Fatal accident

Fatal accident
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 55-year-old city man died Tuesday when his motorcycle struck a center median on Interstate 680 and he was thrown beneath a car driven by his wife, police reports show.
James E. Mullins of 1547 Victor Ave. was traveling southbound near the Market Street exit around 6:30 p.m. when he lost control of his 2001 Harley Davidson on a curve.
City police Detective Sgt. Richard Hart said Mullins hit the concrete barrier and was bounced back into the middle of the road. His wife, who was following him, could not avoid him.
Mullins, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle and died at the scene. His wife, Patricia L. Mullins, 42, was uninjured.
No charges were filed.
Private prison layoffs
YOUNGSTOWN -- Saving the city several thousand dollars might be the only upside to the nearly 500 layoffs this year at the private Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. The city's human relations commission will have between $5,000 and $7,000 in its 2001 budget that will go unspent, said William M. Carter, the agency executive director. The savings is because there was just one hearing involving an NOCC worker this year, he said.
New library doors
BOARDMAN -- Boardman Library will be closed for installation of new front doors Oct. 19 and reopen Oct. 20. It was determined that new doors were needed on the building when repairs were made to the front walkway in June, library officials said. Frontier Woodworking of Youngstown will install the doors for $2,653.
Employee frightened
POLAND -- An employee at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley Way, told police a man approached her in the parking lot when she arrived for work about 7 a.m. Monday and warned her not to enter the building because there was a bomb inside.
The man was carrying a large duffel bag and a long-barreled gun, according to police reports, and told the employee that the bomb was set to explode between 8 and 9 a.m. The employee fled to the building and the man exited the parking lot driving a brown Neon.
Fraud suspected
POLAND -- The adult daughter of a village woman called police Oct. 2 and told them that she believed her mother and stepfather were about to be the victims of a fraud.
Police reports say an Austintown man told the couple that they had bees in their attic and that he would take care of the problem. He also inspected the rest of their home for other problems.
Later, the man telephoned the couple claiming that his wife had won the Pennsylvania lottery and that he wanted to give them $10,000. But, the report says, the couple would need to pick up the money at the post office. Police are investigating.
Breast cancer screening
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- The Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon and the Life Care Cancer Center will offer free breast cancer screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Womancare Center on North Hermitage Road. Women over 40 who don't have health insurance and who haven't had a mammogram in the past year are eligible for the free screening. For an appointment, call (888) 447-1122.
Domestic standoff
YOUNGSTOWN -- A police officer drew his handgun on a 24-year-old Tampa Avenue man after responding to a call that he was armed and holding his 1-year-old baby, police reports show. When police responded to the home, the man's wife was standing in the driveway next to a car in which the man held the baby; a 3-year-old girl was on the front porch. The woman told police her husband had a gun. The man got out of the car while holding the child and yelling as he approached a police officer, reports show. The officer drew his gun and ordered the man to give the child to its mother. After he handed over the baby, the man was ordered to the ground at gunpoint and searched. No guns were found on him. He was arrested on a domestic violence charge after the wife told police he had pushed her into a wall, injuring her jaw. Six rifles were confiscated from the home, according to reports.