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West Virginia State Police Charged: Matthew D. Michael, no age given, Paden City, W.Va., threatening a terroristic act, Tuesday, for allegedly leaving a threatening message in the voice mail of a person involved in legal action involving him. Steubenville Police Multiple charges: A Weirton man is facing multiple charges after police allegedly found him in a dark-colored pickup truck that had been reported as stolen, Wednesday. Police said Harold R. Bittinger, 36, 101 Era St., was charged with receiving stolen property, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. They ...

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Steubenville Police Shenanigans: A caller reported seeing a couple “allegedly engaged in illegal activity” behind a box truck in the 200 block of N. 4th Street, Tuesday. Police said the two weren’t engaged in anything illegal when they arrived at the scene and after identifying them they told the couple to move along. Prowling: Two suspicious males were reported in the 400 block of Henry Avenue, Tuesday. The caller said the men were “lurking outside” a home, but police checked the area and said they did not see anyone and when they checked the residence it was secure. On ...

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Steubenville Police Lost power: A Greenwich Avenue resident said his neighbor called him to report a vehicle had struck the front of his home, Monday. Police located a woman who advised she was northbound on Greenwich when her vehicle “stopped going forward.” She said she tried to coast back to her residence and attempted to back it into her driveway but it stopped, and when she “got out to ask her children to assist in pushing it completely into the driveway” it started moving backward down the hill and struck a house before clipping a parked car. Throwing stones: A man in the ...

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Brooke County Sheriff Charged: Rian A. Harkins, 24, 106 Fourth St., Follansbee, domestic assault, Saturday. Steubenville Police Facing danger: A S. 4th Street resident complained that a male had “thrown a loaf of bread and hit her with it” during an argument, Sunday. She said the bread “hit (her) in the face” and wanted the male removed from the property, but police told her he’d established residency and would have to be evicted. The male did admit he was upset and threw the bread but denied hitting her. He left for the night with a family member. Police were asked to ...