Jefferson County sheriff
Threats: An Empire woman reported being threatened by neighbors after an incident involving their children, Monday. The problems started when the neighbor's kids came on her porch without permission to retrieve a basketball that had landed in their yard. The discussion became a verbal confrontation, and she claims the parents of the other children threatened her, her husband and a family member.
Frustrated: A Bloomingdale man says someone who knew where he kept the key entered a garage on a Wayne township property he owns and tried to steal his Toro Z 255 lawn mower, Monday. The owner said he found the mower and his Honda ATV in the front yard when he arrived, sitting next to several pieces of wood. Deputies said it was obvious someone had tried to load the mower into a vehicle using the wood as a makeshift ramp, noting there were also tire tracks at the base of the mower where it appeared a vehicle had backed up to the hillside and the culprits tried to use the ATV to push the mower onto the vehicle. The owner believes he knows who tried to steal the vehicle and told deputies he'd like to pursue charges.
Conflicted: A 55-year-old Steubenville township resident told deputies he found two juveniles parked in his driveway and when he asked them to move, said the male began "threatening to kill him and said he had a knife he would go get," Sunday. He said when he went back inside his house the pair left, but believed the boy was a neighbor. A family member of the male juvenile said the neighbor allegedly had used a derogatory term in reference to the boy's mother, deputies said. The youth admitted only to telling the older man he would beat him.
Cleaners: An Island Creek township resident told police she paid two women $500 to clean her home while she was in the hospital but said they did nothing and took the money anyway, Sunday. The service hired to deep clean the home said they'd spent 17 hours there but only charged for 14 and provided deputies with before and after photos.
In custody: Deputies said they turned Randi L. Clevenger, 26, 3348 State Route 213, Steubenville, over to Carroll County sheriff's deputies on an outstanding warrant. Deputies took Clevenger into custody after receiving reports of a disturbance at her home.
Faked: A Wintersville resident discovered someone opened a bank account in his name, Saturday.
Booked: Demarques Meeks, 41, 1595 Tweed Ave., Steubenville, three counts of child endangerment, Tuesday.
She said, she said: A Bergholz woman complained to deputies that her daughter was running around "doing who knows what" and leaving her two children with other people, but the daughter said she's been working, Monday. The mother said she'd cared for one of her grandchildren for seven days and the other grandparents have had another of them, and also claimed her daughter threw a plastic baby gate at her during an argument. Her daughter called in soon after to give deputies her side of the story, explaining her mother was "blowing up her phone" with texts threatening to call children's services and police and take her children away.
Not welcome: An Amsterdam woman said she saw a man on her neighbor's porch who didn't belong there, Tuesday. She said her neighbor heard noises outside and when she opened the door, the man ran off.
Rude: Wintersville residents told deputies they're having problems with a neighbor driving over their mailbox and tearing up their yard, Monday. The neighbors also play their music loud enough to rattle windows and yell obscenities, they said.
No sleep: Individual working on cars in the Pleasant Hill Trailer Court in Island Creek township revs their engine continuously, Monday. A resident said it's making it hard for her to sleep.
Booked: Terri B. Mizell, 43, 30 Township Road 308, Wolf Run, Amsterdam, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, Saturday.
Steubenville police
Bad trip: A driver rear-ended another vehicle in the McDonald's drive-thru, then backed into a second vehicle before continuing into the lot and jumping a curb, and backing into the AT&T building, then shifting into drive and going back into the McDonald's lot where she struck a parked car.
Driving hazard: A car in a funeral procession was struck by another vehicle while passing through the intersection at Fifth and Market streets, Tuesday. Police said the driver had a funeral marker on his car and his hazard lights were on.
Down and out: Callers reported a woman passed out on the steps of the old post office at Washington and North Fourth Street, but police said she was gone when they got there, Tuesday.
Texted: A woman in the 400 block of Dresden said a female broke the rear and back side window of her vehicle then apologized via Facebook messenger and offered to pay for the repairs, but after scheduling the appointment to fix it changed her mind, Tuesday. The owner wants to file charges and showed police the message in which the woman accepted responsibility and offered to cover the damage.
Big boot: A man in the 100 block of Greenwich told police he watched a woman kick the rear quarter panel on his vehicle, denting it.
Hitched: Officers located and towed a gold sedan believed involved in a hit-and-run on Wildon Avenue, Tuesday. A male told police a woman rear-ended his truck, ramming his trailer hitch. He said she apologized, then backed up and drove away. Officers located the suspect vehicle in a front yard in Adams Street with the heavy front-end damage they expected and were able match a piece of a headlight located at the scene. The owner couldn't be found.
Booked: Ta'Kim J. Green, 29, 321 Woodlawn Road, Steubenville, was charged with criminal trespass, Tuesday. Green was taken into custody while officers were investigating reports of a disturbance at Heritage Place Apartments, from which he is banned. He also was served with a bench warrant from municipal court for failure to appear.
Cleaned out: A Pennsylvania Avenue resident who signed up for the CashApp while a woman was cleaning her house for her said she noticed two fraudulent transactions totaling $600 on her account after the woman borrowed it, Monday.
Code issues: Notices of violation were sent to owners of property at 1328 Sinclair Ave., high grass and garbage; 1309 Sinclair, high grass; 1262 Sinclair, high grass; 1235 Sinclair Ave., high grass; and 2314 Chestnut St., garbage.
Served: Pamela S. Thomas, 46, 536 Lawson Ave., Steubenville, warrant for animal cruelty, Tuesday.
Cited: Elizabeth M. Ely, 36, 2623 Cherry Ave., Steubenville, driving under suspension and stop sign violation; Martin Ayers, 21, 605 McDowell Ave., Steubenville, having a prohibited vehicle (a dirt bike) on roadway; Deena Caniff, 76, 1223 Oak Grove Ave., Steubenville, failure to control a motor vehicle.