Man is killed in crash

Man is killed in crash
HUBBARD -- A 22-year-old Hubbard motorist was killed early today in a one-car crash on the city's south side.
Pronounced dead at the scene was Nicholas Evans of Hillview Drive.
Police said Evans was driving south on Hager Street about 2:15 a.m. when his car went off the left side of the road at a sharp curve where Hager becomes Parkview Drive.
Police said the car struck a guardrail and trees, causing Evans to be partly ejected. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Administrator honored Chief Justice Moyer
YOUNGSTOWN -- Laura McLaughlin, Youngstown Municipal Court administrator, was among 30 graduates of a weeklong court management program recently honored in Columbus by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer.
The program addresses many of the issues, including improved skills in case management, budgeting, technology and human resources, Moyer said.
McLaughlin, a licensed social worker and certified chemical dependency counselor, has been court administrator since April 2001. Her experience includes 10 years managing a community corrections facility.
Restaurant robbery
BOARDMAN -- Township police are investigating a robbery Saturday at the Hunan House on Boardman-Poland Road.
According to police, a man came into the restaurant three times just before 11 p.m. to order and pick up food. The last time he entered, he demanded money from the cash register and received between $400 and $500.
Police said the man indicated he had a gun, but no one saw a weapon.
Opening on committee
NEW MIDDLETOWN -- Mayor Robert Carson invites village residents to apply for an upcoming vacancy on the village planning and zoning committee.
Anyone interested in the volunteer position should send a letter to Carson at the village building on state Route 170 by Nov. 3.
The committee meets as needed.
Officers added for event
AUSTINTOWN -- Additional police officers will be on patrol enforcing traffic laws during Fitch High School's homecoming on Friday and Saturday.
The extra patrols are funded through the governor's Highway Safety Office.
Ex-patrolman arrested
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chris Bonacci, who resigned last November as a city patrolman, was arrested around 2:30 a.m. today in the 300 block of Cohasset Drive on a drug charge.
Bonacci, 33, of North Bon Air Avenue, was a passenger in a car driven by Denise Geddie, 19, of Roxbury Avenue, police said. Geddie was driving with the high beams on and no license-plate light, police said.
Bonacci was arrested on a charge of possession of cocaine and Geddie was charged with driving under suspension.
Police said they found suspected crack in the car.
2 Youngstown menarrested in traffic stop
AUSTINTOWN -- Police have charged Rhiannon Summerville, 21, of McCollum Road, Youngstown, with driving under suspension, driving left of center, and two counts of carrying a concealed weapon.
Officers said they found an unloaded .38-cal. handgun in Summerville's waistband and a knife in her purse during a traffic stop.
Jacob Burgy, 19, of Manhattan Avenue, Youngstown, who police said was a passenger in Summerville's car, was arrested on a warrant charging aggravated assault.
Police said Burgy is accused of taking part in the beating of a 24-year-old man July 4 at a Bexley Road home.
Summerville and Burgy are in Mahoning County Jail.