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Man charged with impersonating officer

YOUNGSTOWN — Mill Creek MetroParks Police charged a Youngstown man with impersonating a peace officer and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle after a traffic stop on Canfield Road. Kevin K. Neal, 53, 3349 Estates Circle, was arraigned Monday in Youngstown Municipal Court on ...

Family seeks justice for Jane

By GUY VOGRIN Staff writer Jane Kleese, described by family members as a 35-year-old effervescent woman, was found dead at her Cynthia Street home in Niles on Jan. 23, 2002 — 20 years ago today. At first, it was thought she died from a fall down the stairs. But later family members ...

Death of Niles woman still an open case 20 years later

Jane Kleese, described by family members as a 35-year-old effervescent woman, was found dead at her Cynthia Street home in Niles on Jan. 23, 2002 -- 20 years ago on Sunday. At first, it was thought she died from a fall down the stairs. But later family members learned it was no accident, and ...

Woman gets 84 months for role in meth ring

A Portage County resident, who is incarcerated on state drug convictions, on Thursday was given an 84-month federal sentence for her involvement in a local methamphetamine trafficking ring. U.S. Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Jaclyn Szachury during a video hearing in Northern Ohio District ...

City man gets 4 years for chase

WARREN — A Youngstown man who led police on chase on a stolen motorcycle through Weathersfield last March received a four-year prison sentence Thursday after pleading to drug charges. Rodney A. Smith Jr., 32, of South Evanston Avenue, pleaded on Dec. 9 before Trumbull County Common Pleas ...

Former 911 director files suit against Trumbull commissioners

YOUNGSTOWN — Trumbull County’s three commissioners are named individually in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the former county 911 director who claims he was let go because of age discrimination. An attorney for Ernest Cook, 70, filed the civil rights lawsuit Jan. 13 in U.S. ...