Tax-evasion case assigned

Tax-evasion case assigned
YOUNGSTOWN -- The tax-evasion case against Mark S. Colucci, 46, of Austintown has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley in Cleveland. Colucci, who voluntarily gave up his law license this month, will plead guilty at arraignment, his lawyer has said. The government said Colucci failed to pay the IRS nearly $30,000 in taxes he withheld from his employees and failed to pay $291,149 in personal income tax over a five-year period. The case was initially assigned to U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus in Youngstown, but the judge recused himself, court papers show. In 2002, Judge Economus fined Colucci for failure to show up for a court hearing.
Cleanup volunteers needed
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State University student organization YESS, Youngstown Environmental Studies Society, is seeking volunteers to assist with collecting litter and beautifying the Wick Avenue and Logan Way corridor on the North Side on Oct. 9 beginning at 10 a.m. Volunteers should meet in the parking lot of Time Warner on Wick Avenue and should bring a rake and a broom if possible. The Youngstown Litter Control and Recycling Program will provide gloves and bags. For more details, call YSU Recycling at (330) 941-2294.
Another Banner break-in
YOUNGSTOWN -- For the third time in four weeks, a break-in occurred at Banner Supply Co. on East Indianola Avenue, police said. The burglar alarm sounded at the business at 9:55 p.m. Wednesday. Police and the owner found the rear garage door open and damaged, forced from its track. A door to the main showroom was also damaged. The safe was damaged in an unsuccessful attempt to open it, reports show.
School board meeting set
HUBBARD -- The board of education will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Reed Middle School. A caucus will be at 5:45 p.m. This replaces the September meeting because none was held during the month.
Camp Fire gets EPA grant
CHICAGO -- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently awarded $35,000 to Camp Fire USA Canfield for proposing an innovative environmental education program. EPA officials said the group is among only 19 organizations in the Region 5 states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin splitting $194,000 in grants this year. Details of the grant-winning programs were not available.
Train ride to raise funds
SALEM -- The Salem Humane Society will start a capital campaign with a train ride to fund its new shelter. The train departs from the depot at 11 a.m., 12:30, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Steam Railroad Museum in Minerva. The one-hour round-trip train ride goes through farm country. The cost is $30 per person. The Pullman rail car seats 30. The ride includes a buffet and an open bar. At the depot will be animals, educational information, snacks and children's games. For more information, call (330) 332-2600.
Federal indictments
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury has indicted three tri-county area residents, the U.S. attorney said. Kenneth Dotson Jr., 23, of Chambers Street, Campbell, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Kelly L. Myers, 41, of Leslie Road, Lisbon, was charged with embezzling $87,600 from National City Bank in East Liverpool while she was a head teller there in 2000 and 2001. Tyronne Dennison, 29, of Hollywood Avenue, Niles, was charged with possessing with intent to distribute about 1/3 of an ounce of crack cocaine and possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in prison.
Indicted on charges
WARREN -- A 40-year-old Liberty Township man is indicted on charges of aggravated robbery, failure to comply with order or signal of a police officer and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. A Trumbull County grand jury issued the indictment against Larry Johnson of Belmont Avenue on Wednesday. He was to be arraigned today in the courtroom of Judge John Stuard. Johnson is accused of helping to rob the BP gas station at Belmont Avenue and Gypsy Lane on Sept. 11. Johnson's co-defendant, Anthony Smith, 43, of Norwood Avenue, is facing charges of aggravated robbery, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest. His case is pending.