Driver has heart attack

Driver has heart attack
STRUTHERS -- A Lowellville woman was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown after suffering an apparent heart attack while driving.
According to police, Lucille M. Jackson, 71, of New Castle Road, was traveling east on Sexton Street about 5 p.m. Monday when she apparently suffered a cardiac arrest. Her vehicle then traveled left of center, jumped the curb, traveled through the front lawns of two homes and sideswiped a tree, coming to a rest in front of the tree, said patrolman Tom Granchie.
Stolen money recovered
YOUNGSTOWN -- The city's downtown redevelopment agency has recovered nearly $40,000 stolen from the group.
Reid Dulberger, a Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp. staffer and executive vice president of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, told the CIC board Tuesday that the money has been returned.
He declined to comment on how the money was recovered, citing the criminal investigation into the issue that started in April. Copies of cashed checks totaling $39,210 were turned over to police.
The chamber hires CIC staff.
Underage liquor sales
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Department of Public Safety's Investigative Unit charged a 24-year-old employee of Jay Jays on Market Street with selling and/or furnishing beer and intoxicating liquors to two girls under the age of 21. Gina M. Beshara, 24, of Moyer Avenue in Boardman was charged by the state unit June 18, according to a report Tuesday. Charged with possessing, consuming and purchasing beer while under the age of 21 was Molly R. Hartman, 19, of Goleta Avenue in Youngstown. Charged with possessing, consuming and purchasing an intoxicating liquor while under the age of 21 was Kathryn A. Quaintance, 19, of Garden Center in New Middletown.
Stolen property charge
STRUTHERS -- Michael W. Swesey, 42, of Poland, will appear in municipal court Friday for a preliminary hearing. Swesey is charged with receiving stolen property.
He was arrested Sunday after police discovered that an All-Terrain Vehicle and string trimmer in his truck had been reported stolen in New Springfield. Police discovered the items during a traffic stop.
Vehicle break-ins
STRUTHERS -- An employee at R.W. Sidley Inc. told police someone night had broken into a fuel truck and a front loader parked at the company's Lowellville Road slag plant Monday night.
The employee discovered the doors to both vehicles open when he entered the plant just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Heavy-duty jumper cables and cans of ether appeared to be the only things missing, police said.
Church is burglarized
CAMPBELL -- Police are investigating a burglary at a church, where thieves broke in through a stained-glass window.
Police said Tuesday that the burglary happened sometime over the weekend and was discovered at 9:35 a.m. Monday at St. John Church, 159 Reed Ave.
A 27-inch television and a telephone were missing. A fax machine had been removed from its usual spot and placed in a bag, the report said, but it was not stolen.
Bank fraud sentence
CLEVELAND -- A Berlin Township man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his convictions on bank and wire fraud charges. The defendant, Jay D. Blake, 31, of Heiser Road, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster to pay $171,052 in restitution to seven victims. Blake, who pleaded guilty to the charges March 7, diverted company funds to his personal use through fraudulent banking transactions while he was office manager for the Westview Companies of Olmsted Falls in 2001, the U.S. attorney said.