Drug charges
Drug charges
YOUNGSTOWN -- Jamal Pusey pulled a plastic bag of suspected crack cocaine from his anal area during a strip search Tuesday at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office, police said.
Pusey, 23, of Sherwood Avenue, had been stopped on the South Side by ATF task force members who knew his driver's license was under suspension.
During the traffic stop, a first bag of suspected crack fell from Pusey's pants, reports show. Pusey faces charges of driving under suspension and trafficking in narcotics.
Grant for cleanup
CAMPBELL -- The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund will provide a $65,400 grant to the city to conduct a Phase II Environmental Assessment of eight acres off Wilson Avenue.
City officials expect to use the assessment to help guide them in redeveloping the property, the former site of Aluminum Finishing Corp., said Mayor Jack Dill. The area is most likely suited to industrial operations that would employ between five and 15 workers, Dill said.
Tractor tires stolen
YOUNGSTOWN -- Four tires worth $1,000 are missing from a tractor parked inside the Youngstown Street Department's fenced lot on Teamster Drive, reports show.
Joseph Mastropietro at the street department told police Tuesday that the tires are just the latest items to be stolen from the lot.
Student's drug charges
YOUNGSTOWN -- The smell of marijuana on a 15-year-old Woodrow Wilson High School boy resulted in a search of his pockets by assistant principals, which led to his arrest Tuesday on a charge of trafficking marijuana in the vicinity of a school.
The pockets of the West Philadelphia Avenue boy were stuffed with a lighter, brush, condom, contacts, contact solution, $293 and a small plastic bag with six individual packages of suspected marijuana, police said.
Police took the ninth-grader to the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center.
Knife at school
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 12-year-old West Glenaven Avenue girl who said she anticipated being jumped by other girls Tuesday at Hillman Middle School brought a steak knife to school for protection, police said.
Another pupil reported the knife to an assistant principal. The girl, a seventh-grader, was taken to the juvenile justice center, where she faces a charge of conveyance of a deadly weapon on school premises.
Amateur radio testing
BOARDMAN -- The 20/9 Amateur Radio Club will have testing sessions for all classes of amateur radio licenses and all upgrades. Participants must bring photo ID and a copy of their amateur radio license for upgrades.
The testing will be Friday at the Red Cross building on Tod Avenue here, behind the Boardman Township Government Building. Check-in time is 6:30 p.m.; testing begins at 7. Cost for the test is $10.
Investigating theft
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are investigating a report that money was stolen from a 77-year-old's Cumberland Drive home Tuesday while the man was sleeping in the home.
Neighbors said they watched a man run from the home, get into a car and drive away at about 10:45 a.m. The victim told police the money had been lying on the bed next to him.
Donation box missing
AUSTINTOWN -- A donation box for an organization that helps find missing children was reported missing Tuesday from a Mahoning Avenue pizzeria. The man who placed the box in the pizzeria told police it may have been removed in August or September.
He said the pizzeria's management has changed since the box was placed in the store, and that the new manager said he has never seen the box.
Book signing planned
WARREN -- James Toto of Warren, an environmental educator, will sign copies of his book "Places in the Heart" from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Book Nook, Elm Road. Call (330) 372-3367 for details.