Steubenville Police

Running amok: A Mingo Junction man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly knocked a woman to the ground and punched her in the face and bit her husband at a location in the 1000 block of Lincoln Avenue, Thursday. Police charged Zachary O’Dell, 29, of 109 Benmar Ave. with three counts of assault along with resisting arrest. Police said the business owner produced video and a witness related seeing the alleged assaults. Police said the woman’s face was swollen and her husband’s arm had a bite mark.

Sophie’s choice: A woman decided she’d rather risk arrest for criminal trespass than deal with a man who was causing issues for her, Thursday. Police said they were notified the woman was on a property in the 100 block of North Fourth Street despite being warned she was not welcome there, but when they arrived she told them she was on the banned list and wanted to go to jail. Police said she was “visibly upset” because a male who’s been causing problems for her had been waiting for her outside her workplace She said she doesn’t have a cell so she couldn’t call police so she “went onto the property willingly to get arrested to get away from him.” Police said the man was near as they spoke with her so they put her into handcuffs and then drove her home to get her away from the situation. She was reminded not to go back to the property.

Rampage: A Belleview Boulevard resident said he got in an argument with his girlfriend but she started “throwing and breaking things,” Thursday. The homeowner said he told her to leave so she contacted her son, but when he arrived, he “severely damaged the porch, broke down the door and punched (his) side” before leaving with her. Police observed damage consistent with the homeowner’s account of the incident, including a mess in the house “with coffee grounds and broken glass on the floor.” He told police he’d like to pursue charges.

Misplaced: A Buena Vista Boulevard said the key to his work vehicle is missing, Thursday. He thinks his ex or her male acquaintance who have access to his home took it.

Targeted: A Maryland Avenue resident said someone’s been flattening his tires, Thursday. He said he’s found a tire on each of his vehicles flat on three occasions, and also noticed a sign on his property had been sprayed by what appears to have been a BB gun. He told police he can’t prove who did it “but did provide information on possible suspects.”

Fraud: A downtown resident told police someone opened a cell phone account in his name, Thursday. He said two phones and two phone lines were opened.

Sticks and stones: A woman in the 100 block of Brondos Avenue said a male subject known to her threw rocks through two windows, Thursday. She showed police a text the suspect had sent to a family member with whom he’d argued the day before suggesting they “have more to worry about than the windows.”

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 1504 Ridge Ave., 221 Ohio St., 225 Ohio St. (vacant lot), 211 Ohio St., 1232 Wellesley Ave., 1900 Oregon Ave., 1436-38 Euclid Ave, all for high grass/weeds. Also, 735 Oxford Blvd., carpet, carpet padding, old furniture and other items piled on sidewalk In front of property.

Cited: Kenneth L. Payne, 47, 711 Market St., Apt. 605, Steubenville, failure to reinstate license.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Cat fight: A Dillonvale woman confronted an older neighbor whose husband she suspected of killing her cat, Wednesday. The younger woman told deputies the cat was last seen on the older woman’s property and neighbors had told her the woman’s husband killed it so she walked down to try and get it back. The older woman said the younger woman “immediately became argumentative” and started cursing her. She said the younger woman has “multiple cats running through the neighborhood” and during the argument had threatened her, though she couldn’t remember what the younger woman had said. The cat owner denied threatening anyone and claimed it was the older woman who was aggressive. The cat owner was advised to get any neighbors who heard the older woman’s husband talking about how he killed the cat to come forward, but otherwise the two of them should stay away from each other.

Alcohol fog: Callers reported a disturbance on county Road 56, Toronto, but deputies said the two people causing the problem each blamed the other for it, Wednesday. The female said her husband was upset because an ex had contacted her and grabbed her by the throat, “but not that hard.” She said she’d been drinking and couldn’t provide a written statement, but she does want to pursue charges. Deputies located the man’s car at a family member’s home, but the family member said he’d left on foot and refused to let them search the house without a warrant. The family member also told deputies his girlfriend “drinks too much and she is tired of it” and said the male had texted that “she hit him in the face a couple of times” so he’d left the residence.