Firearms charges

Firearms charges
CLEVELAND -- A Warren man and two Youngstown men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Cleveland.
Charles Phillips, 46, of Oak Street, Warren, is charged with federal firearms violations. The indictment says he unlawfully possessed a gun after having been convicted of aggravated assault in Trumbull County in January 1981. Phillips also is charged with having an unregistered, sawed-off shotgun.
Charles Pullen, 21, of Selma Street, Youngstown, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of possession of cocaine in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in July 2001.
Dwight Tanksley, 22, of Fairgreen Avenue, Youngstown, faces the same charge as Pullen. He was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in Augusta, Ga., in April 1994.
Target: DUI, speeding
WEATHERSFIELD -- Additional township police officers will be on the road Friday and Saturday, and from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, to target drunken drivers and speeders.
Funding was provided by the state, through the Trumbull County DUI Task Force and also through the Ohio Department of Public Safety and Governor's Highway Safety Office.
Disc golf contest
CHAMPION -- The eighth annual Plastic Classic flying disc golf championship will be Saturday at Young's Run Disc Course, a Trumbull County Metro Park near Kent State University Trumbull Campus.
Registration will be at 9 a.m. and costs $10, including lunch and prizes.
For more information, call Bill Flynn at (330) 609-6611.
Fund-raising event
GIRARD -- A fund-raising event for Mitch and Diann Barns of Poland will be from 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Creekside Golf Dome to help with medical expenses.
Mrs. Barns is on sick leave from work after suffering a stroke as the result of a brain tumor. Her husband is on family medical leave to care for four of their five children at home.
The evening will feature White Noise/Noisy Mama; Michael Bruce, original guitarist for Alice Cooper; Left End's Dave LeMasters; comic Bill Hoyt; and Irish folk singers Rose & amp; Thistle.
Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information, call Richard Begg, (330) 824-8243.
Concert in Lordstown
LORDSTOWN -- The village is sponsoring a free concert at Founders Park at Salt Springs Road and Tod Avenue at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19.
Panyard Steel Drum Band will provide music and Lordstown Historical Society will sell refreshments. Bring your lawn chair.
Used-computer auction
NILES -- McKinley Memorial Library will conduct an auction to get rid of excess "as is" computer equipment such as personal computers, monitors and a scanner.
Items will be on display in the auditorium from 9 to 4 p.m. Aug. 22-23. Interested buyers must submit written bids that will be opened Aug. 25.
School refresher
HUBBARD -- Does your child need a refresher before going back to school?
The Hubbard Public Library has an answer with a collection of JumpStart Educational CD-ROMs for pupils from kindergarten to sixth grade.
During August, each child who spends half an hour using a program will receive a colored paper airplane.
Evicted from campgrounds
BERLIN CENTER -- A nearly nude and slightly intoxicated bike rider at Berlin Lake campgrounds was evicted at 11 p.m. Monday by a Mahoning County deputy sheriff.
The deputy found the 47-year-old Canton man near the boat ramp clad only in a towel after another camper complained, reports show. The man was taken home by his brother.
The deputy noted that alcohol is not permitted at the campgrounds.
Trespass charges
SHARON, Pa. -- A man faces criminal trespass charges after walking into a home on the 300 block of South Oakland Avenue. Police said Willie J. Jones, 47, of 761 New Castle Ave. was arrested a short distance from the home of a 75-year-old woman who told police he walked in uninvited at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The man said he was looking for an address that police said does not exist. Police later arrested Jones at Prindle Street and South Oakland Avenue, and he was identified by the woman.