Arrested on a warrant

Arrested on a warrant
YOUNGSTOWN -- Joseph L. Sanders, 31, of Dryden Avenue made news in July when, instead of 180 days in jail for carrying a concealed weapon, he got three days and nine months' probation. Sanders was arrested at 12:30 a.m. today on a warrant issued by Municipal Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr. for failure to comply with the terms and conditions of his probation. Sanders was booked into the Mahoning County jail overnight and was due in municipal court today. Sanders' sentence in July by Judge Douglas elicited criticism from those promoting this summer's Gun Reduction Interdiction Project. GRIP has been touted by U.S. Attorney Greg White and others as the way to get guns and their users off the streets, some to face federal prosecution.
Man arrested at bank
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police noticed a man wandering around with a pack of cash inside Bank One, 2900 Market St., just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. Rico, a city police dog, was sent into the bank and found the man in the rear of the building. Officers tackled him and used pepper spray in his eyes when he resisted arrest, reports show. The man refused to identify himself and was arrested as a John Doe on charges of breaking and entering, resisting arrest and drug-abuse marijuana.
School dedication service
YOUNGSTOWN -- A dedication service for Summit Academy Community Schools for Alternative Learners' new building will be at 6:30 p.m. today on the front steps of the school, 1400 Oak Hill Ave. The event will include building tours, music and refreshments. The academy relocated this summer to the former site of New Hope Academy, a building owned by Saint Patrick's Parish. Since relocating and beginning classes Aug. 18, the academy has nearly doubled its enrollment, according to Principal Kathy Mioni. The charter school offers classes for pupils in grades three to six who exhibit characteristics of attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Thief took prescriptions
STRUTHERS -- A city man told police that whoever stole a leather jacket, cassette tapes and a gas cap from his car also got two bottles of prescription painkillers that were in the jacket. The car was parked in a drive in the first block of Euclid Street and the theft occurred Monday night, police said Wednesday.
Warrants lead to arrest
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 27-year-old city man was arrested Wednesday on warrants charging him with abduction and attempted murder. Michael McQueen, of Martin Luther King Boulevard, was charged in the July 14 shooting of Mildred Ballot, 26, of Selawik, Alaska, who had been staying at a Westlake Terrace apartment, also on MLK Boulevard. Ballot was shot in the jaw on Carson Street on the East Side. A second suspect remains at large. McQueen was arrested at 2 p.m. at Salt Springs and Vestal roads and taken to the Mahoning County jail.
House shot up
YOUNGSTOWN -- A house on Rutledge Avenue, next door to where 3-month-old Jiyen C. Dent Jr. was killed in March by gunfire, was shot up about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The resident said she has been subpoenaed as a witness in the case. Trial for one of the suspects charged with Jiyen's murder, Wayne P. Gilliam, 21, of Euclid Avenue, is to begin today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Water shut-off in Girard
GIRARD -- To repair a water main break, water will be shut off between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday from U.S. Route 422, west on Liberty Street, to River and Front streets.
Lawsuit filed against SBC
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township trustees want a judge to force a phone company to hand over records for use in an investigation. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court asks that Columbus-based Ohio Bell Telephone Co., also known as SBC Ohio, be ordered to turn over records for all incoming and outgoing phone calls July 23 to a phone number registered to Samuel J. Verlenich, a township policeman. Trustees say they requested the records verbally and in writing, but have received no response. The suit says the records are needed to complete an internal police department investigation. Chief Joseph P. Consiglio could not be reached to comment.