Arrested in shooting

Arrested in shooting
FARRELL, Pa. -- Police arrested Alfred A. Griffin, 29, of St. Andrews Drive, Canfield, on assault and other charges in the shooting of a Farrell man. Police said Fred Odem, 42, was shot once in the left thigh as he crossed Roemer Boulevard in front of Roamers Bar around 9:25 p.m. Thursday.
He was treated at UPMC Horizon. Griffin was held overnight for arraignment on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and carrying a firearm without a license. Police said Odem walked across the street in front of the car in which Griffin was a passenger and allege Griffin shot Odem.
Railroad crossing closed
LOWELLVILLE -- The railroad crossing at Washington Street will be closed Sept. 22-23 to allow for repairs to the tracks.
A temporary crossing for emergency vehicles will be erected east of Washington Street.
"The temporary crossing is for emergency vehicles only," said William Vance, chief of police. "We will strictly enforce that."
The River Road crossing currently closed for track repairs is expected to be open before the Washington Street crossing is closed.
Attempted abduction
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are looking for a man in an older Ford Taurus who tried to abduct a 12-year-old boy as he was riding his bicycle along S. Raccoon Road.
According to police reports, the boy was on his way home from skating at about 8 p.m. Wednesday when a black Taurus with a gold grill pulled up, cutting him off. The report says the driver got out of the vehicle, jumped over the hood, grabbed the boy's arm and tried to pull him off his bike.
The boy told police he broke free and fled through a church parking lot to a gas station across the street with the man in his Taurus chasing him.
A clerk at the gas station called the boy's parents and police.
The man is described as white and about 5 feet 11 inches tall, with dark brown hair cut in a bowl fashion with shaved sides and back, and a mustache.
Stolen truck hit by train
CANFIELD -- Youngstown police recovered a truck stolen from a Canfield business -- after it was struck by a train.
According to a police report, a black 1993 Ford lighting truck, reported missing from Range One, 580 W. Main St., Wednesday, was recovered in Youngstown after it was abandoned on an unspecified set of railroad tracks and hit by a train.
The report says the truck sustained heavy front-end damage, damage to the tail lights, and was missing radio knobs. Police haven't determined whether anything was stolen from the truck.
Woman robbed at light
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 53-year-old Boardman woman was robbed as she sat in her car at a traffic light at 10:15 p.m. Thursday. The woman's right arm was cut in several places by flying glass. The woman told police she was waiting at a traffic light at Albert Street and the Himrod Expressway when a man ran up and threw a brick through the passenger window of her car. The man demanded her purse at gunpoint, then ran away. Reports don't indicate whether she sought medical treatment.
Money from drug probe
YOUNGSTOWN -- Eight police agencies in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and a state agency have received money from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency in forfeited drug-related proceeds.
The departments took part in a narcotics investigation conducted by the DEA's task force in Youngstown that concluded last January.
The departments and shares include: Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, $16,055; Salem police, $15,745; Boardman and Warren police, $13,835 each; and the Youngstown, Canfield, Poland and Beaver Township police departments, $10,391 each.
Car burglary charges
HUBBARD -- Two Youngstown men are being held on $10,000 bond each after police charged them with stealing items from cars.
City police said Steven Tate, 18, and Brian Alston, 21, were arrested Thursday. Police said the men were entering unlocked vehicles on Westview, Grandview and Parish avenues and removing items.
Alston was charged with four counts of receiving stolen property, and Tate was arrested on a single count of receiving stolen property and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Both pleaded innocent Thursday afternoon in Girard Municipal Court.