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Steubenville Police Recurring problem: A woman was causing a disturbance on 5th Street at Logan Avenue, but left the area before police could get there, Thursday. Later in the day the same woman was at 5th and Washington streets “yelling at vehicles” and police had to tell her to stop. While talking with her police said they noticed an open container of alcohol in her possession and warned her it’s not permitted, and they poured it out. They said she left the scene on foot. Issues: A city resident wanted to talk with police because she’s convinced the FBI “has been ...

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Steubenville Police Up to no good: Someone reported someone camping out in the area of South and Water streets “with visible smoke coming from the wood line,” Tuesday. Police said thick, black smoke was coming from the area and as they approached the source, they found “blankets, a tent and a pile of burning copper wire.” No one was there and police extinguished the fire, which they said appears to have been used to burn the coating off so they could take the wire to the scrapyard. One cited, one charged: A woman was cited for having no operator’s license, but her passenger ...

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Steubenville Police Charged: Employees say a man who left the midtown Speedway last week without paying for a candy bar and T-shirt allegedly stopped on the way out to withdraw some money from the ATM and forgot to collect his debit card and receipts, Tuesday. Police said the man, John R. Taylor, 817 Rinker Road, Steubenville, was already in custody on unrelated charges so the information was forwarded to the prosecutor, who has since filed a misdemeanor theft charge against him. Ouch: A man was working on his truck in the Rural King lot when a Jeep drove over his foot, Tuesday. The ...

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West Virginia State Police Charged: Mia D. Scallon, 33, 61 Mercury Drive, New Cumberland, child neglect creating risk of injury, July 1. Charged: James R. Wells Jr., 37, Macksburg, Ohio, failure to register as a sex offender, July 1. Steubenville Police Five charges filed: A man ended up in custody on multiple charges after a caller reported a shirtless man in the 1200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue “yelling and brandishing a firearm,” Sunday. Police allege the man was unarmed but “sweating profusely” and was “worked up and irate,” yelling that they needed to “keep (a ...