Possible theft charge

Possible theft charge
LIBERTY -- A 46-year-old township man may face charges of theft and tampering with a fire hydrant after police were told that he was illegally filling his pool.
Police found a blue hose attached to a fire hydrant in the 600 block of North Lawn Avenue around 2:40 p.m. Saturday that stretched to a pool in the back yard, reports said. The homeowner told police he had a permit to use the water from the hydrant, but it was in his truck at work. When officials from the water department in Youngstown were contacted, they said such permits are not issued, reports said.
Police plan to confer with water department officials today to decide whether to file criminal charges.
Woman hurt in house fire
WARREN -- Firefighters are investigating a house fire that sent a woman to the regional burn unit at Children's Medical Center, Akron. The fire broke out around 4:32 a.m. Sunday at the 296 Washington N.W. home, firefighters said. Firefighters declined to give the woman's name but said she suffered first- and second-degree burns on her body. She was taken to Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital and then taken to Akron.
A plea to conserve water
GIRARD -- Because of storm damage from the past weekend, city officials are asking all residents to conserve water for the next two days.
YSU student trustee
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University finance major Paul L. Walker of Poland has been appointed to serve as a student trustee on the YSU Board of Trustees.
The appointment, announced last week by Gov. Bob Taft, is for a term ending May 1, 2006.
Walker is an honor student, a member of the Student Government Association and a tutor for the YSU Center for Student Progress.
Autopsy verifies drowning
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An autopsy has confirmed that Nathaniel Michael McCoy, 16, of Philadelphia drowned. Pennsylvania State Police said toxicology reports are still pending from Friday's autopsy.
McCoy died Wednesday while swimming with four other juveniles and an adult.