Thursday, October 23, 2003
Vernon man jailed,questioned in death
WARREN -- A Vernon man is in Trumbull County jail on $100,000 bond on a charge of tampering with evidence and is being questioned in the death of a man found in the Shenango Wildlife area of Vernon Township.
Bruce Coxson, 46, was arraigned Monday in Eastern District Court in Brookfield on the tampering charge. He surrendered to Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators Friday morning at his state Route 88 home.
He was considered a person of interest to police in the death of Charles Palm, 26, of Greenville, Pa., whose body was found by a hunter Oct. 10 in the wildlife area.
Palm was shot three times, the patrol has said.
The patrol investigates criminal activity on state-owned or leased property.
Boy, 16, is hospitalizedafter being stabbed
SHARON, Pa. -- A 16-year-old Spearman Avenue boy was in stable condition in UPMC Horizon today, and police were looking for his assailant in a stabbing at Budd Street and New Castle Avenue.
Witnesses told police Christopher Cordero got into an argument with an 18-year-old man that escalated into a shoving match shortly after 4 p.m.
The assailant pulled out some kind of knife or box cutter and slashed Cordero on the left side of the abdomen just below the rib cage.
The man then fled in a red car with plastic or cardboard covering the passenger-side rear window, police said, adding that they know his identity and expect to make an arrest today. He faces charges of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Computer stolen
SALEM -- Police said someone stole a Dell computer system from Colfor Manufacturing Inc., 373 E. Perry St., between 2 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. Sunday. A door was left unlocked and the computer was taken from a desk at the rear of an office.
Road to close for repaving
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Portions of Balph Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic Thursday, Friday and Monday. City officials said the road will be prepared and paved on those days. City crews will work on the road one block at a time.
Campaign signs stolen
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- About 85 signs for New Castle mayoral candidate Wayne Alexander are missing. Police said the signs were taken overnight from Thursday to Friday from the east side, north hill, south side and Mahoningtown sections of the city. The signs are valued at $5 each.
Business break-in
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Someone broke a window at Quality Hose and Supply on North Liberty Street and took $250 from the cash drawer. Police said the money was taken sometime from 3 p.m. Saturday to 7:15 a.m. Monday.
Theft of radios reported
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Radios valued at $4,000 were taken from the Lawrence County Housing Authority offices. Police said someone broke into a window and took the four Motorola radios sometime from 11 a.m. Sunday to 7:36 a.m. Monday.
Group joins in food drive
CANFIELD -- The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter at Mahoning County Career & amp; Technical Center has joined in The Mission of Love Foundation food drive. The local FCCLA chapter welcomes community participation in the drive, which will last until Nov. 15.
The foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid to those in need worldwide, especially children. Backed by individuals, local businesses and the U.S. military's Denton Program, the Mission of Love airlifts clothing, medicine, food and building supplies to Third World countries and poverty-stricken U.S. communities such as the South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The local MCCTC chapter is collecting food items such as canned fruits and vegetables, boxed goods and nonperishable items for the reservation. Collection boxes are set up in the MCCTC Common Area for donations, which will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each school day.