Alcohol in fatal accident

Alcohol in fatal accident
VIENNA -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol has determined that alcohol played a part in the accident that killed a 31-year-old Boardman motorcyclist Saturday morning.
Kevin Gnapp died in the accident, off Warren-Sharon Road. The motorcycle was heading west before veering off the road, hitting a ditch and crashing through the fence in front of a house between Sodom-Hutchings and Warren roads, state patrol reports say.
The accident was discovered when the homeowner arrived home at 5:30 a.m.
Gnapp was wearing a helmet.
The patrol has not said what Gnapp's alcohol-blood content level was.
Holes shot in buildings
NILES -- Police are investigating a report that someone shot more than 1,000 holes into two structures late last month.
A Brookfield man who owns property in the city told police someone shot up the buildings at 683 and 685 W. Third St.
The report does not indicate what exactly caused the damage, though it says it happened sometime between May 21 and 29. Damage is estimated at $4,000.
Niles man reports robbery
NILES -- A city man told police two men robbed him while he walked along Robbins Avenue.
The 25-year-old South Carnegie Street man reported he was walking around 11:30 p.m. Friday, when the men, one of whom he knows, approached. The victim said one of the men reached into his pocket and took $70.
No weapons were used, reports said.
Sharon Flag Day ceremony
SHARON, Pa. -- The city will have its annual Flag Day ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Friday on the front steps of the municipal building at 155 W. Connelly Blvd.
The ceremony will be followed by an open luncheon in the building lobby.
Cause of death pending
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Authorities said they will have to await the results of toxicology studies to determine the cause of death of a Sharon man found lying alongside Lynnwood Drive. The man has been identified as Mark A. McNulty, 40, of Lafayette Avenue, Sharon.
He was found around 10:30 a.m. Friday, and police said there were no obvious signs of injury. An autopsy failed to immediately determine the cause of death.
Police said McNulty was last seen by his family Wednesday but wasn't reported missing until Friday, after his body had already been found.
Dog bites boy
YOUNGSTOWN -- A man turned his dog loose and it bit a child several times just before 6 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Edward Dobran, 13, of Forest View Drive was with his mother, Anita Dobran, who went to a neighbor's home on the city's East Side to discuss remarks the neighbor had made.
The mother told police the neighbor opened a gate and allowed the dog to attack the boy and did nothing to restrain it.
No charges have been filed. A police report said the boy was treated at Forum Health Northside Medical Center, but the hospital said it had no record of his being treated there.
Postal event
ELLSWORTH -- Postal employees will cancel 37-cent stamps with a special mark commemorating the Ohio bicentennial from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Ellsworth Fire Station.
Stamp collectors and the general public are invited to the event, which is sponsored by American Legion Post 76. Post members will be on hand to sell American, Ohio and POW-MIA flags and to accept old U.S. flags for destruction later.
The fire station is on state Route 45, just north of U.S. Route 224.