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Jersey, the Belmont County Sheriffâs Department therapy K-9, rests in the Belmont County Courthouse. She recently completed training in Columbus.
(Photo by Robert A. DeFrank)
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Jersey, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department therapy K-9, and handler Jennifer Yuhase did the county proud when they attended training at National K-9 in Columbus.
Now 2 1/2 years old, the St. Bernard has been a welcome presence at the courthouse. Regular training of such a dog is essential.
“We all strive to make our dogs better partners,” Yuhase said. “The more the dogs trust us, the more they’ll do what we ask them to do. When we do the agility courses and we do the skills that are a little more difficult for the normal dogs to do, it builds a trust with us, so they know we would never put them in a position that we can’t control.”
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Jersey, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department therapy K-9 and handler Jennifer Yuhase are on duty at the Belmont County Courthouse. Jersey recently completed training in Columbus.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Jersey, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department therapy K-9, and handler Jennifer Yuhase did the county proud when they attended training at National K-9 in Columbus.
Now 2½ years old, the St. Bernard has been a welcome presence at the courthouse. Regular training of such a dog is essential.
“We all strive to make our dogs better partners,” Yuhase said. “The more the dogs trust us, the more they’ll do what we ask them to do. When we do the agility courses and we do the skills that are a little more difficult for the normal dogs to do, it builds a trust with us, so they know we would never put them in a position that we can’t control.”
Kinison
ST. CLAIRSVILLE A Somerton man was arrested on drug trafficking charges following a search of his residence, which is known to local law enforcement as “meth mountain.”
William B. Kinison, 42, of 55346 McDowell Road is charged with second-degree felony trafficking in drugs, third-degree felony complicity and third-degree felony having weapons under disability.
The Belmont County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit, with assistance from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Barnesville Police Department, executed a search warrant Monday at the Somerton residence. Sheriff David Lucas said the search warrant was the third executed at the residence that law enforcement has dubbed “meth mountain” over the past few years. He said the property is known to both local residents and law enforcement as “meth mountain” due to alleged drug activity.
Apr 12, 2021
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The Belmont County Sheriff’s Department and the Ohio Organized Crime Unit made three arrests following an investigation of narcotics delivered from Texas into Belmont County.
The Ohio Organized Crime Unit is staffed with detectives from the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation took them to Martins Ferry, where the detectives worked in cooperation with city police to intercept the drugs.
The investigation did not end there, but took law enforcement to Bridgeport and to a local restaurant in St. Clairsville.
Ernest Booker Jr., 23, was arrested for first-degree felony possession of drugs. Alex Leasy, 26, also was arrested for first-degree felony possession. Donnie Pugh, 41, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Belmont County Common Pleas Court for failure to appear on drug trafficking charges. No addresses were provided for the subjects who were arrested.
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Bethesda village solicitor Michael Shaheen, right, swears in Chris Storm as police chief Wednesday. The village has fiercely debated the future of law enforcement for several years.
BETHESDA Following years of fierce debate over law enforcement, the village welcomed Chris Storm as its new police chief this week.
The future of the police force has been a source of conflict between village leaders and residents since 2018 and earlier, with the lengthy suspension and eventual resignation of Eric Smith as chief and the council deadlocked in whether to promote Pete Busack from patrolman and acting chief to the position.