Paint balls hit houses

Paint balls hit houses
AUSTINTOWN -- Two township homes were damaged by paint balls, police reports show. A 46-year-old man on Willow Crest Drive said two porch poles and siding on the front of his home were struck sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Thursday. A 30-year-old Howard Avenue woman said she heard something strike her home at 8 p.m. Wednesday. When she looked the following day, she saw that her siding and garage door had been hit by paint balls.
Teen faces charges
CANFIELD -- A 17-year-old Boardman boy faces marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges after a supervisor at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center on Palmyra Road found suspected marijuana in the his pocket. Also found was a marijuana pipe in the glove box of his car about 9 a.m. Thursday, police reports show. The teen was released to his stepmother. He also faces an expulsion hearing at the school.
Arrested in theft case
YOUNGSTOWN -- A security guard at the IGA on McCartney Road told police he saw a woman stuff seven packages of Snickers candy bars into her large purse and he stopped her before she left the store Thursday. Police said the woman gave them several different Social Security numbers and fake dates of birth. The officers identified the woman as Janet Clay, 35, but she refused to give her current address. Police arrested her on a theft charge and learned that the Mahoning County Sheriff's Department also had a theft warrant for her.
Trustees set speed limit
NORTH LIMA -- Beaver Township trustees have set the speed limit along Country View Circle at 25 mph. At their meeting Thursday, trustees explained that because there has been no speed limit posted along that road, the state speed limit for nonposted roads, which is 55 mph, has been the legal speed limit there. In other business, the trustees passed a resolution in support of the renewal of the 0.5-percent sales tax in Mahoning County, which will be on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
Woman reports rape
BOARDMAN -- A 38-year-old township woman reported that she was held against her will in the basement of her home and raped by her live-in boyfriend. Police said the woman shares the home with her boyfriend, his ex-wife, his former fianc & eacute;e and five children. According to police, the woman reported that she was unable to find her boyfriend for an extended period of time. When he returned home, he sexually assaulted the woman and refused to allow her to put on clothes or leave the house, police say. The woman told police the man eventually fell asleep on a couch and she was able to crawl through a basement window and call a family member, who took her to Northside Medical Center. Police are investigating.
Suing Detroit casino
YOUNGSTOWN -- Willie Smith Sr. of Griffin Street, Newton Falls, is suing Motor City Casino of Detroit and the Michigan Gaming Control Board. The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court, Youngstown, says Smith was illegally detained, questioned and searched by security personnel at the casino in October 2001. He is asking for at least $200,000 in damages.
Indicted by grand jury
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury has indicted Zachary T. Howell, 25, of Lincoln Park Drive, Youngstown, and charged him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Howell faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
Hubbard faces suit
HUBBARD -- A Hubbard man is suing the city and some of its officials in U.S. District Court in Youngstown, contending they selectively enforced a city parking ordinance against him, wrongly took his property and violated his constitutional rights. Bernard Dumaire, of Drummond Avenue, who says the city took 10 of his vehicles, names as defendants acting Police Chief Ken Oiler, Officer William Fisher and city council. The city dismissed the last of its prosecutions against Dumaire on May 1, and Dumaire has successfully defended himself against similar prosecutions twice previously, the suit says. The suit seeks a jury trial, $600,000 in damages, plus interest, court costs and attorney fees.