Pupil charged

Pupil charged
SALEM -- A Perry Township girl is charged in Columbiana County Juvenile Court after authorities said she threatened to bring a gun to Prospect Elementary School and shoot someone.
The 12-year-old sixth-grader made the threat in class Sept. 28, after which the school removed her and called police. It's unclear what prompted the utterance. Police determined the girl had no firearm, nor access to one.
She was charged Thursday by Salem police with a juvenile offense of inducing panic. Aside from a court-imposed punishment, she also could be disciplined by the school district, authorities said.
Arrested in theft
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Two Trumbull County men face charges of theft from a motor vehicle in Lawrence County.
Pennsylvania State Police said Jeremy Scott Muirhead, 19, of Addison Road, Masury, and Kyle Raymond Wilford, 18, of Warren Sharon Road, Brookfield, were arrested Thursday after a Union Township man reported that someone was rifling through his wife's car at about 4:30 a.m.
State police said Muirhead and Wilford gave written statements about the matter before being arraigned and released by police. Their case is pending before District Justice J. V. Lamb.
Tools stolen
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police say tools valued at $1,900 were taken from a home storage garage on the 900 block of South Garvey Road, police said Thursday. A Lincoln welder and a Stihl chain saw were taken sometime from Tuesday to about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
State tax dollars
SALEM -- Several elected officials from Columbiana County spoke to an Ohio House committee in Columbus recently to support a bill that would change how state tax dollars known as local government funds are distributed through counties to cities, villages and townships. The group spoke in favor of House Bill 329, introduced by state Rep. Charles Blasdel of East Liverpool, R-3rd. If passed, the measure would strip East Liverpool of its veto power over the annual distribution formula. Some communities have argued that East Liverpool has used its veto to grab an unfair share of the county's local government money. This year, the city's getting nearly 27 percent of the county's $5.2 million LGF allocation.
Riders rob driver
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 77-year-old Lisbon man has reported that he was robbed by two women he had given a ride, police reports show. The man said he was driving at about 2 p.m. Monday when one of the women threw a wet substance in his face and grabbed him as the other struck his head with a hard object. One woman is described as being age 23. They then fled with his wallet and keys. He was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Murder charges
WARREN -- A 24-year-old Girard man has pleaded innocent to charges of murder, felonious assault and endangering children. Bobby Lee Craven of Trumbull Avenue entered the pleas Thursday at his arraignment in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
Craven is being held in the county jail with bond set at $500,000 and is to return to court Oct. 25.
In an indictment issued this week by a grand jury, Craven is accused of causing the death of his 20-month-old son, Brandon, on Sept. 19. Authorities also say that Craven caused serious physical harm to Brandon on Sept. 17, and endangered the lives of Brandon and his 3-year-old brother, Robert, on Sept. 14.
Although the indictment is not specific, Girard police say Craven beat both boys.
Threats reported
YOUNGSTOWN -- An 18-year-old Dogwood Drive woman reported that a 28-year-old man with a rifle had chased a 16-year-old girl living in the home at about 3 p.m. Thursday. The younger teen had closed and latched the door but her assailant reached in, unlatched it and chased the girl, slapping her in the mouth. He then loaded and unloaded the rifle several times, threatening to damage the home. The teens know the man.
Disorderly conduct
BOARDMAN -- Two 23-year-old New Castle, Pa., men were arrested in the parking lot of Salty Grogs on Boardman-Poland Road around 12:01 a.m. today on charges of disorderly conduct.
Police said they found a marijuana cigarette in the ash tray of their truck and two small bags of suspected marijuana -- one in the truck and one on one of the men.
Police took the Cunningham Avenue man to the Mahoning County Justice Center on charges of tampering with evidence, aggravated menacing and drug paraphernalia. Police said he threatened one of the officers.
The Morton Street man was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, booked and released.