Cops arrest 9th teen in drugs at Poland High

Cops arrest 9th teenin drugs at Poland High
POLAND -- Township police have arrested a ninth teen-ager in the investigation of drug trafficking at Poland Seminary High School.
The 16-year-old boy, a junior, was to be charged later today with drug trafficking, a fourth-degree felony, and drug abuse, a misdemeanor.
Police said the teen sold marijuana at the high school.
Deer herd declines
BOARDMAN -- A recent infrared scan of the Hitchcock Woods section of Mill Creek Park shows the deer population at 59, down from 200-plus in some earlier counts.
A third controlled bow hunt in the park ended Jan. 28. Hunters took 21 deer this year.
Officials have said Hitchcock Woods can handle no more than 20 to 30 deer.
Raid nets 2 arrests
BOARDMAN -- Two men were arrested in a raid on a Shields Road apartment just after 10 a.m. Thursday.
Calvin C. Roby Sr., 49, of 123 Shields Road, is charged with aggravated drug trafficking, and Dennis M. Welsh, 43, of North Dunlap Avenue, Youngstown, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in Youngstown Municipal Court on an unrelated theft charge.
The raid culminates an undercover investigation of several months by the Boardman Police Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Sgt. Michael Hughes, the unit supervisor, said officers had to use a sledgehammer to break through Roby's apartment door because it was fortified with a steel bar.
Visiting judge sought
CAMPBELL -- Municipal Judge John P. Almasy will ask the Ohio Supreme Court to appoint a visiting judge to preside over the case of Linda G. Simmons.
The judge said he has a conflict, because as a lawyer, he has represented some of Simmons' Bedford Road neighbors.
The 49-year-old woman was arraigned today on charges of not confining her 11 dogs.
"In the meantime Miss Simmons, please, no dogs running in the street," Judge Almasy told her after she pleaded innocent. She is free on $5,000 bond.
Law Director Brian J. Macala filed a motion today asking that Simmons be prohibited from retrieving her dogs from the Mahoning County dog warden and not be allowed to possess any dogs while the case is pending.
Coitsville police arrested Simmons Wednesday after a report that the dogs were loose and had attacked neighbors.
Donation box stolen
FARRELL, Pa. -- A donation box was stolen from Fatima Church at 601 Roemer Blvd. Thursday between 5 and 9 a.m.
Police are looking for a man seen loitering around the church after morning mass.
He was described as a light-skinned black man, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and wearing dark clothing.
Student art exhibit
SHARON, Pa. -- Penn State Shenango's student art exhibit runs through May 6 in the lecture hall study lounge, 147 Shenango Ave. More than 40 works of art are on display.
Tobacco crackdown
HUBBARD -- City police will be issuing citations to juveniles caught with tobacco products.
Mayor George Praznik said Thursday that police have been issuing warnings and will begin issuing misdemeanor citations in two to three weeks under a new state law.
Offenders can be fined up to $100 and possibly lose their driver's licenses.
Credit rating
WARREN -- For the first time, Moody's Investors Service has assigned its top credit rating of AAA to Trumbull County, concurrent with the county's issuance of $10 million in general obligation bonds and sale of $6 million in notes, said county Auditor David A. Hines.
Moody's attributed the rating to the county's history of market success, growing and sizable tax base, satisfactory financial operations with moderate reserves, and an increased, though manageable, level of debt.
The new bonds will retire six bond anticipation note issues that funded courthouse and administration building renovations, the new 11th District Court of Appeals building, a new sanitary engineering office, purchase of a fingerprint identification system and water system improvements.
The general obligation notes will fund a geographic information system purchase, an agricultural building upgrade and sewer improvements.