Underage drinking at Newton Township party

NEWTON FALLS — Two men face a number of charges after a weekend party at an East River Road home in Newton Township.

Timothy Marcum, 52, who lives at the house at 2596 East River Road, faces 12 counts of possession of drug abuse paraphernalia and eight counts of allowing underage drinking.

He will be arraigned Thursday in Newton Falls Municipal Court.

Gary Fleming, 19, of Newton Falls, is charged with drug trafficking and underage consumption of alcohol. He is free on a $5,000 surety bond and will next appear Feb.15.

“Evidently, they were just partying. They didn’t want to talk too much,” Capt. Earl Quinn of the Newton Township Police Department said Monday.

Seven other adults were issued citations for underage drinking or possession of drug paraphernalia. Two juveniles were cited into Trumbull County Juvenile Court.

Arrests were made after police received anonymous tips early Saturday morning, Quinn said. The tipsters told   of a party in the 2500 block of East River Road at which there was drug activity and underage drinking.