Abduction reported

Abduction reported
AUSTINTOWN -- Police found a Girard woman chained and handcuffed Monday night at the Econo Lodge on Seventy-six Drive. The woman, 43, told police she had been abducted at gunpoint Monday morning as she left her East Wilson Street home for work. The woman did not report sexual assault and the bed was not disturbed.
The woman said she was leaving her house about 3:15 a.m. when a man walked up, put a gun to her head and told her to get into her car. The pair picked up another man in Girard before going to the motel, she said. There, one man told her to get undressed, then received a call on his cell phone and left the room with the other man. When they returned, they handcuffed her, chained her, and discussed a heroin deal in Cincinnati -- then left.
The woman managed to call her boyfriend on her cellular phone. He then called police, who cut the chains and handcuffs.
Offices ransacked
YOUNGSTOWN -- Burglars ransacked offices of Catholic Charities on the city's North Side while it was closed for Easter, city police reports show. An employee told police he secured the North Phelps Street building at 11 a.m. Sunday and returned at 8 a.m. Monday to find that doors to a storage building and office area had been pried open. Another storage room door was smashed. It has not been determined what was stolen.
Theft of identity
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 21-year-old West Side man reported to city police Monday that someone had used his identity to buy a $2,500 Dell computer. The man, of Skywae Drive, said he discovered the theft when he was contacted in February by a representative of the company asking for payment, police reports show. A loan for the computer was issued in the man's name in July and the computer sent to a Pennsylvania address. He was advised by Dell to file a police report and to sign an affidavit saying that he did not agree to the loan or receive the computer.
Tools stolen from sites
AUSTINTOWN -- Tools worth at least $2,000 were stolen from construction sites on Heron Circle during the past few days. They include a drill, knives, a turbo heater and sawhorses.
Fire damages home
MINERAL RIDGE -- Fire caused $37,500 in damage this morning to a home at 45 E. Liberty St. Austintown firefighters arrived at the home about 3 a.m. and had the fire under control by 4:30 a.m. The family there had evacuated when firefighters arrived, and there were no injuries. Investigators do not know what caused the fire.
Campbell seeks clerk
CAMPBELL -- After the retirement of Judi Clement on March 27, the city is searching for a clerk. Clement, who had been appointed to 16 consecutive terms, held the post for 32 years. "It's going to be hard to find someone to fill Judi's shoes," said Robert P. Yankle, president of council, "but we'd like to have somebody by April 17, preferably somebody from Campbell." R & eacute;sum & eacute;s, marked to Yankle's attention, will be accepted in the mayor's office through April 10.
Possible assault case
BOARDMAN -- Township police are investigating the possible sexual assault of a 46-year-old mentally retarded woman at a group home at which she stays during the week. Police said the woman complained to family members that her stomach hurt and said someone touched her in a private area. She also said she had seen private body parts of a male employee at the group home.
Contempt sentence
LISBON -- A Warren attorney is appealing a contempt finding that resulted in her being ordered to serve a two-day sentence in the Columbiana County Jail. Atty. Toni Marcheskie is appealing the finding to the 7th District Court of Appeals. Judge C. Ashley Pike of county common pleas court found Marcheskie in contempt Dec. 14 for failing to appear Oct. 26 at a sentence review hearing for a client. The jail sentence has been stayed pending her appeal.