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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Jason L. Falcone, 40, Bellaire, grand larceny and conspiring, Monday. Charged: Ashley M. Johnson, 36, 3427 Orchard St., Weirton, possession of a controlled substance, Monday. Charged: Richard D. Rogers Jr., 25, Hickory, Pa., domestic battery, Tuesday. Charged: Shawna E. Roach, 45, 221 Walter Ave., Follansbee, conspiring to commit petit larceny and possession of stolen property, Tuesday. Steubenville Police Jeep vs. tree: Callers reported finding a blue Jeep Liberty wrecked and unoccupied, crashed into a tree in the lot between Dunkin Donuts and ...

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Jefferson County Sheriff Strange stuff: A woman reported “a group of 10 people at her house telling her she doesn’t own it anymore,” Tuesday. She said a woman came in her house to speak with her but reported she was “very nice” but when deputies asked to speak with the visitor said the woman “didn’t want to speak with (them).” A deputy was dispatched to the residence, but when he arrived he said there was no one outside and the only person in the living room was a juvenile who said “no one had been in the house” and “no one was ever there.” Booked: Amber ...

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Steubenville Police Flamed out: A city resident is facing multiple charges after he allegedly threatened his neighbors in the 1200 block of Lincoln Boulevard and doused one of their homes in gasoline, Saturday. Police said when they arrived, they found a “large group of people” outside who said a man “was currently in the woods and had just poured gasoline on one of their homes.” They reported they’d had to respond to multiple calls in that block several times earlier in their shift, with neighbors reporting he’d said he was “tired of his neighbors because they were drug ...

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Steubenville Police Dog rescued: A resident in the 1200 block of Arlington Avenue gave police video of a neighbor striking his pitbull with objects on two occasions, Friday. Police said in one video he swung a black backpack “very hard at the animal” when it wouldn’t go back in the house on Nov. 4 and then two days later, “took a full plastic water bottle and threw it at the animal.” Police said on both occasions the dog “cried out” and ran off. Police located the owners and told them the dog was going to be seized, but instead they opted to surrender it to the Humane ...