Motorcyclist dies; was injured in 2002

Motorcyclist dies;was injured in 2002
NILES -- A motorcyclist struck by a motorist in front of Super Kmart in 2002 has died, city police say.
Police said they received notification Tuesday from the Columbiana County Coroner's Office that Emerson G. Hake, 52, who lived in Warren at the time, had died.
Hake was injured June 22, 2002, when a vehicle driven by Patricia M. Simons, 42, of 13th Street, Weathersfield, turned into Hake's cycle along Mall Boulevard in front of Kmart, according to the police report.
Simons was charged at the time with driving under suspension and reckless operation on private property.
Police said no additional charges will be filed until the results of the autopsy are available.
Construction blastingfor Route 711 Connector
GIRARD -- Blasting for construction of the state Route 711 Connector resumed Tuesday, according the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Explosions will occur throughout February, usually in the afternoons each day if weather permits.
The work is part of the $59.8 million connector project.
Animal shelter open house
LORDSTOWN -- The Animal Welfare League's shelter will conduct a Valentine week open house Monday through Feb. 14.
The shelter at 545 Brunstetter Road S.W. is open from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday; and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Baby dies in home
YOUNGSTOWN -- A baby boy who weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces when born Jan. 29 weighed 4 pounds after being pronounced dead Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Health Center, police said.
The ambulance crew that responded to 151 W. Boston Ave. at 5:30 p.m. told police that the baby appeared to be malnourished and emaciated.
Although those in the house said the baby had stopped breathing 10 minutes before the ambulance crew arrived, rigor mortis had already started, reports show.
"At no time did any family member show up at the hospital," an officer wrote in his report.
The infant had been left in the care of a 14-year-old girl, who told police the boy's mother and two other adults had gone shopping at 5 p.m. for a car seat.
Aside from the baby-sitter, police found three other children in the house, ages 12, 9 and 3.
The death is under investigation.
Sentencing in shooting
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Hammaker Street man could get 19 years in prison when he is sentenced for firing a gun toward a crowd of people. A sentencing date has not been set.
Timothy Clay, 24, was found guilty this week of two counts of felonious assault and two firearm specifications.
Visiting Judge Charles J. Bannon of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ordered that a background check be done on Clay before he is sentenced. Judge Bannon is a retired common pleas judge sitting by special assignment of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Assistant prosecutor Robert Andrews said Clay fired several shots at people who were standing outside a house on Stansbury Drive on Oct. 10, 2003. No one was struck by the shots.
The shooting stemmed from an "ongoing problem" between Clay's nephew and someone who lived at the house, Andrews said.
Pickup tire slashed
SALEM -- A Canfield woman told police that someone slashed a rear tire on her compact pickup.
The crime occurred sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday while the truck was parked in the 1000 block of North Ellsworth Avenue.
Exposure report madeat Mahoning career center
CANFIELD -- Police are investigating a report that a male student pulled down his pants in front of a female teacher Tuesday morning at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.
The teacher told police the student dropped his pants about 10 a.m. She said he had been upset about an assignment and was trying to get out of it.
Reports don't list the student's age.