2 men charged after chase

2 men charged after chase
AUSTINTOWN -- Township police charged two men who were fleeing Liberty police about 7 p.m. Saturday. Dwayne E. Scott, 37, of Unity Road, New Springfield, is charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia and with resisting arrest. Anthony J. DeAngelis, 33, of Grimm Heights Road, Struthers, is charged with resisting arrest.
The men were in a pickup truck that went off New Road and got stuck. An Austintown police dog helped find the men, who were turned over to Liberty police.
The chase in Liberty began after police received a report of a robbery in progress at Smoker Friends and Cigarette Express on Belmont Avenue.
Reports said DeAngelis entered the store around 6:40 p.m. and began filling a brown paper bag with cartons of cigarettes. When he tried to leave, a clerk approached him in the parking lot and the two began to argue, reports said.
DeAngelis reportedly dropped the bag, ran to the parking lot of Bob Evans and got into the truck driven by Scott. Officers spotted the vehicle getting onto Interstate 80 and attempted to stop the men.
DeAngelis is charged by Liberty police with felony robbery and on three warrants from Boardman police charging him with two counts of theft and one count of robbery. Scott is charged by Liberty police with complicity, failure to comply with the order of an officer and reckless operation.
Thief bites security guard
NILES -- A mall security guard was treated at a local hospital after he was bitten by a man trying to flee after an attempted theft.
The guard said he saw a young man trying to take jewelry from Foot Locker around 3:25 p.m. Friday. The guard told police he gave chase and tackled the man in the parking lot, when the suspect bit him in the upper left chest hard enough to cause bleeding.
The man got into a late 1990s green Dodge Dakota, driven by another man. Reports show the truck was reported stolen from Sharon, Pa.
The guard was taken to Trumbull Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Man stabbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Alberto Valentin, 19, of Byron Street remained in critical condition today in St. Elizabeth Health Center with multiple stab wounds to the chest suffered about 11:30 p.m. Saturday at his home.
Police said Valentin was intoxicated and quarreled with a relative, who stabbed him with an 8-inch knife. The suspect then fled in a car.
Police said they had received a report of shots being fired at the house and found a revolver under a sofa seat cushion in the living room. Valentin was found on the floor between the living and dining rooms.
Leetonia principal
LEETONIA -- The board of education will meet in executive session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to interview finalists for the position of high school principal.
Superintendent Thomas Inchak said there are now three finalists from a field of about 20 people who applied for the position. He said the board hopes to be ready to hire a principal at the June 25 board meeting.
The board voted in March not to renew the contract of John Rydarowicz, who has nearly 30 years' experience as an educator. Rydarowicz has been high school principal for two years.
Abandoned mines
SALEM -- Abandoned mine projects under consideration in nine area counties, including Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull, will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
Public input on abandoned mines will be sought during the session, which is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Kent State University Salem branch, 2491 state Route 45.
The state expects to receive about $4.3 million in federal grants to fund abandoned-mine cleanups throughout the state.
Nurses' strike
EAST LIVERPOOL -- No new bargaining talks are set in a nurses strike that began Sunday at East Liverpool City Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Tina Smith said. Pickets appeared at the hospital about 7 a.m. Sunday and remain today, Smith said.
The nurses' three-year contract expired at midnight Saturday after members of the East Liverpool Nurses Association rejected a proposed agreement. Issues include wages, health insurance costs and mandatory overtime. The hospital remains open with limited operations.