Vindicator offers reward over vandalism

Vindicator offersreward over vandalism
BOARDMAN -- The Vindicator is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who vandalizes Vindicator coin boxes.
The reward covers the vandalism of six Vindicator coin boxes that took place Sunday in Boardman and any future episodes of vandalism, said Mark A. Brown, Vindicator general manager.
On Sunday, vandals damaged six machines, all located in the vicinity of U.S. Route 224, by pouring glue into the machines' operating mechanisms. The damage, estimated at $1,200, was discovered and reported to police Monday.
Anyone with information regarding the vandalism is urged to call Boardman police at (330) 726-4144.
Youngstown manis shot to death
YOUNGSTOWN -- The city registered its 22nd homicide of the year Tuesday when Richard E. Owens, 41, of Worthington Avenue died in St. Elizabeth Health Center after being shot early in the day.
A witness said he saw Owens walking and bleeding from the head in the Kenmore Avenue area about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday and brought him to the hospital. Medical staff told police test results showed that two bullets possibly entered the victim's skull near the hairline of the forehead.
The emergency room doctor said the victim would not have been walking with that type of injury. Owens' daughter said the last contact she had with her father was when she dropped him off at the witness's house on Woodland Avenue on Sunday evening, reports show.
There were 19 homicides in the city in 2003.
Assault on an officer
WARREN -- Elbowing a police officer after a high school basketball game has landed a 19-year-old city man in Trumbull County Jail, police said.
City police report that Donnie L. Allen of Commerce Avenue Northwest elbowed officer Frank Tempesta after being told several times to leave after a game at John F. Kennedy High School.
Allen, who police say "had to be physically subdued," is charged with criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and assault on a police officer.
Traffic violation
YOUNGSTOWN -- William H. Perez, 49, of South Heights Avenue, who police said has his driver's license under suspension as a habitual alcoholic, pleaded innocent Monday in municipal court to driving under suspension.
Perez was issued a citation Sunday evening at the scene of a two-car crash he was involved in at East Midlothian Boulevard and Shady Run Road. His car, a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier, was towed and held for court action.
Perez will be back in municipal court Jan. 21 for a pretrial.
DA's evening hours
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Lawrence County District Attorney's Office will have evening hours on Monday from 6 to 9.
Any crime victim who has a case pending before Lawrence County Common Pleas Court and who is unable to make appointments during regular business hours can schedule an evening appointment with district attorney's staff to discuss the status of their cases.
Evening hours will be the first Monday of each month from 6 to 9 by appointment only.
For more information or to set up an appointment, call (724) 656-1916 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Mecca Twp. meeting
MECCA -- Mecca Township trustees have scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. Friday at Mecca Town Hall.
This year-end meeting is for final payment of 2004 expenditures.
Bristol library meeting
BRISTOLVILLE -- The Bristol Public Library trustees will have a reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 3 in the library's meeting room.