Reservists to return

Reservists to return
VIENNA -- Fifteen Air Force Reservists, all assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing's 773rd Airlift Squadron here, are scheduled to return at 9 tonight from a 60-day deployment to an air base in Kuwait.
The forward operating location was responsible for airlifting materials and personnel into Iraq and surrounding areas as well as into the Horn of Africa in support of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Decision on charge
WARREN -- The Trumbull County grand jury will soon decide if a security guard should be indicted on a felonious assault charge. Judge Thomas Gysegem sent Michael Harris' case to the grand jury after a brief hearing Tuesday in municipal court. Harris has pleaded innocent and is free on a $1,000 bond. Harris is accused of firing his gun at a 17-year-old boy.
Chance at halfway house
YOUNGSTOWN -- Ex-Mahoning County Sheriff Phil Chance was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Mich., around 10 a.m. Tuesday, the prison said. Chance has been transferred to a halfway facility in Akron. Inmates typically go to a halfway facility six months before their prison commitments are over. His prison commitment ends March 19, 2005. The 55-year-old former sheriff entered prison Jan. 24, 2000, to serve a 71-month sentence after being convicted of racketeering crimes. His sentence was reduced because he earned "good time" while incarcerated. Chance must find employment within two weeks or return to prison until March 19.
Robbery sentence
WARREN -- A 36-year-old city man will spend five years in prison for robbing a man at a U.S. Route 422 gas station earlier this year. Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court sentenced John Reed Tuesday. A jury convicted Reed on Sept. 9. Reed could have been sentenced to up to eight years in prison for the charge. Chuck Morrow, an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said the victim testified at the sentencing, saying he believed Reed was a dangerous man. Reed was convicted of robbing a man April 7 at the USA Gas Station on Route 422. Reed maintained that he didn't rob the victim.
Gun in school
NEWTON FALLS -- A 15-year-old girl who took a semi-automatic gun to school Tuesday is being held in the county juvenile justice center on a charge of possession of a deadly weapon. She is scheduled to be arraigned later this week. Police Chief Bob Carlson said the gun, which was in her book bag, was not loaded but the girl had the ammunition hidden in her clothes. The high school freshman did not say why she took the gun to school but told police that no one at school liked her.
Cop sues over crash
WARREN -- A city police officer injured in a car crash on his way to a call has filed suit against the driver of the other car. In a lawsuit filed in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, Patrolman Reuben Shaw says he was responding to an armed robbery with cruiser lights and siren on, when a vehicle driven by Loy C. Henderson of Dennison Drive N.W., turned into his. Shaw says he suffered permanent mental and physical damage and lost wages as a result of the accident Dec. 26, 2003. His wife, Stephanie, also suffered as a result of her husband's accident, the suit says. They are each asking for damages in excess of $25,000.
Extended hours
WARREN -- The Trumbull County Human Resources Department has extended its hours. The department will now be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to take applications and deal with employee issues.
Western Reserve area
YOUNGSTOWN -- The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted legislation that would provide $250,000 in federal funds to study creating a Western Reserve Heritage Area encompassing 14 northern Ohio counties, including Mahoning and Trumbull. The bill, which goes to the Senate, was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th. Should the heritage area be created, the region would be eligible for a maximum of $10 million in federal funds to preserve and promote the historic territory. The Western Reserve was established in 1786 as one of the first non-American Indians settlements outside the original 13 colonies.