Steubenville Police

Road rage: A motorist who called 911 told dispatchers a “dark colored truck was following their car extremely close” in the vicinity of state Route 7 and Third Street, Saturday. Police located both vehicles and confirmed the pickup was “less than a car length” behind the sedan the caller was driving and the pickup driver also had his high beams on. When he saw police closing in they said the truck’s driver “immediately stopped following the vehicle and got behind (the cruiser) as (they both) re-entered Route 7 7 northbound.” That officer stopped the truck on University Boulevard just before the Veterans Bridge exit and pointed out “how closely he (had been following) the vehicle that was in front of him” and advised they’d been notified it was a road rage incident. The pickup driver said he and the caller had been at a bar in Mingo Junction and ended up arguing, and when the sedan driver left, he followed behind. He said he “was aware that he should not have followed the (caller) however he did have to travel north to get home.” Police said the caller left the area without talking with them.

Stalker: A city resident said a company she hired to check her vehicle for tracking devices found one hidden under the back of her car, Saturday. She said she didn’t see the person who put it there but she did see an ex-boyfriend walk past her home earlier.

Smooth operator: A woman said she’d placed an online order and when the driver dropped it off she asked him to help her get the items upstairs to her apartment, Saturday. When the driver left she said she didn’t hear the front door close right away but once she did, she went out to check her mailbox “and found an un-opened condom with a man’s name and phone number on the wrapper along with a message that said, “text me.” She told police she “was uncomfortable with the situation.”

No talking: A man ended up in custody after he refused to leave Trinity Medical Center West, Friday. Police said the man, identified as Isaiah Szczesny, 29, had been “passively refusing to leave” after being discharged and “refused to acknowledge” they were there or identify him provide identifying information. He was told he would have to leave the property immediately but again ignored them, so he was taken into custody. To get him in and out of the cruiser police said they had to put him in a wheelchair because he wouldn’t move on his own, and when he got to the Jefferson County jail they said he “still would not acknowledge us.” Szczesny, for whom no address is available, was charged with criminal trespass. Since he refused to confirm his identity police said Szczesny was held without bond pending his court appearance Monday.

Explained it away: An Adams Street resident said she was walking on Fourth Street when a man known to her “began yelling profanities” at her, Saturday. The man told police he and the female have had “ongoing issues” and had argued, which he said “occurs every time they see one another.” They told him he needed to stay away from the woman and advised her how to obtain a protection order.

Man down: A man was “lying half on the sidewalk and half in the roadway” on Market Street near Sixth Street, Friday. Witnesses said the man was riding his bicycle and when he crossed the tracks he lost control. He was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Charged: A university student who’d allegedly had too much to drink was “lying down in the grass in the upper parking lot” of a Brady Avenue business while her boyfriend and a male friend stood by, Saturday. The male said she wasn’t feeling well and at that point police claimed she “leaned up and began to vomit.” Police said they smelled “a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” on her when she spoke, reporting she “admit(ed) having too much to drink.” They called Steubenville firefighters to transport her to the hospital but she declined, so police issued her a summons and then gave the female and her boyfriend a ride to their dorm. Police charged Abigail Flores, 18, San Juan Capistran, with underage consumption.

Hit the road: A caller reported two people causing a disturbance in the 1100 block of Lincoln Avenue, Friday. The male had already gone but police said his current girlfriend told them they’d been arguing and when they got home her child was crying, which upset him anew. She said he grabbed her keys and threw a soda at the back of her car and when he realized the neighbor was calling police he threw the keys back in her car and fled on foot. The girlfriend said she didn’t want to pursue charges but she “wished for him to leave her alone and never come back.” Police couldn’t find him but several hours later the girlfriend and a friend said he caused another disturbance, this one in the 1300 block of Sinclair Avenue. She told police he “walked by the house and began threatening her,” so she turned around and went back in her friend’s house.

