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Pained: Callers reported a man in the area of Sunset Boulevard near McDowell Avenue "sitting on the sidewalk and possibly needing assistance," Monday. Callers said he was laying in the grass when they found him. The man said he was "complaining of chest pain and stated he laid down because he thought he was having a heart attack," but told police he had been drinking (the night before) and was attempting to walk to his residence."
'Tis the season: Employees at Wal-Mart allege a woman tried to leave the store with a purse full of merchandise she hadn't paid for, Monday. Police said Tina M. Stilwell, 53, Main Street, Wellsville, was charged with misdemeanor theft after she allegedly told them "she was stealing the items for someone else that lives in her apartment building." The merchandise was valued at $130.
Long distance: Callers reported a disturbance in the 800 block of North Sixth Avenue, Monday. As they approached police said they "could hear yelling from (the hallway) prior to knocking," and when they spoke with the woman involved she told them she was "yelling at her boyfriend's sister (who lives in Georgia) on the phone and everything was OK." The boyfriend told police the noise "involved a phone altercation." They asked them to keep the noise down.
Wayward child: A pedestrian who found a small child wandering in the road at Lawson Avenue and Plum Street flagged police down for assistance, Tuesday. The child wasn't wearing shoes and told police when she woke up, she didn't see her mother. Police said the child was "holding her mother's car keys that had a small change purse with it that contained an ID" and told police "she walked down the sidewalk" from the area of Orchard Street, so he picked the child up and walked up the street with her "until she pointed to the house that she came from." Once there, the officer said he "knocked on the door several times with no response" so he stuck his head in a door and began calling out, again with no response, so he called for a backup to help search the house. Midway up the steps police said they yelled again and this time, they said a male responded "and shortly after a woman came downstairs" who told them her daughter "was asleep on the couch" so police told her the child had actually been located down the street.
Relationship issues: Police were tasked with doing a welfare check on a woman who sent concerning comments to another individual, but when they talked to her she admitted sending them but said she "was upset over a relationship and ... had been drinking," Monday. She was told she would have to be hospitalized for an evaluation. She agreed.
Booked: Michael A. Sharpe, 49, 732 N. Sixth Ave., Steubenville, felony warrant (Steubenville Municipal Court) for possession of drugs, Monday.
Cited: Darin R. Whiteman, 24, 705 McDowell Ave., Steubenville, red light violation after a two-car collision at the intersection of Sunset and Hollywood boulevards, Monday. Police allege Whiteman failed to stop at the light and crashed into the other vehicle. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage. Whiteman had a head laceration and was taken to Trinity Medical Center West for evaluation, police report.
Cited: John Saxon, 36, 1701 Oregon Ave., Steubenville, expired/unlawful plates.
Jefferson County Sheriff
Door knocker: A caller reported a man was "knocking on doors" on county Road 22A (Bloomingdale) "saying he was lost and trying to get back to Warren, Ohio," Sunday. That caller and another woman called again to report the male was sitting on somebody's porch. Deputies said they took Jason Coffey, Newton Falls, Ohio, into custody on two warrants out of Lorain County.
Trashed: A caller told deputies a litter issue has developed on county Road 56 (Toronto), Friday. The caller said there's a homeless encampment at the creek and "litter and such is starting to accumulate" and said he's "worried about the well-being of the area."
Cited: George A. Wiley, 15598 state Route 152, Toronto, fictitious plates, Sunday.