Stolen car recovered

Stolen car recovered
YOUNGSTOWN -- Boardman police pursued a stolen 1988 Lincoln Town Car into the city Tuesday night, and a township officer held the occupants at gunpoint in an East Avondale Avenue driveway for city police, reports show. The driver, Anthony M. Caulton, 21, of East Judson Avenue, was arrested on charges of receiving stolen property, driving under suspension and possession of marijuana. Caulton's passenger was released at the scene. The Lincoln had been stolen out of Youngstown, police said. It was being driven with temporary tags. Police found its license plates under the driver's seat.
Man concerns principal
POLAND -- Ray Vitullo, principal at Poland Middle School, contacted police Monday with concerns about a football coach's showing up at the school without permission. Reports say the man was warned twice about being at the school without checking in at the office before school officials spotted him in the building a third time. Reports also say the man reportedly has been e-mailing pupils and took three middle school girls in his vehicle during a school function. According to police reports, the school asked for no action to be taken by police at this time, but wanted any future incidents to be considered as criminal trespass.
North Side arrests
YOUNGSTOWN -- A routine traffic stop on the North Side resulted in three arrests Tuesday afternoon. The driver, Charles Ruiz, 39, of Superior Street, was arrested on a charge of driving under suspension. He is on probation for a drug-abuse instrument conviction, records show. A passenger, Kathryn Garrett, no address given, was wanted on a Trumbull County theft warrant. She was taken to the Trumbull County jail. Another passenger, Shawn Spencer, 31, who has addresses in Niles, Girard and Warren, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug-abuse instruments and possession of drug-abuse paraphernalia (syringes and spoon). He also was served with a warrant for failure to appear in municipal court on a criminal trespass charge and a warrant for a possession of heroin charge pending in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Police stopped the car for failing to signal a turn on Belmont Avenue.
Doctor reports threats
STRUTHERS -- A day after the sudden, unexplained death of an employee, a local physician told police she has received threatening telephone messages. Dr. Heather A. Petrolla told police that soon after the woman's death Saturday, the woman's boyfriend called the physician's home and accused her of being responsible for his girlfriend's death. The following day, the physician discovered the boyfriend had also left a message on her office answering machine. In the recorded message the man again accused the doctor of being responsible for his girlfriend's death and threatened that the doctor's "troubles just began." Struthers police and Poland Township police are investigating.
Police called to school
STRUTHERS -- Police were called to St. Nicholas School just before 11 a.m. Monday after a homeless man entered the school and refused to leave. When police arrived, the man was outside near the great hall. Reports state that the man was on the church grounds for a meeting with a priest, who offered the man a food voucher. The man declined it and left church property, and the school was advised to call police if he returned.