Father, son charged

Father, son charged
CORTLAND -- A father and his teenage son are now charged with the theft of eight handguns. Adam Zienkiewicz, 18, of Warren-Meadville Road, Bazetta, was charged Monday with receiving stolen property. His father, Walter Zienkiewicz, 48, of Johnson-Plank Road, Bazetta, appeared Monday in Trumbull County Central District Court on a charge of receiving stolen property. The father was released on a 10,000 personal recognizance bond, while his son may be arraigned Wednesday. Adam Zienkiewicz, city police said, is alleged to have stolen six of eight guns that were taken during an April 13 break-in at the Cortland home of a firearms collector. He gave them to his father, who is accused of fencing three of them, authorities say. The father had three of the guns when his home was searched. Police have recovered all the firearms.
Raise request dropped
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawrence County Treasurer Ron Patrick has rescinded his request to give his chief deputy a 4,000 pay raise. Patrick said Tuesday there was a lack of support from the county salary board to give the pay increase to Cathy Toscano, who is now paid 39,561 annually. Patrick, who was appointed treasurer by Gov. Ed Rendell, took office earlier this month and fired second deputy Gloria Conti. He then asked that Toscano's salary be increased by the county salary board. The board includes the three county commissioners, county controller and the elected official whose office is affected. Toscano had been acting treasurer since August when the elected treasurer, Gary Felasco, was sent to state prison for theft. She had been earning about 49,000 per year as acting treasurer.
Addition to sentence
LISBON -- A man recently convicted of killing a woman was sentenced to one year in prison for taking part in a disturbance at the Columbiana County Jail. Andrew G. Irwin, 25, of East Liverpool, pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of vandalism. He and other prisoners fought with guards at the jail Oct. 6, 2006, over the quality of jail food. Irwin was convicted of murder in March in the stabbing death of Emily Foreman, 21, in Liverpool Township, last August. The new sentence will run concurrently with his murder sentence of 15 years to life. Irwin's lawyers will argue for a new trial on the murder charge. They claim another man confessed that he killed Foreman.
School bomb threat
YOUNGSTOWN -- P. Ross Berry Middle School was locked down Tuesday morning for about 30 minutes after the 911 Center received a bomb threat for the school at 940 Bryn Mawr Ave. on the East Side, said Ted Terlesky, chief of schools' security. The call came in at 9:54 a.m. Police and firefighters responded but the school was not evacuated. No bomb was found.
'Coming of Age' talk
WARREN -- Youngstown State University's Community Diversity Committee and the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will sponsor a discussion on "Coming of Age" at 6 p.m. Thursday at the library, 444 Mahoning Ave. N.W. A panel of experts will discuss the rituals dealing with children coming into adolescence. The panelists are Molly Seals, senior vice president of human resources at Humility of Mary Health Partners; Rabbi Joel Berman, of Ohev Tzedek Congregation in Youngstown; and Victor Wan-Tatah, professor of philosophy and religious studies at YSU. Dr. Nafees Ahmed, a retired administrator at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, will be the program's moderator. The event is free and open to the public.
Money OK'd for park
COLUMBUS -- The State Controlling Board has approved 100,000 for improvements at Thompson Park in East Liverpool. The move allowed the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the city to enter an agreement to complete the work.