Man dies from July 11 traffic crash in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — One of two people ejected from a car that crashed on Zedaker Street at Cambridge Avenue on the South Side July 11 has died.

Lt. Robert Gentile, head of the Youngstown Police Department accident investigative unit, said Michael Stevenson, 41, died of his injuries at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

The car rolled over several times about 1:30 p.m. as it traveled east on Cambridge Avenue and came to a stop on the porch of a home on Zedaker Street.

The second person in the car also was treated for injuries. The condition of that person is not known. It has not been determined who the driver was, Gentile said. No charges in the case have been filed.

Road closed in Hubbard for sewer work through July 25

HUBBARD — Grandview Avenue will be closed to traffic for a sanitary sewer line project that is underway on Scott Street and Hall Avenue.

The road will be closed 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. today and Monday through July 25.

Juvenile murder case ends after 2-day bench trial

YOUNGSTOWN — The bench trial for a 13-year-old boy ended Wednesday after two days of testimony.

Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick said she will consider the evidence and testimony and render a verdict in the case of Masiahs Gentry, who was 13 when he shot Logan Taylor, 14, in the head Nov. 11. He is facing charges of murder and gun specification after Logan was found with a gunshot wound to the upper side of his head in Masiahs’ bedroom and died later at the hospital.

Dellick chose not to have the case bound over to adult court because of Masiahs’ age. If Masiahs is convicted of murder, he could serve time in an Ohio Department of Youth Services facility, a type of juvenile lockup, until the age of 21. If found to be a serious youthful offender, he also could be transferred to adult prison to continue his sentence.

Dellick did not give a time frame for her ruling.

Contractor hit with another theft charge in Columbiana

LISBON — Another theft charge was filed against Boardman contractor John P. Bartos III, 41, In Columbiana County Municipal Court, with a pretrial set for Oct. 17.

The latest case alleges that Bartos accepted a $3,000 deposit for new doors to be installed at a woman’s Metz Road, Unity Township, property, but never installed the doors and never provided a refund after multiple months, with the victim filing a statement to pursue criminal charges for theft, a misdemeanor.

This case is the latest in a string of cases against Bartos for failing to do the work after clients had already paid him, with convictions in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull County Common Pleas Courts.

Boardman man sentenced to 18 months in prison

WARREN — Patrick R. Braxton, 28, of Canterbury Lane, Boardman, was given an 18-month prison sentence Wednesday on felony convictions of aggravated possession of drugs and heroin drug possession.

Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean J. O’Brien said Braxton was high-risk to reoffend and not a candidate for probation. He also was fined $5,000.

Braxton was arrested after a foot chase Aug. 1. Liberty police conducted a traffic stop in which Braxton was found with substances that later were identified as narcotics.