Follansbee Police

Charged: Cody L. Dennis, 36, 5368 state Route 43, Richmond, violation of a protective order and harassing communications by computer, Monday.

Wellsburg Police

Charged: Connie L. Fletcher, 45, 2702 Pleasant Ave., tampering with pipes, Monday.

Charged: Christian Kovach, 27, 58 27th St., petit larceny, Monday.

Steubenville Police

Lashed out: A North Fourth Street resident said her boyfriend assaulted her during an argument, Monday. She said he hit her in the forehead just above her eye, and police noted she had some swelling to the area but declined medical attention. She said she left her apartment and went to a friend’s place to call police, who checked her apartment and told her the man was gone. She said he’s not on her lease and only stays there occasionally while he looks for his own place. Police noted she had some swelling to the area but she declined medical attention, though she said she would follow up with the prosecutor to file charges.

Telling whoppers: A Rosswell Avenue resident wanted a female removed from his home, Monday. He told police the woman had been staying at the residence for more than a month and he wanted her gone, but the female told them she’d been there more than two months and had been paying rent. She also had permission from the person who owns the property to be there. Police told him they couldn’t make her leave since she had established residency and had the owner’s permission to be there.

Facing multiple charges: An East Liverpool woman is facing multiple charges after employees at Wal-Mart told police she tried to leave the store with several hundred dollars worth of items she hadn’t paid for Sunday. Police said Susan I. Pritt, 40, was held without bond on charges of misdemeanor theft, trespassing, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after they allegedly found her toting two large purses full of Wal-Mart merchandise. They said when they told Pritt she was being detained for a theft investigation she “became argumentative and denied stealing anything,” then attempted to walk away. She told police she had receipts, but they said the papers she produced were for ATM transactions. Police said Pritt insisted she’d entered the store through the to return a television and an appliance they’d confiscated from a vehicle and urged them to check the store’s security footage, but employees said after they’d spotted a shopping cart full of merchandise outside the restroom they began tracking it and Pritt and the garden center entrance had been padlocked for the night before the entered the store. They claimed they watched Pritt “take the television in question from the store shelf as well as the kitchen appliance … then attempt to return (them) without a receipt …” They alleged when customer service refused to give her a refund Pritt walked out of the store with merchandise that hadn’t been paid for. Pritt disputed the employees’ account, but police said they watched the video themselves before taking her into custody. They allegedly found a zip bag with a burned glass pipe with residue and a bag containing a white, crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine and said employees told them she’d previously been banned from all Wal-Mart properties. Police said merchandise valued at $464 was seized.

Hungry man: Employees at Kroger told police a man left the store with a backpack filled with steaks and seafood that he hadn’t paid for, Monday. Police spotted him walking through the parking lot and when they checked his backpack, reported finding “numerous meat and seafood items.” Bryant C. Owens, 67, 480 Dresden Ave., Steubenville, was charged with theft. Police said the merchandise in question was valued at just more than $197.

Keeps trying: Three Euclid Avenue residents left their home temporarily after a male called police again to have them removed, Monday. Police told him the trio had established residency and he couldn’t force them to leave. They left for a time and when they returned, he refused to let them back in the house even though she had a legal right to enter or allow them to collect their belongings. Police said he was “uncooperative” throughout the process.

Nowhere to go: Police spotted a woman sleeping in the underpass on Washington Street Hill, Monday. They advised her she couldn’t camp there and told her to gather her belongings and be on her way.

Stepping out: A woman was cited Monday after she ignored warnings to stay out of the street, Monday. Police said a motorist flagged them down to report a woman “was walking in and out of the roadway in the 600 block of North Seventh Street and when they looked into it, relayed the complaint to April Stanley, 49, no fixed address. Stanley was initially advised to stay on the sidewalk or she would be cited. The officer said she walked away, but as he returned to his cruiser, he saw her cross Seventh Street while vehicles were oncoming. When she approached the cruiser Stanley was cited for failure to use the sidewalk.

Settling in: A resident in the 400 block of South Fifth Street said someone was sleeping on their porch, Monday. When police arrived the unwelcome guest was no longer there.

Huffing and puffing: Two people were arguing in the 100 block of North Fourth Street, Sunday. Each accused the other of keeping them from going into the building, so police stood by with the male while the female made her way to her apartment.