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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Mirand M. Martin, 41, no fixed address, burglary and obstructing an officer, Monday. Wellsburg Police Charged: Roscoe Withers, 47, 120 Carol Road, driving under the influence, Monday. Steubenville Police Bad habits: The manager at Fort Steuben Apartments reported the theft of old radiator pipe from an apartment on the sixth floor, Monday. She said she was doing inspections when she discovered the theft and said she’d been told pipe had been removed from other apartments but hasn’t confirmed it yet and said multiple individuals told her an ...

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Margaret “Marge” Kendrach, Mingo Junction Judy Ruckman, Mingo Junction

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Jefferson County Sheriff Mums the word: A Richmond woman said her phone is being hacked, Friday. She said she’d already filed a complaint with the FBI but Apple told her to file a report. She told deputies she knows who is doing it but didn’t want to say. Picture this: A Toronto man said he’s receiving text messages from someone threatening to release “explicit pictures from a Tinder account” unless he pays that person $500, Sunday. He said he’d blocked the phone number but believes it’s a man in Smithfield using a texting app that spoofs phone numbers. A revelation: ...

Today’s birthdays

Peggy Reynolds, Toronto Joe Lastivka, Toronto Jeremy McFarland, Steubenville Kim Nest, Brilliant

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Steubenville Police Snow mistake: An officer in the middle of a traffic stop at Franciscan Way and University Boulevard said he was talking to the driver when a snowball bounced off the roof of the car and hit him in the face and shoulder, Sunday. He said when he stopped a group walking nearby 18-year-old Patric Davet, Winchester, Va., admitted he was the one who threw the snowball. The officer said he smelled of alcohol but when they asked him if he’d been drinking he initially denied it, but when they told him they could smell it on him he allegedly admitted he’d “consumed ...

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Mingo Junction Police Cited: Kaylie Pritts, 36, Bellaire, speeding; Angeline Cole, 44, 107 Maple Ave., Wintersville, no operator’s license; Thomas Zook, 60, 305 Springdale Ave., Wintersville, and Mohamud Abdullahij, 40, Minneapolis, both for failure to control. Charged: Lillian Anshutz, 53, 108 Frazier Ave., assault, Monday. Steubenville Police Traffic backed up: A driver was cited after a three-vehicle accident that snarled traffic on state Route 7 near University Boulevard around 8 a.m. Thursday. Police said Christopher L. Atkinson, 27, of Cleveland was charged with an ...