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Steubenville Police Pushy people: A man who had gathered sympathy cards left by family and friends at his mother’s funeral said her sibling and another person snatched them out of his hands and refused to relinquish them, Friday. He told police he’d planned her funeral and was in charge of her property and felt he and his sibling should have had the cards so they could read through them. He said the couple had left town immediately after, taking the cards with them and advising they would send them their share of cards in the mail, but it’s been a few days and none have come. He ...

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Steubenville Police Scissors hand: A man who had business with Social Security was upset when he was told he couldn’t bring his trauma scissors into the office, Wednesday. Police were told the man “became argumentative” when a security officer told him the scissors weren’t allowed in the office but left before police arrived. When they spoke with him, the man said he’d already agreed to leave when he was told he couldn’t go in with the scissors, but then the security guard told him he was being detained and could not leave until police arrived. Mission impossible: A city ...

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Steubenville police Money pit: Tennessee residents who’d hired a Pennsylvania contractor to work on a house they own in Steubenville said he “strung them along and continued asking for money … for work, materials and other supplies,” Tuesday. They said the Wilkinsburg contractor had wanted them to pay him through money apps but they’d refused, choosing to send him money through the Wal-Mart money center so they’d have official receipts for the nearly $2,000 they paid him. He eventually demanded that they come to Steubenville to meet him at the property but then he started ...

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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Danny Peters, 50, 1038 Clifton St., Follansbee, violation of domestic violence bond condition, Aug. 27. Charged: Joseph M. Beegle, 50, 117 Sunrise Terrace, Follansbee, domestic assault, Aug. 27. Wellsburg Police Charged: Todd B. Buxton, 50, 210 Manor Drive, driving under the influence and improper registration, Thursday. Follansbee Police Charged: Logan M. Bine, 23, 568 Burgoyne Ave., shoplifting, Thursday. Jefferson County Sheriff Fallen rider: A deputy responding to a report of a man lying beside a bicycle near Public Road in Yorkville Sunday ...

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Steubenville Police Booked in: Joseph A. Walenciej, 43, 815 N. Sixth St., aggravated robbery, Wednesday. Summoned: Shelly L. Cable, 56, Steubenville, theft, Wednesday. Vehicle vandalism: A tire was punctured on a vehicle parked outside a business on Mall Drive Wednesday evening. Suspicious activity: Police received a report of two juveniles carrying a rifle near Oakmont and Cedar avenues but found no one of that description while making multiple passes through the area Wednesday night. Wintersville Police Cited for speeding: Geoffrey D. Young, 61, Cadiz; Alex M. Plato, 46, 334 ...