POLICE BEAT

STEUBENVILLE POLICE

Swinger: A Sinclair Avenue resident told police she had argued with a male Wednesday and “hit him with a bat” as he was leaving and does not want him to return. Police located the man, who originally gave them a fictitious name but eventually admitted he did it because he knew a warrant had been issued in Colorado for his arrest. He was not interested in filing charges against the woman who hit him with the bat but did want it known he “intended to turn himself in.” Police said Kareem Bagley, 43, Denver, was booked into the county jail without bond on a fugitive-from-justice warrant.

Stocking up: A man working for a Kendall Avenue landlord said appliances had been stolen Monday from a house that had just been vacated by a tenant who had been evicted. The former tenant said he was out by early afternoon but had left the door unlocked so some of his friends “could gather some of his personal belongings from the house that he’d told them they could have,” including two china cupboards, a microwave, television, dresser, two small tables and a television stand. He said it was possible one of them took the appliances “not knowing that (they) did not originally belong to him in the first place.” He said one of his friends collects things to sell and if he took the items they had likely already been scrapped, so police advised him to reach out to the man to see if he had taken the items and where they were.

Yech: A landlord in the 400 block of S. Fourth Street told police Tuesday he had evicted his basement tenant last month only to find out the man had been sneaking in through a window. Police said when he let them in it “was obvious someone was trying to live (there) without electricity and water.”

Middle man: Someone reported an assault in the 500 block of Lincoln Boulevard Monday. A female who was in the middle of it said she was trying to break up a fight between her boyfriend and her brother when another woman hit her, but she did not think it was intentional and was not interested in pursuing charges. Police said her arm was “very swollen and red,” but a family member was en route to take her to a hospital to get it checked out.

Student driver: A caller reported an 11-year-old “driving his mother’s vehicle” in the 1200 block of Lincoln Avenue Tuesday. Police spotted the vehicle parked in the driveway and said it was unoccupied and no one was around.

No shame: Callers reported a man urinating in a parking lot in the 100 block of N. Fifth Street Wednesday. Employees said he was gone before police arrived.

Recovered: A vehicle reported stolen in West Virginia was recovered Wednesday in the 600 block of South Street. Weirton police responded to the location accompanied by the owner of the 2021 Volkswagen Arteon.

Nowhere to go: A man was refusing to leave a property in the 4300 block of Sunset Boulevard Tuesday. The man recently had been reported at various locations throughout town sleeping on sidewalks and asking people for money. He was told he needed to leave the property and not return.

All wet: A downtown resident complained of harassment, telling police her neighbors “threw water at her door and had called her names” Wednesday.

Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners or occupants of properties at 414 Buena Vista Blvd., 423 Buena Vista Blvd., 424 Buena Vista Blvd., 703 N. Fourth St., 2643 Alvaredo Blvd., 1230 Maryland Ave., 609 Dresden Ave., 736 Oakmont Ave., 2630 Hollywood Blvd., 2635 Hollywood Blvd., 421 Lawson Ave., 718 Rosswell Ave., 816 Rosswell Ave., 2626 Sunset Blvd. and 518 Woodlawn Road, all for high grass; and 378 Summit Ave., for high grass, litter and household discards piled in the yard.

Cited: Jorden D. Strum, 25, Sistersville, W.Va., expired/unlawful plates; Robert F. Wright, 370 Terrace Drive, Wintersville, expired plates.

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF

Walk-ins not wanted: A Mount Pleasant resident said he and his girlfriend were watching TV with his daughter June 6 when a man walked into the child’s bedroom. The father advised he was startled at first but then started talking to the man, who “appeared highly intoxicated” but ended up driving away in his pickup. He said the intruder’s speech was slurred and believed he might have come to the home to visit another family member, who was confused by the man’s presence but realized he was a “friend’s neighbor.” The father told deputies he has a gun but did not use it and said he would like the man to get help but did not want to press charges. His girlfriend told deputies “she would like something done,” and the other family member “didn’t want him to get in trouble.” Deputies tracked down the man, who eventually told them he had been sober for years but had a couple shots of tequila earlier in the evening and decided to drive over to see the family about trash spilling into his yard from her cousin’s property. He said he did not think he had done anything wrong because he was only gone for about four minutes but understood why the homeowners were concerned.

Jealous type: A caller reported a Bloomingdale woman who had been out all night looking for her dog returned home Wednesday morning to a “very jealous” boyfriend who told her to “sleep in the car so the coyotes don’t get her.” The caller said the female did not have much gas left in her tank and no stations were open, and she could not help her because she cannot drive at night. Deputies went to the location and reported the boyfriend let her inside so she could sleep on the couch.

Made tracks: Someone reported seeing a man Wednesday passed out in a parking lot in Rayland “with a substance in his lap.” The caller said he rapped on the window several times to wake him up and the driver moved to the back of the lot “and looks to be passed out again.” While deputies were en route, he called back to report the male had left and was headed toward Dillonvale, but he could not be located.

Setting boundaries: Deputies on Wednesday had to explain to a male who had been served with a protection order that he needed to steer clear of his ex. The caller advised he was “driving around town all day and seeing where” his ex was. When deputies caught up to him, he was dressed in blue jeans and shooting baskets in Warren Township Park and, when asked, was “semi-defensive” and told deputies he had shorts but “wanted a workout” and claimed not to know she was there. His ex told deputies he had not tried to make contact with her, but she felt he knew she was there. She said he was aware she spends a lot of time at the park in summer and a few days earlier a friend reported he had approached her to find out if his ex was there. Deputies told the man to leave the park and not return and advised him that upon learning of her presence “he was to leave or he would be in violation.”

Happy mistake: An “explosive device” reported in a Richmond parking lot Wednesday turned out to be a spent firework encased in a paper-towel tube, deputies said.

Living large: A business owner asked deputies Wednesday to retrieve a roofing safety harness, keys to a business he owns and two credit cards an ex-employee had never returned. He said the employee had been ghosting him, though he noticed the man had used one of the cards to purchase $1,500 in roofing supplies for his own home in Florida while he was vacationing. Deputies said they went to the ex-employee’s home and retrieved the missing items without incident.

Property issues: A Toronto man who arrived at his late father’s residence to collect items that had been bequeathed to him said he and his girlfriend heard a cellphone ping inside the property Tuesday when no one should have been inside because the estate was still in probate. He said they found an adult toy on the porch previously and suspect a family member was bringing women to the property without the knowledge of the executor. Deputies advised him it would have to be settled in court.

Fraud: A Toronto man said Tuesday he had been duped by someone claiming to be from the PNC Bank fraud department. He told deputies he sent the fraudster all of his personal information and scanned the front and back of his driver’s license before he realized it was a scam, but had called the real PNC fraud department and had all of his accounts frozen so no money was lost.

Booked: Matthew Liggitt, no fixed address, warrant (Toronto County Court); Mason Shumard, Mount Pleasant, entering an occupied home without consent and child endangerment.