Police investigate suspect in scam

Police investigatesuspect in scam
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are investigating a Parkgate Avenue man after receiving two reports of a man's posing to be an exterminator to gain access to homes. The instances occurred about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at apartments in the 2500 block of Raccoon Road and 4500 block of Deer Creek Court. The man knocked on various apartment doors, telling the residents mice and cockroaches had been found in the building and that he needed to inspect their apartments, police reports said. One resident told police that after entering her apartment, the man searched the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and asked her to remove items from the bathroom cupboard while he looked around. The victim told police the man left after realizing that she was following him. Police impounded a green GMC pickup truck parked in the suspect's driveway that they believe he used to dupe apartment residents. An insecticide sprayer with an Orkin logo, flashlight, sweatshirt and folder full of Terminex work orders also were taken as evidence.
Liberty man gets jailfor child endangering
GIRARD -- A Liberty father accused of severely beating his 6-year-old son will spend 10 days in the county jail. Jerry E. Malcomson Jr., 28, of Naylor-Lloyd Road, pleaded no contest and was found guilty Wednesday by visiting municipal Judge Daniel P. Thomas of a charge of child endangering. Malcomson will begin serving his time Monday. He was fined $100, placed on one year's probation and ordered to undergo anger-management counseling. Charges of permitting child abuse and domestic violence were dismissed. Malcomson was accused of beating his son, who lives in Niles. The boy has bipolar disorder and is a special-needs pupil. Liberty police said employees at Washington Elementary School in Niles notified police when they saw the boy's bruised back Sept. 23. His mother, Nanette McMahan of St. John Street, Niles, said she had given the boy to his father because she could no longer handle him.
Dinner and a movie
YOUNGSTOWN -- Trinity United Methodist Church's Video Club will have a chili dinner at 6 p.m. Friday at the church on Front Street and watch the documentary movie "The Amish: A People of Preservation" at 7 p.m. Call (330) 744-5032.