Psychiatric evaluation for Shenango Twp. man

Psychiatric evaluationfor Shenango Twp. man
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A Shenango Township man is undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Jameson Hospital after trying to light his trailer on fire. Shenango Township police arrested Dwight Short of lot 24, New Butler Road, Kerr's Trailer Park, on Sunday. Police had not determined Short's age. They were called to the trailer park for a disturbance in Short's trailer. They said he barricaded himself in the trailer and then cut himself. Police said they believe he fired some shots from a BB gun. Police said Short then tried to start a fire inside the trailer, but it was quickly doused by the Shenango Township Volunteer Fire Department. Charges are pending Short's release from the hospital, police said.
Smoke from dryer
SALEM -- Salem firefighters and police responded to a report of smoke coming from Reilly Elementary School at 6:49 p.m. Sunday. The fire department found that a timer on a commercial clothes dryer had malfunctioned and the machine had not shut off after being used. The fire department disconnected the dryer and told school officials to check it.
Man held in assault
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Rashund A. Smith, 25, of Bell Avenue was charged with aggravated assault, sexual assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault and unlawful restraint. Pennsylvania State Police said he is accused of assaulting a woman in a Taylor Township apartment early Sunday. Police said the woman was threatened with a knife and her head was held under water in her bathtub. The victim and Smith knew each other, police said. Smith was arrested by New Castle police and turned over to state police. He was arraigned by District Justice J.V. Reed and was in Lawrence County Jail this morning after failing to post $20,000 bond.
Jewelry, drugs stolen
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- About $1,200 in jewelry and prescription medication were taken from a home in the Countryside Estates Trailer Park in Mahoning Township. Pennsylvania State Police said two unidentified white men went to the home at 9:40 p.m. Saturday through an unlocked front door. One man held a gun to the victim's head and demanded all of his valuables. The resident was able to escape to a nearby trailer to call police, and the robbers ran off.
Man in wheelchair is hit
HUBBARD -- Police were still investigating an accident in which a vehicle hit a man in a wheelchair early today. City officers and investigators from the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene on West Liberty Avenue, just in front of the Hubbard Public Library, shortly before 9 a.m. Dispatchers were unsure if the man had been in the crosswalk and did not immediately have his name or other details available.
Veterans of Korean War
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Five Korean War veterans attended a service honoring them and others on the 54th anniversary of the war. Children in traditional Korean clothes and others in shorts and rugby shirts sang the American and Korean national anthems at the service Sunday at the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church in Lower Allen Township. "The congregation's gratitude is a little overwhelming," said one veteran, Luther Falkenstein, 73, of Spring Grove. "The Korean people are really appreciative. They always were like that." Elder Hyun Y. Kim showed slides of American GIs, Koreans orphaned by the war and modern Korea. The congregation thanked the men for their sacrifices and applauded repeatedly. The church donated $200 for a planned Korean War monument in York. The church has held the service for five years. "We want to show that we are living in America, so we are part of American community, and we want to teach to the next generation [that] Americans really sacrificed their lives for Korea," said Deacon Hong Rim.