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1 arrested after pursuit from Belpre to W.Va.

PARKERSBURG — A vehicle reported stolen out of Vienna was spotted in Belpre on Wednesday night, and the driver fled into Parkersburg before crashing into two police cruisers. Michelle Marie Venham, 26, 1936 Barth Road, Belpre, was being held without bond as a fugitive from justice at the North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County after being charged with a felony count of fleeing with reckless indifference. Parkersburg Police Chief Scott Elliott said Venham was wanted for parole violations out of Washington County. The pursuit began after a scanner on a Belpre Police ...

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Reports/Washington County ¯ A deputy began an investigation Friday into a stolen 2018 Ford F-150, from Reno. The vehicle has been recovered. ¯ A deputy began an investigation Friday into damage done at the school on Masonic Park Road, Marietta. ¯ A lieutenant began an investigation Friday in Marietta Township regarding a complaint of disorderly conduct. ¯ A deputy conducted a traffic crash investigation Saturday in Lowell, with the driver being Gregory Miller of Lowell. ¯ A deputy began an investigation Sunday in Adams Township in reference to a bicycle being stolen. The ...

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Reports/Washington County ¯ A deputy issued a citation for speed March 9 to Anna M. Fowler, 27237 Huckleberry Road, Coolville, for 79 mph in a 60-mph zone; and Brett K States, 3436 Buck Run Road, Mineral Wells, W.Va., for 74 mph in a 60-mph zone, and fictitious plates. ¯ A deputy began an investigation March 9 into a financial scam. ¯ A deputy began an investigation Thursday at the Dough Boyz Pizza in Muskingum Township. A customer returned to the store unhappy with their service/purchased items, requesting a refund. The customer was told they would not give them a ...

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Reports/Marietta ¯ A patrolman conducted a traffic stop March 8 at 700 Pike St. During the stop, criminal indicators were observed and a K-9 was requested. The passenger confessed that he may be in possession of methamphetamine. The female operator also gave verbal consent to search the entire vehicle and its contents. Eventually, the woman confessed she had concealed a used syringe in her underwear. A female deputy arrived and the woman operator retrieved four suspected Xanax, two baggies of suspected methamphetamine, weighing approximately 3 grams, a baggie containing 0.8 grams of ...

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Reports/Ohio State Highway Patrol ¯ A two-car crash occurred Feb. 21 on Ohio 339 in Belpre Township. Owen T. Young, 21, of 7350 Marion St., Chesterhill, and Roger L. Snider, 57, of 971 Mill Branch Road, Belpre, were southbound on Ohio 339. Snider slowed his 1991 Chevrolet S-10 to turn onto Township Road 289 and was struck in the rear by Young’s 2004 Honda CR-V. After impact, Snider drove off the left side of the roadway and struck a ditch. Young was cited for not maintaining an assured clear distance ahead. ¯ Richard R. Thomas, 36, of 62 Brush Road, Marietta, was eastbound Feb. ...

Belpre man faces May trial

PARKERSBURG —A Belpre arrested in October after allegedly walking through the Vienna Walmart with a pistol in his hand has been scheduled to go to trial in May. Keith Allen Crace, 51, 150 Camelot Road, pleaded not guilty last Friday before Circuit Judge Jason Wharton to charges of wanton endangerment with a firearm and brandishing. Crace was arrested on a Saturday morning in late October after Vienna Police officers responded to Walmart about a male walking through the store with a pistol in his hand, according to a press release from the Vienna Police at the time. The criminal ...