School being built burns

School being built burns
BELOIT -- A four-alarm fire Friday afternoon caused an estimated $10,000 to $20,000 damage to the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school under construction in the West Branch School District.
Fire Chief Scott Dean said workers using torches ignited the roof of a building that is part of a new elementary-high school complex.
Firefighters from Beloit, Sebring, Damascus and Homeworth were on the scene for about 2 1/2 hours.
Dean said workers told him the fire damage will cause only a short delay in the building process.
Motion seeks to endchild support for Colon
YOUNGSTOWN -- A lawyer has filed a motion asking that the mother of Jackie Colon no longer be made to pay child support for the girl, who is being held in the county juvenile justice center.
Colon, 16, has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial in the December 2000 death of a 3-month-old baby.
Authorities say she threw the infant out a second-floor window of her family's Roxbury Avenue home, then went outside and stabbed him several times.
Jackie's mother, Michele, has been paying court-ordered child support to help offset the cost of Jackie's care.
Atty. Mark Colucci said the mother should no longer be made to pay for Jackie's care, because the girl is considered a ward of the state.
4th house of womangets demolition order
WARREN -- The city's chief building official has ordered a fourth house owned by an East Market Street woman to be demolished.
Christopher Taneyhill said he left the demolition order in the mailbox of Suk Hu Hays, giving her 30 days to demolish the house at 1426 Union St. S.W.
Last month, Taneyhill ordered three of Hays' other houses to be demolished.
The basement walls at the Union Street house are caving in, Taneyhill said, adding he told the tenants -- a mother and two small children -- they have to leave the house. Hays owns more than 40 rental properties in the city. She has said if the city wants her houses to be demolished, the city should pay for it.
Anonymous drug tip
COLUMBIANA -- Police are continuing an investigation that began with a tip from an anonymous caller about drugs at the Dutch Village Inn.
Detective John Jay said charges are pending against people from Unity and Darlington, Pa. Police confiscated cocaine, marijuana, $6,000, drug paraphernalia, a handgun and a Jeep Cherokee on Thursday from the inn on state Route 14.
About a half-pound of marijuana and between one and four ounces of cocaine were seized, he said.
Reward is offeredin dumped-pup case
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- The Mercer County Humane Society is offering a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever dumped a badly injured pit bull-type puppy on Reno Street on Sunday. People saw someone throw the dog from a red Dodge Aries.
The puppy is 6 or 7 months old and had numerous puncture and bite wounds. It is undergoing extensive veterinary care.
Contributions to cover the cost can be sent to the Humane Society of Mercer County, P.O. Box 1046, Hermitage, Pa. 16148.
Hearing on break-in
CAMPBELL -- Patrick B. Miller, 30, of Cleveland, will appear for a preliminary hearing in municipal court June 20. Miller is charged with breaking and entering.
Police arrested him early Friday at Penhale School after a neighbor reported hearing noises coming from inside the building.
Court hearing in forgery
CAMPBELL -- Jason M. Mulgrew, 25, of Struthers, who is charged with forgery, criminal simulation and receiving stolen property, will appear in municipal court June 20 for a preliminary hearing.
Police said Mulgrew was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Sky Bank after he tried to cash a stolen check for $250.
Police also said they found a blank check from the same account in Mulgrew's pocket and a book of the checks in the vehicle he was driving.
The checks were reported stolen by a Struthers woman.
Murder charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force arrested 26-year-old Ceyanie Dubose of Norwood Avenue on Friday at his workplace downtown on a charge of aggravated murder.
Lt. Robin Lees said Dubose is charged with the November 2001 shooting death of Marcus Bradley, 18, of West Chalmers Avenue on the city's South Side.
Lees said new evidence developed by the Youngstown Police Department and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives led to Dubose's indictment Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury.
A second suspect also was secretly indicted.