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Recent Birthdays May 6 Peggy Harasick, Wintersville Police Beat Jefferson County Drug Task Force Arrests made: Two people were taken into custody after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force allegedly found cocaine, methamphetamine, two guns and drug paraphernalia in a search of an Orchard Place, Wintersville, residence Monday. Facing charges are: — Samuel Craig Murray Jr., 49, 303 Orchard Place, Wintersville, one count of felony drug trafficking and two felony counts of possession of drugs. — Michelle Jean Firm, 51, no fixed address, two counts of felony drug ...

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Police Beat Steubenville Police A caller reported seeing a woman who appeared to be disoriented walking in the vicinity of University Boulevard Sunday. Police said the woman had a dog on a leash but was “stumbling around and falling to the side of the roadway.” She told police she’d been eating at a nearby restaurant with her boyfriend but when he called her “in an offensive and inappropriate way,” she walked out. Police said she was “carrying a cup filled with an alcoholic beverage and an open can of Four Loko,” both of which they dumped out and said it was obvious she ...

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Today's Birthday May 1 Steve Trbovich, Mingo Junction Police Beat STEUBENVILLE POLICE Facing charges: A city resident is facing charges after authorities allegedly found fentanyl, crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia and cash in his home Wednesday. Police said detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force booked John Samuel Powell, 37, 1418 Pennsylvania Ave., Steubenville, into custody on two felony counts of drug possession, possession of paraphernalia and possession of drug abuse instruments. City police and the special response team assisted with the search. Returned: A ...

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Today's Birthday April 30 Rebecca Parks, Mingo Junction Police Beat Jefferson County Sheriff Creeper: A county resident said she received a call Sunday from a man claiming he was watching her and knew everything about her, then allegedly began listing personal details. She said she started recording the call, and when the caller realized it, he told her to stop. She contacted her boyfriend, who told deputies he grabbed his guns and checked her home and property to make sure no one was there. The boyfriend said he attempted to call the number back but hung up after hearing a ...

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Recent Birthday April 28 Ryan Anderson, Steubenville Police Beat Steubenville Police Man down: A caller in the 4000 block of Sunset Boulevard complained someone was trespassing on her property Sunday. Police located a man they described as “highly intoxicated…passed out on the ground near the woodline.” Steubenville firefighters took him to the hospital for treatment. Noise maker: A woman in the 100 block of N. 4th Street said she went to the store to get a beer early Monday and when she returned, a male “threatened her with eviction.” The male said another resident ...

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April 27 Karl Wisemna, Steubenville