Homicide by vehicle
Homicide by vehicle
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Timothy Ryan Mallory, 27, of Northfield Northwest, Warren, Ohio, was 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. 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 that provide similar information. Mallory also faces charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol and aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence. A felony-arrest warrant was issued on Nov. 13 by District Justice JV Lamb.
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. The man and another one 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 at 4:59 a.m. Saturday. Police said they discovered Sidney Wolf, 27, of 2454 Woodsdale Road, Salem, sitting in his pickup truck, which apparently was stuck on the railroad 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.
Vehicle arsons
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police are investigating two car arsons on Wabash Avenue. Police said a 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass caught fire at 2:30 p.m. Friday at a home on the 200 block. A second car, a 1982 Lincoln Continental, was set on fire at 9:56 a.m. Saturday on the same block. Both cars were unoccupied.
'Disaster Management'
CLEVELAND -- The "Disaster Management: Helping Ohio's Children" course for first responders meets Dec. 1-5 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. It is offered by Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital with the Cuyahoga Division of Emergency Services, Red Cross and local boards of health. Space is limited; call (216) 368-1054 or write felichatel@yahoo.com.
Youth Aid Panel
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Young people who get in trouble for the first time in Columbia County could be going before a panel of citizens rather than a judge, which officials hope will keep nonviolent offenders from being arrested a second time. Court officials are seeking citizens for a Youth Aid Panel, which would help set up a "contract" with conditions the youngsters would have to meet. Those who do would avoid a juvenile record; those who don't would end up in front of a judge. Juvenile probation chief Don Pegg said the program could keep 10 to 15 percent of juvenile cases out of court and offer a personal connection between a youngster and his or her community. Pegg said police or district justices would also have to agree before a youngster could be referred to a citizens review panel -- and both the child's parents and the crime victims would be encouraged to get involved. The panel could, for example, recommend that youngsters send letters of apology or write essays about their lives and behavior. Members could also order volunteer work or counseling, impose a curfew, or tell a youngster to avoid certain friends.