Revised car description



Revised car description
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are searching for a black four-door Chrysler Sebring with a gold grill and sun ornament on its antenna that may have been involved in the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old boy Wednesday. Earlier it was reported that the car was an older Ford Taurus.
The driver of the vehicle is described as a white man about 5 feel 11 inches tall, with dark brown hair cut in a bowl fashion with bangs and shaved on the sides and back, and a mustache.
Police said the man tried to pull the boy from his bicycle about 8 p.m. Wednesday after pulling his car onto the curb along South Raccoon Road near Highway Tabernacle to block the boy's path.
Pa. highway work
SHARON, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said concrete slab reconstruction on Interstate 80 at the I-79 intersection will cause lane restrictions and perhaps heavy congestion between mileposts 20 and 18 in the westbound lanes.
I-79 will have delays as well, between mileposts 110 and 117 and mileposts 130 and 137, for paving. One lane in both directions will be closed at both locations.
U.S. Route 62 will have lane restrictions between Zahniser Road and Mercer borough for paving. That work includes some paving during nighttime hours.
Sentencing delayed
LISBON -- Sentencing for an East Palestine man charged in the Aug. 14, 2000, death of his infant daughter is continued until Oct. 3.
Ernest Robinson, 20, appeared before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge David Tobin on Friday. Robinson pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Aug. 22, but said Friday he wants to consider withdrawing his plea.
With the guilty plea, prosecutors recommended a seven-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter. They said the maximum penalty for that crime is 10 years.
Prosecutors have said that Robinson was abusing his daughter, 5-month-old Brooklyn Robinson, who died as a result of blunt-force trauma to her head and body.
Robinson is being held in the county jail on $500,000 bond.
Rabies shot clinic
YOUNGSTOWN -- The city health district will offer a rabies shot clinic for dogs, cats and ferrets from 1 to 5 p.m. next Saturday at the parking deck of Oak Hill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave.
Each shot is $2. Call (330) 743-3333.
Owners do not have to be Youngstown residents.
Well-water testing
PULASKI, Pa. -- Township supervisors are urging residents to have their well water tested after recent storms.
About 34 homes have already been tested and shown contamination. An additional 33 homes tested did not show water contamination. Wilmington Township had nine contaminated water wells out of 28 tested, officials said.
Testing costs $10. Kits are available at the Pulaski and Wilmington township municipal buildings or Microbac Laboratories on Old Pulaski Road.
Food-bank donations
YOUNGSTOWN -- Giant Eagle supermarkets offer its customers the opportunity to qualify for a free turkey certificate, which they can redeem for a turkey or donate to designated food banks in Northeast Ohio, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Maryland, including the Second Harvest Foodbank here. The promotion begins Sunday.
Customers must designate a food-bank donation by Oct. 17 by logging on to GiantEagle.com and clicking the free turkey button or calling (800) 634-1267.
In addition to donating the monetary value of each certificate to the appropriate food bank, Giant Eagle will donate $1 to each food bank for every customer who chooses to donate their certificate.
Arrested in bar break-in
CAMPBELL -- Eugene Fleeton, 48, of Jean Street is being held on $55,000 bond pending his preliminary hearing and pretrial Tuesday.
He was arraigned in Campbell Municipal Court on Friday on charges of burglary and theft in connection with a Wednesday break-in at Mike's Bar, 6 12th Street.
According to police, a resident of the upstairs apartment heard someone break into the bar just before 5 a.m.
Police discovered the front window had been pulled away but did not immediately find anyone. While surveying the building exterior, however, officers heard banging from inside. Once a key holder opened the building, police found a glove on the floor near a damaged wall. After removing some of the wallboard and insulation, police spotted a hand.
The fire department and paramedics arrived minutes later and freed Fleeton from where he had wedged himself inside the wall between the brick exterior and wooden frame of the interior wall.