Today’s Birthdays

May 28

Eileen Wiseman, Steubenville

Macy Belle Bigler, 23, Mingo Junction

Kim Pyle, 62, Steubenville

Sara Scott, Steubenville

Police Beat

STEUBENVILLE POLICE

Been there, done that: A woman previously banned from Walmart for shoplifting returned and pushed a cart full of merchandise out the door Monday. Police said she left in a white SUV. The value of the stolen items was still being tallied.

Stubborn: A woman told police Monday she’s been trying to break up with her boyfriend, but he won’t accept that their relationship is over “and continues to pursue her.” She said he’d been pounding on her door earlier but left before police arrived. She said he’d been living there about three months, so police told her she’d have to formally evict him through the courts.

Icky: A man advised police he was checking video footage shot inside his mother’s home Sunday and realized she’d let a neighbor into her house who then proceeded to go into her kitchen by himself, where he performed a sexual act. He said he recognized the male and “made audible contact with him” via the Ring camera audio system. He said his elderly mother is in the early stages of dementia and he was concerned for her safety. He said his mother said she didn’t realize what he was doing. Police advised him to tell her not to allow the man inside her home again.

Memory lapse: A physical confrontation was reported in the community room of a building on Johnson Road May 20 after a man said another resident grabbed his arm, so he hit him. He said a third resident jumped in and started assaulting him as well, but multiple witnesses told police the caller was actually the one who started the fracas.

Bad break: A city resident told police her car had been stolen May 20. She said she and her boyfriend had broken up recently and he’d just been at her place to get his things, so she asked him about the vehicle. She said he has a warrant block prohibiting him from registering a vehicle in his name, so she did it for him. When she told him she was going to file a stolen vehicle report, she claims he sent her a text threatening to harm her and her children if she did. Police forwarded the information to the prosecutor for review.

Gut punch: Witnesses said they saw a heavyset teenager punch a hole in plastic covering the window of a car parked in the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue May 20. The residents said they’ve had trouble with the juvenile and several of her friends in the past.

Juvenile problem: A juvenile told police his stepmother ripped his paperback book May 21, so he hit her. The woman said they’d been arguing because his schoolwork wasn’t done and when she pulled the book out of his bookbag he punched her in the head. She said the boy grabbed his book and went out on the porch. He ended up in juvenile detention.

Concerned: A woman parked at the downtown Speedway said a man who had driven over a cinder block and cone Monday “was possibly impaired.” She said earlier in the day the same man had hit her car, but she wasn’t worried about that. This time, she said she smelled alcohol on him. Officers followed the man to the city limits but said they saw nothing to lead them to believe he was impaired.

A motorist who hit a guardrail Saturday on state Route 7 northbound near Lincoln Avenue told police she hydroplaned.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners/occupants of properties at 123 Belleview Blvd., 205 Canterbury Blvd. and 1919 Orchard St. for high grass.

Booked: Amanda Dawn Falkner, 37, 546 Rose St., Follansbee, failure to appear.

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF

Mow mine: A Township Road 113 (Rayland) resident complained his neighbor “mowed his property and he wants her charged” Tuesday. He said she has a right of way through his property and was mowing along it.

Egging it on: A Smithfield resident said he’d argued with his girlfriend before dinner Tuesday “and she started acting crazy throwing things and destroying his house.” He said she was currently outside “throwing eggs on his porch.” He said he’d already locked her out but needed help getting her off his property.

A woman claimed her phone rang Monday and her male acquaintance “got upset and started screaming at her,” but the man said the woman “is crazy and keeps trying to move her stuff in his house.” He said her phone was ringing and when she refused to answer it the caller started calling him to relay a message that he “needed to drop her grandson off to her.” He said he was tired of her disrupting his household and she needed to leave but denied putting his hands on her.

Just stop already: A Wintersville woman complained again Tuesday about a neighbor allegedly banging on a shared wall to make her crazy and reminded deputies they’d been to her home a couple days earlier and said if they had to return someone might be charged. Deputies said they didn’t hear anyone in the next apartment banging on the wall when they arrived and said the neighbor she claimed was causing the problem showed them baby monitor footage of her kids sleeping and said the complainant claims she hears knocking even when “there isn’t any noise coming from their apartment.” Deputies said as they walked into the caller’s apartment, she punched the wall and said, “Look, they’ll start banging,” but the neighbor exited her apartment to point out it’s the caller who was banging the wall, which the caller denied. Deputies advised both of them to stop.

Vandalism: A caller on Tuesday reported the lending library near Noah’s Park in Richmond Park had been vandalized “to the point of not being able to be used anymore.” She said the door was ripped off and smashed and the books were thrown around.

Scammed: A Rayland-area resident was taken for several hundred dollars Monday when she responded to an ad about rehoming a French bulldog. She said the scammer initially required $400 for a rehoming fee, but she only gave her $100. The scammer then claimed she couldn’t meet her in person and would have to ship the dog to her due to a death in the family and arranged for someone from the “shipping company” to call her who convinced her she’d need to pay $399 so the dog could be transported in an air-conditioned crate, payable in gift cards for which she was instructed to send photos showing the card numbers. After that they got her to pay $200 to supposedly chip the dog. She finally realized she was being scammed and stopped sending them money when they asked her for $1,200 for vaccinations.

A Wintersville woman said her ex-boyfriend spent the night but woke up Monday “belligerent” in the morning and wanted her engagement ring back, so she went to a friend’s residence to wait for him to leave. She said he threatened to kick her friend’s door in if she didn’t return the ring. Deputies told him if he wanted the ring back he’d have to take her to court, but he called back later to report she’d told him she’d already pawned it.

False alarm: A caller in Richmond reported hearing what sounded like six gunshots Tuesday and was afraid to go to sleep. Deputies spoke with several individuals who were outside who told them someone had been setting off fireworks, but they’d already left the area.

Trespassing: A caller reported a neighbor came onto her property May 21 and took pictures “and is now yelling at her father-in-law and refusing to leave.” Deputies said the neighbor was upset with her pool’s drainage.

Shadow boxing: A caller in southern Jefferson County told deputies Tuesday someone was trying to “come in her house and inject her with something.” She said she had footage of several people surrounding her house and said at one point one of them was holding a revolver. She was transported to the hospital.

Booked: Mark Eugene Christian, 41, 150 Union St., Bloomingdale, fugitive from justice (Putnam County felony warrant).