STEUBENVILLE -- Harley Rawson, 31, of Steubenville was arrested by City Police on Tuesday in connection with the robbery of a 79-year-old man outside of the Wal-Mart in the Fort Steuben Mall.
Police reported security video showed Rawson walk up to the man around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and bump into him, causing him to fall. Rawson then helps the man up, but is seen taking a wallet from the elderly man, police reported.
Police reported the security video showed Rawson walking around the parking lot prior to the robbery.
Officers were called about two hours later to the 1100 block of Claire Avenue about people being inside a vacant house. Police reported as they were searching the house, three people jumped out a second-floor window. All three suffered injuries from the fall, were taken into custody and transported to Trinity Medical Center West for treatment.
Police reported the house was searched and Rawson was found inside.
Rawson was taken to the Jefferson County jail on a pending charge of robbery.
The three people who jumped out the window were ordered to appear in Municipal Court on charges of obstructing official business and criminal trespass.
Rawson was released from a state prison in February after serving a five-year sentence out of Jefferson County Common Pleas Court on charges of robbery and theft, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Meanwhile, the Buckeye Pharmacy in Calcutta was robbed Wednesday by two men brandishing a weapon who tied up three female employees before making off with drugs and money. St. Clair Township Police are investigating.