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Steubenville Police Fishy business: A customer was causing problems at an eatery in the city on Tuesday. Employees said he “was complaining about his food and demanding a refund.” The man told police “his food smelled funny, and he wanted his money back,” but when police pointed out they couldn’t force the employees to give him anything he walked away. Overstepped: A woman in the 400 block of South Sixth Street said she was sitting on her back porch when a man she’d never seen before walked up and engaged her in conversation, “then asked for a hug,” Tuesday. She said ...

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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Francis E. Shriver, 48, 51 27th St., Wellsburg, domestic battery, Saturday. Charged: James M. Shifflett, 45, 1079 Boyd Road, Colliers, domestic assault and impersonating a law enforcement officer, Saturday. Brooke County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call from Shifflett, who had identified himself as a state trooper. Upon their arrival, they learned that Shifflett wasn’t an officer, had threatened to kill a family member and had a history of mental illness. They said he declined to be transported for a mental health evaluation. Charged: ...

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Steubenville Police Slight miscalculation: A man on a bicycle turned right from onto N. 6th street and dinged a police cruiser trying to squeeze between it and the sidewalk, Sunday. Police said there “was not a big enough gap” for him to navigate through and his tires slid on the gravel while making the turn. He left a small dent and a scratch on the side of the cruiser. Weighty problem: A caller said a friend left several pieces of weight lifting equipment he wanted him to have on the side of a Lincoln Avenue business, but when he got there it was gone, Sunday. He said they ...

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Steubenville Police Patrons were briefly evacuated from Seven Ranges after three “older teens wearing coats, one (of them also) with a blue ski mask on” caused problems and sprayed fire extinguishers in the business and several mall units. A technician advised he was in a private room working on a video game when the trio “barged into his work space” so he confronted them. They then fled into a restricted area with no exit and this time when he confronted them they “surrounded him in a hostile manner,” one of them “reaching into his front pocket before they tackled him to ...