Ongoing problems: A Sinclair Avenue resident said a neighbor he and a family member have been having trouble with walked past his house while he was working on his truck and “yelled something to the effect that he should’ve put (a) bullet in his head.” He said he didn’t confront the neighbor. The neighbor advised “everything was OK” between the two households and that “nothing had been going on.”

Lost it: A Hillary Square resident who left her keys in an unlocked car told police she woke up to find the vehicle had been stolen overnight, Friday. While they were talking to her someone told her they “believed they spotted the vehicle down the street.” Police said it was the missing car and it was unlocked with the keys still inside. Nothing was missing.

Dogged: An Oregon Avenue landlord was concerned a dog in a next-door apartment was “possibly making a hole in a common wall,” Friday. Police said they didn’t see a hole but they could hear the animal scratching on the other side of the common wall. The landlord told police the tenant in the neighboring property was in jail and her boyfriend stays at the house. Police said no one was home but they left word for the boyfriend that if the dog was still there Monday it would be removed.

Charged: Two adults were charged following a traffic stop on Grandview Avenue at Park Avenue, Saturday. Police allege bags with a white substance believed to be cocaine and residue from the same substance were found throughout the vehicle and none of the occupants, including three juveniles, would take ownership, reporting the adults claimed the three juveniles “had thrown (the items) around in the vehicle” before police stopped them. Police also reported finding a digital scale in the pocket of a sweatshirt one of the juveniles was wearing. Since the bags containing the alleged contraband were within reach of both adults, police said both were arrested. The three juveniles also denied ownership of any of the items in question, so they also were taken into custody. Police said the adults, identified as Haley Barrett, 29, 3624 Pennsylvania Ave., Weirton, and Marlin Hartman, 41, 329 Slack St., Steubenville, were booked into the county jail on drug possession charges. The three juveniles were taken to the detention center, police said.

Sleeping out: A caller reported a man “sleeping next to the garbage” behind a building in the 200 block of North Seventh Street, Friday. Police told him he’d have to leave the premises, and he complied.

Window shopping: A caller reported seeing a man looking into car windows in the 1600 block of Oregon Avenue, Saturday.

Partied out: Police received “multiple calls” complaining of a loud party in the 100 block of Shirley Circle, early Saturday. Police told the hostess about the complaint and advised if they got any more complaints she would be cited, “as well as the others responsible for the home.

Crying wolf: Police were asked to make sure a woman in the 200 block of S. 8th Street was safe after she allegedly was “heard yelling for help,” Saturday. They located the woman who told them “everything was OK and (she) did not need any assistance.”

Disappeared: A woman in the 500 block of Ross Street said she discovered her handgun, a 9 mm Taurus, missing, Saturday. She told police no one was in her house that she is aware of, but she knows it was in its usual place Friday when she went to a game.

Pestering patrons: A woman was causing a disturbance in the parking lot at Hollywood Plaza, Saturday, Employees said they’d had “a few complaints” about the woman “standing outside bothering people as they entered the store.” Police spoke with the woman, who agreed to leave the area.

Thief: Employees at Wal-Mart told police they’d see a man conceal a box of cat treats in a bag and then left the store without paying, Saturday. When they tried to stop him, they said the man dropped his bag and ran off. Police said 26 stolen items valued at more than $90 were in the bag.

Jefferson County Sheriff

Fenced in: A Yorkville woman told deputies a neighbor removed part of her fence “due to her placing a lock on the gate,” Wednesday. She said it had never been an issue before and she just wants the fence to be put back up. The neighbor said he took it down because the fence is on his property, but deputies told him since the fence is already up and paid for, they’d have to go to court and have the land professionally surveyed to determine where the property line is. He told deputies he’d put the fencing up again if he “gets a key to the padlock so he has access to his property.” When they relayed the information to the caller, she said she’d get him a key if he paid for it. The neighbor agreed to pay for the key to be copies but said he prefers to use an intermediary to make the exchanges.