Shots land on property

Shots land on property
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two shots landed under the bay window of a house in the 700 block of Boston Avenue and two more in the fence Wednesday afternoon. A resident of the house, who reported the shooting around 12:30 a.m. today, told police that the shots came from a white Oldsmobile Delta 88 driving by, and he ran toward the rear of the house to escape the gunfire. Police collected four .22-caliber shells.
Fraud investigation begins
YOUNGSTOWN -- A former employee of the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority is the subject of a fraud investigation, police said. Authorities said the woman, who resigned as a result of the investigation without admitting wrongdoing, created bogus housing assistance accounts and used defunct account information to make payment checks to her acquaintances. The criminal activity began as early as December 2003 and continued until last month, when the discovery was made, reports show. The case, first investigated internally at YMHA, is in the hands of detectives.
Teens charged after party
STRUTHERS -- Four of five Poland teens charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors learned their fate Wednesday; the fifth will find out later this month.
Judge James R. Lanzo amended the charges against Matthew T. Downie of Howell Drive, Kenneth M. Toth of Suncrest Drive, Daniel P. McGarry of Center Road, and Reid A. Lamport of Massachusetts Avenue, all 18, to disorderly conduct.
The judge fined each of them $100. They also had to pay court costs.
Russell C. Snyder, 18, of Autumnwood Trail will go on trial in municipal court July 28.
All five men were arrested in February at a party at a home on Deer Creek Drive where drugs and alcohol were found. Thirteen juveniles also were arrested. Downie, Toth, McGarry, Lamport and Snyder were the only adults present.
Police get help for July 4
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will increase enforcement over the July 4 weekend in partnership with Operation CARE, combined accident reduction effort.
The patrol's regional partners include law enforcement agencies from Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Motorists can expect to see a strong patrol presence as part of the CARE campaign. Last July 4 weekend, there were five fatalities from four crashes on Ohio roads. Two of the crashes involved alcohol.
Men indicted over firearms
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury has indicted three Mahoning Valley men on firearms charges. Edward Earl Haymon, 46, of Lane Street, S.W., Warren, is charged with possessing an unregistered sawed-off rifle. Marvin Turner, 28, of Jefferson Street, Campbell, is charged with possessing a gun and ammunition after having been convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in prison. Jermaine Stroughter, 25, whose last known address was on Pasadena Avenue in Youngstown, was charged with possessing a revolver and ammunition on Feb. 22. He was convicted of a 1999 robbery, which prohibits him from and having firearms.
Man faces drug charges
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury indicted a Boardman man Wednesday on a charge of possessing with intent to distribute and distributing crack cocaine. Darryl Pierce, 35, last known to live in a Mill Creek Drive apartment, was charged with possessing and distributing almost an ounce of the drug.
Shooting charges dropped
NILES -- Charges against a Youngstown man accused of firing several shots into a crowd after a rap concert earlier this year were dismissed at the request of the city prosecutor. Justin Young, 21, of Brentwood Avenue appeared Wednesday in Niles Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and felonious assault. Initial police records said Young was identified as the man who was sitting in a car and who fired several shots during a melee in the Eastwood Mall complex parking lot after an April 9 rap concert. But Prosecutor Bruce Bennett asked that the case be dismissed after witnesses -- including the man who was shot -- said Young was not the man who pulled the trigger.