told police the disagreement never turned physical, but she did drop her wallet and an unknown male picked it up and left, Wednesday. She didn’t want to pursue charges against either of them.

Cited: Vanessa R. Moore, 47, 115 Comet Ave., Mingo Junction, driving under suspension.

Broken: A caller reported several children were walking through an alley behind Cedar Avenue when one of them threw a rock at a garage, breaking a glass window, Wednesday. The kids fled east toward Maxwell Avenue. The affected resident told police she didn’t have cameras behind her house.