Arraigned and released

Arraigned and released
LIBERTY -- A Youngstown man who police say tried to pass a bad check at a local business remains free on bond.
Aaron J. Brescio, 23, of Ayers Street, was arrested on a felony count of passing bad checks after a clerk from Midwest Money on Gypsy Lane called police at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday and said he was trying to cash a $4,000 check.
Brescio was arraigned and released on $300 cash bond Saturday.
Homicide by vehicle
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Timothy Ryan Mallory, 27, of Northfield Northwest, Warren, has been charged with homicide by vehicle in the May death of a Sharpsville man.
Pennsylvania State Police said Mallory was driving north on the toll portion of Pa. Route 60 at about 95 mph when he lost control of his car and was ejected in the ensuing crash.
His passenger, Donald Allan Kermiet, 34, of Georgetown Street, Sharpsville, was found dead in the back seat, police said.
Lawrence County District Attorney Matthew Mangino said Mallory's 2003 Chevrolet Trail Blazer had a sensing and diagnostic module, which provided information about the speed of the vehicle immediately before the crash on May 25.
According to Mangino, the module is similar to "black boxes" installed on commercial aircraft.
Mallory also faces charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence.
A felony arrest warrant was issued Nov. 13 by District Justice J.V. Lamb.
'Disaster Management'
CLEVELAND -- A "Disaster Management: Helping Ohio's Children" course for first responders meets Dec. 1 to 5 at Cleveland HealthSpace, formerly the Cleveland Health Museum at Euclid Avenue and East 90th Street.
The event is designed for health-care workers, city and school officials, emergency personnel and professionals who work in children's organizations. Space is limited; call (216) 368-1054 or write felichatel@yahoo.com.
Man in guarded condition
YOUNGSTOWN -- Jermaine Watson, 25, of Ives Street was in guarded condition this morning in St. Elizabeth Health Center after being shot in the head at about 10 p.m. Sunday on the East Side.
The shooting took place at his girlfriend's house in the 1500 block of Shehy Street, according to police.
Watson gave police a suspect's name and said the shooting was over a stolen video game.
Woman reports rape
YOUNGSTOWN -- An 18-year-old Liberty woman told police she was walking north on Belmont Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when a man came up from behind, threw her to the ground and raped her.
She was unable to give police any description of the assailant but said he ripped her shirt off and took it with him.
She was given a rape examination at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.
Purse-snatchings
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Police think two weekend purse-snatchings aren't related.
A 64-year-old woman told authorities she was walking down Maitland Road when a man got out of a white, older model car, pushed her to the ground and took her purse at 5:28 p.m. Sunday. He and another man in the car drove off in the wrong direction of the one-way street, she said.
Another woman left her purse near a chair at Jameson Hospital at 1:27 p.m. Sunday, and when she returned a few minutes later she found her wallet missing.
Surveillance cameras show two women walking down a nearby hall, one holding a wallet, police said.
Train hits pickup truck
SALEM -- A man faces charges after his pickup truck was hit by a Norfolk Southern train over the weekend.
Police said they discovered Sidney Wolf, 27, of 2454 Woodsdale Road, Salem, sitting in his pickup truck, which apparently was stuck on the tracks beneath the West State Street overpass.
Police ordered Wolf out of the truck before it was struck by a westbound locomotive. The truck was extensively damaged.
Wolf, who was uninjured, was charged with drunken driving and driving on railroad tracks.
The accident occurred at 4:59 a.m. Saturday.