Drunken-driving patrols

Drunken-driving patrols
NILES -- City police will increase the number of patrols to target impaired drivers.
Through the holidays, additional officers will be on the road to look specifically for drunken drivers as part of the You Drink and Drive, You Lose campaign.
The extra patrols will be paid for with state funds provided through the Trumbull County DUI Task Force.
Burglars flee home
WARREN -- The arrival of the stepson of an 85-year-old woman scared away burglars who had broken into the woman's Adelaide Avenue Northeast home and tied her up.
Police were called to the home about 10:45 p.m. Friday and told that two men were leaving the home in a silver car. The two men fled when the victim's stepson arrived. They had forced their way into the home through a back door, according to reports.
Man faces charges
WARREN -- A Bennett Avenue man was expected to appear in court this morning, accused of aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
Police arrested John L. Armstrong, 28, Friday night.
A 32-year-old West Market Street man told police that he was getting into his car at a Parkman Road business when two men, one black and one white, approached him wearing masks. They pulled out guns and asked for money.
The men got into the victim's car and ordered him to drive to a pay phone and call someone to bring money. They said they wanted between $2,000 and $5,000 or they would kill him.
The man called his wife asking for money. She flagged down a cruiser. Police saw the car near a pay phone at West Market and Southern Boulevard, drove up to it and turned on the overhead lights.
Both men ran from the car, and a police dog caught Armstrong in the 400 block of Southern Boulevard. The other man ran north on Southern and then east across Raiders Path, but police couldn't find him. Both men dropped handguns during the foot chases, according to reports.
Passenger dies in crash
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- A 17-year-old Ellwood City girl died Sunday afternoon in a crash on Pa. Route 65.
State police said Angelia Christian Komisar of Heinz Camp Road was a passenger in a 2002 Chevrolet coupe that failed to make a bend and rolled over several times at 1 p.m. Sunday. The car was on Pa. Route 65 at Cline Street.
Police said the driver, Jonathan Robert Dando, 18, of Hollow Road, New Castle, was taken to UPMC Presbyterian with severe injuries. His condition was not available this morning.
Lifeguard training course
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Mahoning Chapter of the American Red Cross is announcing the dates for its nationally recognized and certified lifeguard training course.
Classes will be Tuesday and Thursday evenings Jan. 13 through Feb. 26 at the Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane. The cost is $150.
To register, call the Mahoning Chapter of the ARC at (330) 726-6063.
String of car break-ins
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Police charged a Pulaski Township man in a string of car break-ins in the city's North Hill section.
Police arrested Joseph C. Williams, 20, of Marr Road at 7:21 a.m. Saturday and charged him with receiving stolen property, theft from motor vehicles, loitering and prowling.
Police said they were called about a man trying to break into a car on Englewood Avenue.
When they arrived, police noticed Williams standing on a porch just a few doors away.
Police said Williams had shoes similar to footprints found near the car. Police said they found a cellular telephone, compact discs, jewelry and $84.84 in change on Williams.
Police said he told them that he had broken into several cars. Police said people from Highland Avenue and Clenmoore Boulevard identified items found on Williams as their property.