Worker pulled from pond

Worker pulled from pond
AUSTINTOWN -- Mahoning County dive team members pulled a man from the bottom of a retention pond today in the Herons Landing subdivision off New Road between state Route 46 and South Turner Road. Paramedics worked on him about 9:50 a.m. on the side of the pond; he was not breathing and was taken to a hospital.
Firefighters said two construction workers were in the retention pond to remove a pump at about 8 a.m. when the canoe they were in tipped over. They had reached over the side of the canoe to pull up a concrete block.
Neither man was wearing a life vest, and the man recovered this morning could not swim. The other man swam to shore and also was taken to a hospital. The pond is about 50 yards wide by 75 yards long and 14 feet deep where the canoe capsized. The water temperature was about 40 degrees.
Names of the men and whom they worked for were not released this morning.
Firefighters from Austintown, Mineral Ridge, Berlin Township and Canfield were on the scene.
Boy shoots BB gun at bus
AUSTINTOWN -- A 7-year-old Idlewood Road boy fired a BB gun at a school bus with children aboard Wednesday afternoon, according to reports.
The bus driver said he heard a window break at about 3 p.m. and that he found it had been shot out with a BB. About 10 children were in the bus at the time, but none was in the seat next to the broken window.
The boy later told police that he pointed the BB gun out the window of his house at the bus and said, "Stop or I'll shoot," then fired.
The boy's parents said they would get rid of the gun and discipline the child.
Storage building theft
YOUNGSTOWN -- Someone broke into the West End Girls Softball League main storage building at the field on North Hazelwood Avenue and stole a coffee pot, weed cutter, two shovels and two rakes, reports show. The break-in was discovered Wednesday afternoon. It appears someone used a vehicle to push in the metal door and frame of the building to gain entry, police said.
14-year-old starts fire
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 14-year-old East Philadelphia Avenue boy admitted to police he started a fire at his home Wednesday afternoon and was taken to the juvenile justice center to face a charge of aggravated arson, reports show.
The fire rekindled at 1:30 a.m. today, and a firefighter was treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation, said fire Lt. Kevin Johnson.
The boy told police he set fire to paper and threw it out a window but the paper blew back inside and ignited an upstairs bedroom.
The occupants told firefighters they would stay with relatives until repairs are made. Damage was estimated at $40,000.
Cocaine found in raid
YOUNGSTOWN -- Twenty-three packaged-for-sale bags of crack cocaine were found in a bowl during a vice squad raid at 116 Seneca Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The resident, Frederick Dawson, 33, was arrested on a charge of trafficking in crack and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said Dawson told them the crack found in his kitchen was for personal use and not for sale.
New zoning inspector
CRAIG BEACH -- Village council has hired a new zoning inspector. Beginning Saturday, Nick Marcu of Niles will serve on a three-month trial basis, council member Wanda Sabol said. His monthly salary will be $166. Mayor Camille Gaia is the village's acting zoning inspector.
Council read a legal opinion by Solicitor James Vivo that they say settles an issue raised recently by a resident. The citizen alleged that it was a conflict of interest for council members Sabol and Larry Ellis to serve on council and be acting street commissioners, a position Ellis has held since April. Vivo ruled in council's favor by pointing out that serving in both capacities does not represent a conflict of interest. Sabol said that neither she nor Ellis get paid to serve as street commissioners and that they're doing it to save the village money and to have better communication with the street department.
'Cinderella' tickets
HUBBARD -- Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 85, representing Hubbard Township police, is selling tickets for the stage play "Cinderella." The performance will be at 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at Packard Music Hall in Warren. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the police department, 2600 Elmwood Drive Ext. Proceeds from the fund-raising event will be used to support community events.