Charged with meat theft

Charged with meat theft
YOUNGSTOWN -- John Pizzulo, 24, of North Avenue, Girard, was arrested on a theft charge at Sparkle Market on Gypsy Lane on Saturday afternoon after ordering $61.23 worth of cut-to-order T-bone steaks and stuffing them down his shorts, police said. Pizzulo, when he went through the checkout, paid only for two bags of potato chips, reports show. Police said Pizzulo first identified himself as someone else. The store manager said the steak would be destroyed because Pizzulo put them in his pants.
Robbery suspect captured
YOUNGSTOWN -- An aggravated-robbery suspect wanted by Liberty police was spotted by city police hiding under an abandoned car in the 600 block of Gypsy Lane around 1:15 a.m. today. Patrolman Chad Zubal yelled, "Youngstown police, show me your hands!" Liberty police arrived on the scene and took custody of the suspect, identified as Mike E. Thompson, 36, who is wanted in Texas and New York on several aggravated-robbery warrants, reports show. Liberty police said they were investigating three aggravated robberies, the last being at the BP gas station on Belmont Avenue. A man, armed with a razor, attempted a carjacking at the gas station. Two razors were found near where Thompson was hiding, police said.
Recycling collection
CALCUTTA -- The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center Volunteers Association will have a recycling collection from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 5 in the Calcutta Giant Eagle parking lot. The truck will be parked between Giant Eagle and Kmart, and items that can be recycled are: aluminum cans, copper, newspapers, magazines, paperback books, hardcover books, cardboard, phone books, school and office paper, catalogs, junk mail and notebooks of any kind. Items can be brought in plastic bags, brown paper bags, or smaller cardboard boxes. Additional collection dates will be in July, August and September. For questions, contact Kathy Cattrell at kcattrell@crestviewlocal.k12.oh.us.
African drowning victim
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) -- An autopsy confirmed Sunday that a 16-year-old youth from Africa drowned in the swimming hole of a western Pennsylvania Bible camp after his canoe capsized, authorities said. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is investigating the death Saturday of Elijah Nedegwa of Kenya. The teen arrived in Beaver County about six weeks ago, staying with a Christian missionary who met him on a church trip to Africa. Nedegwa planned to attend Beaver County Christian School in the fall. Nedegwa was helping volunteers clean up Saturday morning after a creek flooded at Pine Valley Bible Camp in North Sewickley Township, officials said. Although he couldn't swim and wasn't wearing a life preserver, Nedegwa apparently saw a canoe and paddled into a pond, where the canoe capsized sometime after 9:30 a.m.
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