Police Reports for Oct. 20, 2026

October 20, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Bad behavior: A man who pulled out of Wendy’s Sunday apparently enraged a female driving a white Ford. They told police the female driver “aggressively pulled around them, got in front and began brake-checking (them).” The male driver said he followed the white Ford to PNC bank and turned into the alley behind it, at which point the woman driving the Ford and her female companion “pulled up beside them and two white females began yelling at him and one of them threw something against the back windshield” then got back in their car and left the area. Police ...

Birthdays

October 19, 2026

Oct. 19 Diane Sogan, Mingo Junction

Police Reports

October 16, 2026

JEFFERSON COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE A search warrant at a Steubenville residence led to arrests, Drug Task Force Commander Maj. Chris Vinci said Thursday. Facing charges are: *Christopher Curenton, 37, Steubenville, was arrested on active warrants through Steubenville Municipal Court for obstructing official business, assault, and aggravated menacing. Additional charges of having weapons while under disability, a third-degree felony, and possession of drugs involving crack cocaine, a second-degree felony are pending, Vinci said. *Deborah Schiffman, 45, of Steubenville, was also arrested ...

Police

October 15, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Water theft alleged: A water department employee who shut off water to a residence in the 3600 block of Sunset Boulevard alleged a resident had tampered with her water meter and was using water she didn’t have to pay for. The resident told police she was aware the pipe had been changed but insisted it was done by “a man unknown to her” and she didn’t know his name. Police told her she could expect the city to contact her “in regards to theft of service” and was advised to have her water service turned back on legally. Gullible: A Carnegie Street ...

Police reports

October 10, 2026

STEUBENVILLE POLICE Touchy: A handyman tasked with doing some work at a property in the 900 block of Sherman Avenue was at odds Wednesday with a neighbor who didn’t want him moving things she’d put in the empty lot so kids could play. She said she had an agreement with the previous owner that she could use the site and she didn’t want anyone touching it. The handyman said the owner wanted him to paint the building so he needed to move some things for his ladder. Police said the caller didn’t want the handyman to move anything but when she refused to do it herself, they told him ...

Birthdays

October 10, 2026

Oct. 11 Mila Trbovich, Mingo Junction Janet Griemes, Wintersville Oct. 12 D’Andrea (Champ) Harper, Mingo Junction Jenny Baker, Bloomingdale