Under observation

Under observation
FARRELL, Pa. -- Police said an Emerson Avenue man arrested on two counts of simple assault at 12:15 a.m. today following a domestic dispute at his home injured himself while being held in the Shenango Valley Regional Lock Up.
Lorenzo Cleveland, 40, first tried to hang himself from his cell bars with a shoestring and, when that failed, repeatedly banged his head against the cell's steel bed, police said.
He was admitted to UPMC Horizon for observation and will be arraigned on the assault charges upon his release, police said.
Parole violation
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said an Orangeville Road man on parole for intimidating a witness was arrested Thursday for illegal possession of a firearm.
Anthony M. Kuchmak Jr., 21, was picked up at Mercer County Jail at 10:30 a.m. as he was being released on a parole violation charge.
Police said Kuchmak pleaded guilty in 1998 to intimidation of a witness and was on parole in that case, making it illegal for him to possess a firearm.
Parole agents made a surprise inspection of his home Feb. 14 and found a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, police said.
He was arraigned before District Justice Henry Russo who freed him on his own recognizance.
Wilt opens Web site
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- State Rep. Rod Wilt of Greenville, R-17th, has opened an Internet constituent service center that allows residents of his district access to a virtual bill room where they can get copies of House and Senate legislation.
The site also offers updates of legislative activity, a listing of services available through Wilt's office and links to other state Web sites.
Visitors can also e-mail Wilt through the site.
Jeff Lewis, a Greenville High School graduate and current student at Pennsylvania State University, designed and maintains the Web site.
The address is www.repwilt.com.
Body found in field
YOUNGSTOWN -- The body of a woman found shot to death on Cloister Street Thursday morning has been identified as Alison Buckner, 29, no address given.
A passerby who saw the body in the remote East Side area called police at 7:11 a.m.
Officers at the scene said she had been shot in the chest.
Because of the frost on her purse, she could have been in the field near Augustine Street for several hours before being discovered, police said.
Hot line training
YOUNGSTOWN -- Help Hotline, the 24-hour telephone crisis intervention, information and referral center, is offering free training sessions for prospective volunteers.
Classes will meet from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on five consecutive Mondays beginning April 30 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 9.
Volunteers are asked to make a six-month commitment. For more information, call (330) 747-2696.
Dog is shot
BERLIN CENTER -- A Mock Road woman who found her black and white Labrador mix dog on the front porch Thursday night in a pool of blood later learned that the dog had been shot.
The woman told a deputy sheriff that a veterinarian treating the dog at an after-hours emergency clinic in Girard found the bullet wound.
Threatened to jump
YOUNGSTOWN -- City police talked a Phelps Street man down from the Market Street bridge Thursday, where he was threatening to jump to avoid facing felony charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Jeffrey Nelson, 23, was admitted to St. Elizabeth Health Center after he was removed from the bridge. He was indicted Feb. 3 on allegations that he sent an e-mail message to Louisiana Gov. Michael Foster, threatening to harm Foster if the New Orleans Saints professional football team moves to another city.
Nelson is free on a $5,000 bond awaiting trial in common pleas court.
2 sue over dog attacks
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two people filed lawsuits Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court seeking damages for injuries suffered in unrelated dog attacks.
John J. Mathews of Aldrich Avenue, Austintown, is seeking $35,000 from Larry Lindolph and Tammy Yeager of Idlewood Avenue, Youngstown.
Andrea Harper of Reed Avenue, Campbell, is seeking unspecified damages from Richard Garcia, also of Reed Avenue.
Mathews is a postal carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, according to his complaint. It says he was attacked by a dog owned by Lindolph and Yeager while carrying the mail on their street in April 1999.
Harper, a minor, was attacked by Garcia's pit bull while she and a friend were walking down Reed Avenue in October 1998, her suit says.