Door-to-door salesman carried toilet to sell

Door-to-door salesmancarried toilet to sell
YOUNGSTOWN -- Samuel Haskins, 40, of West Delason Avenue, faces various charges after city police discovered him going door to door early Sunday trying to sell a toilet that may have been stolen. Police said Haskins was arrested about 2 a.m. and charged with breaking and entering and drug paraphernalia. He also was charged on a warrant for failure to appear on a previous charge of having an open container of alcohol.
Police received a call to the 500 block of West Delason reporting a man was pounding on a door trying to sell something. Police later found Haskins walking toward the door of another home in the 400 block of Cohasset Drive. According to reports, Haskins told police he was going door to door trying to sell the toilet to get money for beer, and that he had taken the toilet from a vacant Cohasset Drive house. Police said the toilet Haskins possessed still had stickers on it and water in it. Police said they discovered a crack pipe while searching Haskins. The charge of breaking and entering was made because he admitted breaking into the vacant house, police said.
North Park Ave. crash
BAZETTA -- Ohio State Highway Patrol and ambulance crews were on the scene of an accident Sunday night on North Park Avenue. Emergency 911 dispatchers said that the accident was called in at 7:15 p.m. and at least one vehicle had overturned. One person was taken to St. Joseph Health Center in Warren. No other details were available.
Arrest on drug charges
YOUNGSTOWN -- Jack Lenz, 22, of Matta Avenue was charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop Saturday night on Bentley Avenue, city police reported. Police said they stopped Lenz about 7:10 p.m. and that as they approached the car, Lenz reached toward his feet and they asked him to step out of the car. Police said they found a syringe in the car. When they searched Lenz, police said they found a plastic bag with five packages of suspected heroin in his right shoe, two more blue packages of suspected heroin in his wallet and a needle in his pocket.
Yard sale rescheduled
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 7th Ward Citizens' Coalition has rescheduled its yard sale for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Ipe Field. Bad weather Aug. 28 caused the rescheduling. Spaces to display items remain available. Contact coalition president John R. Swierz at (330) 788-5114 for more information.
Former officer sues
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A former police officer has filed suit alleging that ranking officers called her pregnancy a "problem" and also suggested that she stop wearing skirts and heels while off duty. Billie Jo "B.J." Pierce alleges that a Millcreek Township police lieutenant made derogatory remarks about her pregnancy and that the police chief told her she would not be considered for other assignments until she changed the way she dressed off-duty.
Millcreek Township officials called Pierce's allegations groundless. The township's lawyer, Richard Perhacs, described her as a "difficult employee."