Youngstown teen faces gun, indecency charges

Youngstown teen facesgun, indecency charges
CAMPBELL -- Police charged a 15-year-old Youngstown boy with public indecency and carrying a concealed weapon after they found a .38-caliber revolver loaded with five rounds in his jacket pocket.
Police reports say the boy was arrested about 2:20 a.m. Sunday when officers observed him urinating in public view in the parking lot of the BP station, 735 McCartney Road. Police discovered the revolver while patting him down.
An 18-year-old Youngstown man who drove the boy to the gas station was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Carlos Castillo of Ayers Street was being held on $2,500 bond pending his arraignment today.
Child driver rams cars
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 9-year-old boy at Forum Northside Medical Center took car keys off a bed, ran out and got into his grandfather's car Monday afternoon and rammed three cars in the parking lot, reports show. The grandfather called police.
The Cameron Avenue boy, who police were told has mental problems, was issued a summons charging him with operator's license required and failure to control.
West Side break-in
YOUNGSTOWN -- A hammer was used during a break-in through a rear door at Little Gail's, a bar at 1544 Mahoning Ave.
An employee discovered the break-in Monday and reported that money had been taken from the pool table and juke box. A trivia game, liquor, beer, potato chips and a leukemia foundation donation box also were stolen.
Police said they have a lead on the suspects.
Domestic violence
POLAND -- A Poland man is charged with domestic violence after a two-part altercation with his wife. Police reports say that at 2:49 a.m. Saturday, officers were sent to a College Street address, where Douglass Depp, 41, of James Street, had to be pulled off his wife, Rebecca. The couple is estranged.
Reports say Depp showed up at the address, pulled his 43-year-old wife out of bed, and the altercation started. She told him repeatedly to leave. He pushed her several times away from the phone.
Reports say Depp's hands were still bleeding from a situation in a Boardman restaurant parking lot late Friday evening, when he smashed all of the windows out of his wife's minivan. He is in Mahoning County jail.
New Austintown cops
AUSTINTOWN -- Township trustees have hired two new reserve police officers. Township Clerk Michael Kurish swore in Kevin Miller and Jason Coulter on Monday night.
Reserve officers work part time. They are required to complete state peace officer training.
Canfield budget plans
CANFIELD -- Township trustees have approved a temporary $2,711,766 budget for next year, compared with a $2,533,983 budget this year.
The increase can be attributed partly to plans for a St. Andrews Drive bridge and culvert replacement project, the planned remodeling of a Mahoning County Sheriff's Office substation behind the township hall, and funds allotted for a possible leaf pickup, the township's first.
The temporary budget, approved Monday, is subject to change. Trustees must pass and the Township Clerk Carmen Heasley must submit to the state auditor's office a permanent budget by March 31.
Pine tree stolen
AUSTINTOWN -- An Ohltown Road man told police that someone cut down and stole a 20-foot-tall blue spruce pine tree from his yard Sunday. Tracks led from the yard to the road.
The man also told police that someone recently shot nine holes in his barn.
School demolition set
LEETONIA -- American Demolition Co. of Canton will begin demolition of the Washingtonville Elementary and Leetonia High School buildings in January. The board of education awarded the contract Monday for $134,882, Superintendent Tom Inchak said.
Inchak said that with assurances from architects that the new football stadium can be constructed and ready for play in the fall of 2003, the old stadium adjacent to the old high school will also be demolished. The new stadium is being planned near the district's new school complex on Walnut Street, with plans for seating for 1,500 to 1,700 fans, he said.