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Patrol’s ‘eye in the sky’ helps to capture suspect

YOUNGSTOWN — Shawn Rodriguez-Perez, 24, remained in the Mahoning County jail Saturday after being arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on felony charges of fleeing and eluding and receiving stolen property in a Wednesday incident in which a Youngstown police officer, U.S. marshal ...

Police blotters for Austintown, Boardman, Canfield for Aug. 3

Austintown Police activity reported July 24-29: July 29, 8:53 p.m. — David Moore was arrested on a criminal trespassing charge at 990 Compass West Drive 7:34 p.m. — Theft of a wallet and unauthorized use of credit cards reported at Walmart. 2:48 a.m. — Tyrese M. Altman was ...

Police sergeant in Alliance facing endangering child charge from fruit farm

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — A sergeant with the Alliance Police Department is facing potential felony charges after recently being accused of endangering a child at White House Fruit Farm in Canfield. Alliance Police Department Sgt. Ethan Griffith appeared for arraignment in Mahoning County Court No. 3 in Sebring on Thursday on a charge of endangering a child, a second-degree felony. Griffith was released from the Mahoning County jail on Wednesday after a $25,000 cash or surety bond was posted, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Sept. 3. The charge stems from an incident ...

On the record: Campbell Board of Education

Campbell WHAT: Campbell Board of Education July 29 meeting PRESENT: Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Judy Gozur, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: ● Acknowledged the retirement of LaRona Gore, secretary; the resignation of Susan Viars, teacher for the Success by 6 program; and the resignation of Trevon Thomas as freshman boys basketball coach. ● Heard from marketing and sales manager Kayla Shaffer on branding for marketing and public relations for the CLWCC and CJCDC building. ● Heard from Superintendent Mathew Bowen, who shared a letter from the Cleveland Browns ...

Austintown man indicted again on weapons, menacing charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The criminal case against Jacob E. Hall, 34, of Yorkshire Boulevard in Austintown, was on the grand jury list Thursday with Hall indicted again on the same three charges — improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school safety zone with a firearm specification and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated menacing. Hall was indicted the first time Dec. 11, 2025, in an incident at his home on Yorkshire Boulevard in which Hall was shot by an Austintown police officer. He survived the shooting, which was investigated as an officer-involved shooting by the ...

Woman’s appeal denied for drugs, weapon convictions

The 11th District Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Tabitha Dunch, who was sentenced to an indefinite prison term of four to six years on Oct. 23 for felony convictions of drug and firearm possession. 11th District Judges Robert J. Patton, Matt Lynch and Eugene A. Lucci rejected Dunch’s appeal, stating the trial court made no error in applying factual findings to governing law. Dunch stated in her appeal the trial court errored in ruling against suppressing the drug and firearm evidence found during Dunch’s traffic stop by Liberty police, according to the Trumbull ...