Police probe car break-ins

Police probe car break-ins
BOARDMAN -- Township police are investigating two dozen car break-ins over the weekend.
Police reports say each break-in resulted in hundreds of dollars of lost property and damage to the vehicles.
Twenty-one of the break-ins took place Friday across the township, but mostly in the Lemans Drive area. There were also three break-ins reported Sunday on Market Street and on West Boulevard.
Air station funding
VIENNA -- The 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station will receive $1 million to upgrade its aerial mosquito-spraying equipment upon the signature of President Bush on the 2004 Defense Department Appropriations Bill.
A joint conference committee of the U.S. House and Senate approved the defense bill this weekend, which included the $1 million in funding for the air station.
The station has six sets of spray equipment, each worth about $1 million. The funds will allow four of them to be upgraded to disperse an even finer spray.
The station hosts the only fixed-wing mosquito-spraying unit in the Department of Defense.
The spraying system hasn't been updated since 1986.
Man gets citations
YOUNGSTOWN -- Orland A. Carabbia, 37, of Knollwood Avenue, Poland, was issued citations at 2 a.m. today on the South Side charging him with possession of drug paraphernalia (crack pipe), fictitious license plates and failure to signal a turn.
Police said they spotted Carabbia turn onto Hillman Street without signaling and pulled over his car. He didn't have his driver's license, registration or proof of insurance, police said. A crack pipe was found in his jacket pocket and the license plates belong on another car, reports show.
Carabbia was to be in municipal court today for arraignment.
Girl Scouts celebration
NILES -- Girl Scouts of the Lake to River Council will kick off its annual membership campaign with a celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the council office, 980 Warren Ave.
Activities include a climbing wall, old-fashioned games, cookie decorating, denim stamping, a duck pond, face painting and more. The council shop will be open and refreshments will be available.
New troops are being formed throughout the year. The Lake to River Council serves Girl Scouts ages 5 to 17 in Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. Call the council office at (330) 652-5877 or (800) 362-9430.
Author's presentation
HUBBARD -- Local author-photographer James Jeffrey Higgins will present a slide presentation on his newest book "On Common Ground" at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 in Hubbard Public Library. His photo essay examines the plight of small farms in southern Ohio.
To register to attend, call (330) 534-3512, ext. 6.
Gifts for children
WARREN -- Catholic Charities Regional Agency will register Trumbull County families with children to be eligible for Christmas gifts.
Registration will be from Oct. 20-24. Applicants must call (330) 393-4254 the week of Oct. 13 to schedule an appointment.
Applicants must have a valid photo identification, proof of total household income and a medical card or birth certificate for all children and Social Security cards for all household residents.
Car damages lawn
BOARDMAN -- A 16-year-old Rosewood Drive boy who drove over the lawn at Calvary Baptist Church, 1463 Shields Road, Sunday afternoon was turned over to his parents by a Mahoning County deputy sheriff who witnessed the damage.
The boy's parents said they would arrange for repairs to the lawn, a report said.
Weapons, drug charges
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two men were arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of Jitso's, a bar on McGuffey Road.
Jermaine McKinney, 23, of Halleck Street was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and trafficking in crack cocaine. Jesse L. Green, 24, of Gypsy Lane was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of unknown pills.
Green was also served with two warrants for his failure to appear in municipal court on two counts of loud music.