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Mahoning County courts marriage licenses

Marriage licenses granted Aug. 24-28 in Mahoning County: William Terrence Eldridge, 50, Boardman, and Asha Marie Allen, 48, Canton David Harold Chance III, 35, Youngstown, and Celina Breeze Wilson, 27, Youngstown John Lacy Galloway, 42, Youngstown, and Lashonna Marie Shakoor, 37, Youngstown Robert James Santarelli III, 32, Youngstown, and Brianna Shelby Quinn, 31, Youngstown Ryan Christopher McCusker, 26, Beaver, Pa., and Hannah Renee Grymes, 23, Beaver Falls, Pa. Jonathan Edward Markota, 31, Youngstown, and Jordyn Lynn Markovitch, 30, Youngstown Peter James Hallof, 25, ...

Federal jury convicts father, son in murder of postal carrier

Staff report CLEVELAND — A federal jury convicted a father and son Thursday for their roles in the premeditated murder of an on-duty United States Postal Service letter carrier in March 2024. After a nearly two-week trial in front of U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent, Kaprise Sledge, 24, of Warren, and Thomas Sledge, 44 of Youngstown, were found guilty of murder of an officer and employee of the United States and using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in Relation to a crime of violence. According to evidence presented to the jury, on March 2, 2024, the two men ...

Warren man accused of pointing gun at driver in Liberty road-rage incident

LIBERTY — A Warren man faces a charge after being accused of pointing what appeared to be a firearm at another driver Wednesday afternoon. Ludnir Wade, 43, pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated menacing in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler. According to a police report, two Liberty officers were called to a Niles address for a road rage incident that had occurred on Tibbetts Wick Road and state Route 11, where a suspect pointed a firearm at the driver from their driver’s side window. The officer noted that the driver followed the suspect into Niles and ...

Youngstown man accused of hitting woman’s car

Staff report LIBERTY — Liberty police issued a warrant through Girard Municipal Court for Adham Aburahma, 31, of Youngstown, on a charge of felonious assault Friday morning. According to a police report, an officer was called to the parking lot of a Trumbull Avenue bar for an incident in the Aldi parking lot. The officer spoke with the caller, who said she went into the store to report an illegally parked car to an employee, noting that it was parked near the store’s Goldie Road exit and it could have caused an accident. The woman said she confronted Aburahma about the ...

Woman killed when motorcycle hits 2 horses on state Route 46

BAZETTA — A Cortland woman was killed early Friday when her motorcycle struck two horses while she was driving on state Route 46. Heather M. Robinson, 42, was traveling south on Route 46 near Cadwallader Sonk Road around 4:20 a.m. on a 2006 Suzuki GXR 1000 when two horses entered the road. Robinson struck one of the horses, causing her motorcycle to travel off the right side of the road and into a ditch, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren post. Robinson sustained fatal injuries. Both horses were returned to their enclosure, one with minor injuries. Robinson was ...

New dog warden at county pound plans outreach

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Dog Warden’s office has a new leader. Overseeing the office is not what Lisa Hill expected when she began volunteering as a dog walker in 2009, and her path to the job was not exactly a straight line. Still, a little more than two months since ...