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From staff reports Linda Harris RESOLUTE â Councilman Bob Villamagna, left, presents a resolution proclaiming Saturday Police Office Memorial Day in Steubenville to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1's Patrolman Jim Marquis. STEUBENVILLE — Just about the time city council was adopting a resolution Tuesday designating May 15 as Peace Officer Memorial Day in Steubenville, crews were busy in front of the city building removing the blue line that had been painted in the street two years ago. “I knew it had to come off,” 5th Ward Councilman Bob Villamagna, who retired from the city police department in 2002, said, referencing a complaint filed after the line was painted by a motorist who claimed the blue paint had caused his Tesla to veer. The allegation was met with skepticism, but in researching the issue, City Manager Jim Mavromatis discovered the blue line in front of the city building — and the red one in front of the fire department — violated a U.S. Department of Transportation policy.
Staff writer STEUBENVILLE — City Council introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at beefing up the fines for parking commercial trucks in residential areas. The proposed legislation grew out of a 90-minute safety committee meeting, which preceded council’s weekly meeting. Also discussed in the committee setting were the need for a dedicated animal control officer, revisiting archaic taxi cab regulations and how best to mark handicapped parking places. The amendment, as proposed, would bump the fine for a first offense up to a mandatory $150. For a second offense, the mandatory fine would be $250, and for a third offense, $500. Council also asked law director Costa Mastros to include language holding offenders accountable for towing and boot costs.
WINTERSVILLE — Two inmates walked away from the Eastern Ohio Correction Center Monday. Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies said Curtis Glauser, 6869 State Route 800, Uhrichsville, and Bryan Bassett, 230 Wood St., Sistersville, WV, jumped a fence in the recreation yard and fled into the woods. The men were wearing black pants and camouflage shirts. Glauser had been sentenced in Tuscarawas County for a probation violation, while a judge in Monroe County had sentenced Basset to EOCC for attempted failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. Steubenville’s new K9 officer, Puma, and his handler, Sgt. Rob Cook, tracked the pair north to State Route 646, deputies said.
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as off winning season. >> has preferential treatment been given to these boys because they are part of the football team? >> no that's not true. they are facing charges. no. >> reporter: the sheriff believes some of what is being posted online and on social media about the case is false. >> they give us a black eye. and when you have people continue to put false information out there, you know, it's tough to make it go away. >> reporter: stubenville police chief bill mccafferty says despite many pleas, few witnesses came forward. >> the thing i found most disturbing is, depending on who actually was there, why didn't somebody stop it? >> reporter: but the state maintains that's exactly what happened and that the defendants were hardly shy about what they allegedly did. a text message from trent mays to a friend presented as evidence said, "she was like a dead body. i just needed some sexual attention." >> poppy harlow joins me now live from stubenville. we understand a third eyewitness for the prosecution just finished testifying.
accused law enforcement of not being aggressive enough. >> you are a football player you get to do what you want, as long as off winning season. >> has preferential treatment been given to these boys because they are part of the football team? >> no that's not true. they are facing charges. no. >> reporter: the sheriff believes some of what is being posted online and on social media about the case is false. >> they give us a black eye. and when you have people continue to put false information out there, you know, it's tough to make it go away. >> reporter: stubenville police chief bill mccafferty says despite many pleas, few witnesses came forward. >> the thing i found most disturbing is, depending on who actually was there, why didn't somebody stop it? >> reporter: but the state maintains that's exactly what happened and that the defendants were hardly shy about what they allegedly did. a text message from trent mays to a friend presented as evidence said, "she was like a dead body. i just needed some sexual attention." >> poppy harlow joins me now live from stubenville.
a vulgar manner. song of the night is definitely rape me by nirvana. >> what if that was your daughter? >> but it isn't. >> what if it was? >> if that was my daughter. i wouldn't care. i'd just let her be dead. >> reporter: richmond and mays were arrest bud critics in and outside of this own town have accused law enforcement of not being aggressive enough. >> you are a football player you get to do what you want, as long as off winning season. >> has preferential treatment been given to these boys because they are part of the football team? >> no that's not true. they are facing charges. no. >> reporter: the sheriff believes some of what is being posted online and on social media about the case is false. >> they give us a black eye. and when you have people continue to put false information out there, you know, it's tough to make it go away. >> reporter: stubenville police chief bill mccafferty says despite many pleas, few witnesses came forward. >> the thing i found most disturbing is, depending on who actually was there, why didn't somebody stop it?
some of what is being posted on-line and social media about the case is false. >> they give us a black eye. when you have people continue to put false information out there, you know, it's tough to make it go away. >> reporter: steubenville police chief bill mccafferty says despite many pleas few witnesses came forward. >> the thing i found disturbing, depending on who actually was there, why didn't somebody stop it? >> reporter: this once thriving eastern ohio steel town, now a shelf its former self, struggling economically. big red football, one of the few bright spots. today it's this alleged rape that has the town in the spotlight. poppy harlow, cnn, steubenville, ohio. >> both of the accused are being tried as juveniles. the case will be decided by a judge and not the jury. i should also tell you, we just got news from poppy inside the courtroom, in ohio, or was, defense attorneys for the defendants have withdrawn their motions to dismiss rape charges against their clients. court has been adjourned for