Police reports

February 5, 2026

Steubenville Police Making mom proud: An officer stopped at a red light on Sunset Boulevard at DiGregory Avenue said when the light changed, he noticed the car in front didn’t move so another driver hit his horn, Tuesday. The driver of the lead vehicle, a juvenile “placed (his) vehicle in park and exited, approaching (the other driver) in a hostile and aggressive manner.” The juvenile “began screaming obscenities at (the other driver) and giving the driver his ‘middle fingers’,” thereby preventing other vehicles from moving through the intersection. Police said when they ...

Police reports

February 4, 2026

Steubenville Police Walking on water: Three people trying to walk across the Ohio River were advised that wasn’t a good idea, Monday. Police said the trio was “halfway out on the river, walking … toward West Virginia” so they activated their lights and sirens “and were able to beckon them back to the Ohio side and onto the shoreline.” They were advised of the severe safety concerns involved in walking over the icy river and told they should leave the marina. Questionable content: A city resident told police her child’s boyfriend “is making threats of blackmail with ...

Police reports

February 3, 2026

West Virginia State Police Charged: Jalen D. Mason, 21, Baltimore, driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and no headlights, Friday. Steubenville Police Seeing signs: A city resident told police she’s being harassed, Monday. She said there were “marks left in the snow that she believes were deliberately done by ‘people’ as a symbolic threat to her life.” She showed police a picture of a spot in the roadway she believed was a face and a pile of snow next to her vehicle that she thought was a person, and said she’s seen “numerous other symbolic threats ...

Today’s birthday

February 2, 2026

Tim Grimes, Wintersville

Police reports

February 2, 2026

Steubenville Police Grabby guy: A handsy patient caused problems for a nurse at Trinity Medical Center West, Friday. The nurse said she entered a patient’s room to check on him and he “began looking her up and down and started to flirt with her.” She said she had to move his shoulder so she could better evaluate his condition, but when she did, he “stroked her hair.” She said she was looking at the screen so she “quickly backed up and pushed her hair back,” but he “grabbed the back of her neck to try to sit up and kiss her.” She said she told him “no” numerous ...

Today’s birthdays

January 31, 2026

Feb. 1 John Kendrach, Mooresville, N.C. Andrew Strohmyer III, Steubenville