WATCHED DELIVERY STING

Watched delivery sting
NEW WATERFORD -- Village Police Chief Dan Hauter said he got to watch via Web cam as a suspected pedophile in Nebraska opened what he thought were nude photos of an underage girl. The package was actually delivered by federal agents. Hauter also said he watched April 17 as the suspect tried to hide the package as the agents entered his home. The 58-year-old man is a teacher from South Dakota who has been suspended over allegations made by a student. He has not yet been charged over the delivery sting. Hauter pretended to be a 14-year-old girl on the Internet. Hauter said the suspect performed a sex act over the Web cam and tried to solicit sex from what he thought was a teenage girl.
Museum to close for day
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Children's Museum of the Valley, 139 E. Boardman St., will close Saturday for a special program about childhood obesity. Reservations are available by calling (330) 744-5914. The museum will reopen Sunday.
Stocking Lake Glacier
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will stock Lake Glacier in Mill Creek Park with 2,500 catchable-size rainbow trout Friday. Fishing season began March 1, and boat fishing on Lakes Newport and Glacier is permitted from 6:30 a.m. until dark. Shoreline fishing is permitted from 5 a.m. until dark. A fishing license is required and there is a bag limit of five trout per day per person and no snagging is permitted.
Interest in park board
BOARDMAN -- Township trustees are seeking letters of interest from township residents who want to serve on the board of park commissioners. A letter of interest is to be submitted to the Boardman Government Center, 8299 Market St., Attention: Maggie McKee, Boardman 44512, by May 3. Appointment will be made at the regular trustees meeting May 8.
Derby Spring Rally
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Western Pennsylvania Soap Box Derby will hold its fourth annual Spring Rally on Saturday and Sunday at Scotland Meadows Park in Union Township. Spokesman Mark Mroczynski said racing will be from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Some 50 to 75 drivers from several states are expected to participate, he said.
Bond posted in case
POLAND -- A South Main Street man was released after posting bond on an aggravated burglary charge. Donald Bucci II, 19, turned himself in this week to township police on a warrant charging him with stealing guns from a home in February. He appeared Wednesday in Struthers Municipal Court. His pretrial is set for July 3 when his trial also is set for unrelated misdemeanor trespassing and aggravated menacing charges.
Robbery at Gateway
YOUNGSTOWN -- Midnight staff at Gateway to Better Living on Early Road told police a man with a stocking over his face entered around 1:25 a.m. Wednesday with a crowbar and demanded money and jewelry. Both victims complied, handing over a purse and two necklaces. The man left with another suspect who had been waiting outside as a lookout.
Crash victim dies
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A man involved in a head-on crash on Pa. Route 168 has died. Pennsylvania State Police said David J. Wagner, 51, of Old Pittsburgh Road, died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Health Center of his injuries. He had been there since Monday evening after his Dodge Daytona crossed the center line and crashed into a Jeep Rubicon driven by Vaughn Hudspath, 43, of Ellwood City. Hudspath was treated for his injuries at Jameson Hospital.
Mass for slain officer
YOUNGSTOWN -- Mass for Patrolman Michael T. Hartzell will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick Church on Oak Hill Avenue and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Christine Church on Schenley Avenue. Hartzell was shot to death in the line of duty April 29, 2003.
Sparkle Market robbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- A man in his 20s grabbed cash from an open register at Sparkle Market on Mahoning Avenue around 8 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The theft was caught on the store's surveillance tape.