False coroner prank

False coroner prank
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police say a prankster claiming to be the county coroner has called two homes telling parents their sons are dead. Police said one call was made at 10:15 p.m. Aug. 17 and another at 12:20 a.m. today. The caller tells the parents that their child has been found dead along a road and that they must come to a funeral home to identify the body.
Motorcycle accident
LISBON -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol continues to investigate a crash that killed an East Palestine man. The patrol said Robert L. Davis, 42, died after his motorcycle struck a pickup truck about 4 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of state Route 344 and Lisbon-Canfield Road. The patrol said Davis was riding west on Route 344 when Theodore Scribner, 56, of Apple Ridge Road, Salem, pulled his pickup truck into the path of Davis' motorcycle. Scribner was driving north on Lisbon-Canfield Road and failed to yield at the stop sign at the Route 344 intersection, the patrol said. Scribner was not injured. The report was incomplete, and no address was available for Davis.
Passenger hospitalized
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An Ellwood City man was in critical condition this morning in UPMC Pittsburgh after a crash on Frew Mill Road. John Pounds was a passenger in a car that went off the road at a curve, went airborne and rolled over twice about 3:50 a.m. Sunday, state police said. Pounds and the driver, Irona Carr, also of Ellwood City, were flown to Pittsburgh by medical helicopter. She was discharged Sunday. Another passenger, Raymond Carr of Ellwood City, was not seriously hurt, police said. Firefighters had to free Irona Carr and Pounds from the vehicle, police said.
Disorderly conduct charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- Kevin Kridler's complaints about not receiving change from a lap dancer he paid at the New Affair Lounge on East Midlothian Boulevard resulted in his arrest at 2:15 a.m. Saturday on a charge of disorderly conduct while intoxicated, reports show. Kridler, 27, of Wakefield Avenue, shouted obscenities at police, and his behavior was disruptive in front of patrons and employees, police said. The officers said he didn't give up after they explained several times that his complaint was unjustified. Kridler was later charged with falsification when deputies said he used his brother's name during the booking process at the jail.
Fire department grants
HARRISBURG -- Two Lawrence County fire departments are getting federal grants. The money will be distributed through Pennsylvania fire officials. New Wilmington Volunteer Firemen's Association has been awarded $40,320, and Slippery Rock Township Volunteer Fire Department is getting $37,097. Both are to be used for fire operations and firefighter safety. The money is being distributed through the Assistance to Firefighters Program.
Robber demands drugs
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A masked gunman took prescription drugs from a home on Booker Drive. Police said a man wearing a ski mask walked into the home at 9:40 p.m. Friday demanding drugs. The victim stuffed his prescription of OxyContin in the couch and ran out the door. When he returned later, the pills were gone, police said.
Sex, alcohol charges
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- David Allen Tucholski, 43, of Dutch Lane, has been charged with involuntary sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Police said he was arrested at 12:20 p.m. Sunday. The allegations involve a 15-year-old boy visiting his home, police said.
Expedition exhibit
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A traveling exhibit honoring the Lewis and Clark expedition has made its way to Pittsburgh. The exhibit, called "Corps of Discovery Two: 200 years into the Future," features photographs, maps and illustrations about the 200-year anniversary of the push westward, according to Tom Olson, a spokesman for the National Park Service. The exhibit was launched in January and attracted more than 6,000 to its Philadelphia stop, Olson said. It will be at Point State Park until Sept. 7. Meriwether Lewis launched the expedition from Pittsburgh in a 55-foot keel boat in 1803. He traveled to Louisville, Ky., where he joined William Clark. A re-enactment of the launch will take place on the Monongahela River on Aug. 31.