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Steubenville Police Creeped out: A city resident told police her 12-year-old granddaughter was terrified to go to school because a man came up to the bus stop and tried to chat her up, Tuesday. She said the child “felt uncomfortable and was in fear and ran home,” and when it was time to go to school the following day, she refused to because she “didn’t want to be left off the bus at her normal stop.” Grandma said after her granddaughter told her why she didn’t want to go on the bus, she made a point of going to the bus stop and saw a man on a bicycle who “made a b-line ...

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Steubenville Police Violent ex: A woman in the 1300 block of Oak Grove Avenue told police the father of her children had “pulled her hair out and…dragged (her) around,” Monday. She said he also hit her and her daughter. She said she wanted to pursue charges against him. Money talks: A woman in the 3000 block of Johnson Road said her sister and a third woman were arguing about money and the third woman tried to push her door open again and it hit her arm, Monday. She said the third woman was yelling at her sister so she’d told her to leave but instead she tried to get back in ...

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Steubenville Police Happy feet: A caller reported seeing a man “dancing in the roadway” in the 1000 block of Labelle Avenue, Sunday. Police located him, still dancing, and gave him a ride home. Behavioral issues: A city resident said her juvenile son is unruly and leaves his room when he’s grounded “and, overall, rarely listens to her,” Sunday. She said they’d argued earlier in the day and he “became so upset that he tripped and fell into a bathtub and wall and put a hole in the wall.” On edge: A city resident reported seeing her neighbors “looking…inside her ...

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Steubenville Police Helping herself: A Maxwell Avenue resident said he woke up to discover a woman “standing next to his bed,” Saturday. He said he told her to leave and she did, but within minutes he began getting notifications that purchases were being made at a nearby business with his Venmo account and he also discovered cash missing from his wallet. A roommate advised he’d let the woman into the house to use the restroom and “was unaware that she was walking around…inside.” The residents identified the woman and the man whose money was being stolen advised he wants her ...