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Police Beat Steubenville Police TKO: Officers responding to a report of a fight at Seventh and Franklin Avenue Wednesday say when they arrived at the scene they found one of the parties involved unconscious. City firefighters were called to take the man to the hospital. Witnesses said the “fight was mutual” and they did not know the other person involved. An employee of National Colloid reported a company check had been altered and cashed Wednesday. She said their bank notified company officials the check, written for $3,000, had “been altered to $9,000 and cashed using a ...

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Today's birthday May 15 Marlene McKim, Steubenville Police Beat Drug Task Force Drug Task Force Felony charges filed: Two people were taken into custody on felony drug charges after detectives with the Jefferson County Drug Task Force allegedly found cocaine, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia Wednesday in their home at 2610 Chestnut St., Steubenville. Task Force Commander Sheriff’s Deputy Major Chris Vinci said Andrew M. Biasi, 64, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting drug abuse, while Tiffany M. ...

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Police Beat Steubenville Police Kid stuff: Juveniles causing problems at a business in the Fort Steuben Mall didn’t like it Friday when they were asked to leave. An employee told police one of the kids “began threatening to fight them outside” and asked police to remove the youth and advise him he’s banned from the premises for a year. A man who apparently knew them and was present took charge of the kids “after making them apologize to the staff.” Spreading the word: A caller reported someone screaming in the alley Saturday behind the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue. Upon ...

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Birthdays May 11 Taylor Bennington, Mingo Junction Alexis Bennington, Mingo Junction May 12 Monica Anderson, Mingo Junction Police Beat Steubenville Police Soft touch: Women in the 400 block of S. Fifth Street were arguing because a juvenile told one of them the neighbor’s child had shot him with a BB gun Sunday, so she confronted the other mother, who advised it was actually a Nerf gun. Police told her she needs to make it clear to her children that it is not OK to shoot their neighbors with Nerf guns. Lucky day: Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol were ...

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Police Beat Jefferson County Drug Task Force Homes raided: Two Toronto residents were taken into custody early Saturday after authorities allegedly found methamphetamine in their homes, Jefferson County Drug Task Force Commander Maj. Chris Vinci said. Vinci said Dylan Wagner, 30, 620 N. 4th St., and Thomas Beaver, 51, 22 Mobile View, were charged with felony possession of methamphetamine as well as drug paraphernalia after task force detectives, assisted by the county’s Special Response Team, sheriff’s deputies and Toronto police, raided the two locations. Detectives allegedly ...

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Birthday May 10 Sandy Agresta, Mingo Junction Police Beat Steubenville Police Refuge: A Linden Avenue caller told police someone stole his vehicle Thursday, then hung up. A female sitting in the car told police she and her boyfriend had been arguing and she locked herself inside because she didn’t feel safe around him and claimed he had threatened to throw a brick through the window and kill her. She said he already had thrown a brick through a window to get into the house through a back window after she failed to pick him up from work and he had to get a ride home from ...