2 men report assaults; both went to hospitals

2 men report assaults;
both went to hospitals

WARREN — Two men were treated at area hospitals after reporting that they were assaulted in separate incidents late Sunday and early Monday.

Antuan A. Miller, 21, of Randolph Street was treated at St. Joseph Health Center after he reported being hit in the head with a firearm about 11 p.m. Sunday. Miller said the assault took place at 1650 Youngstown Road S.E., near Woodbine Avenue.

Another man, Brian S. Fiorentino, 37, of Robbins Avenue, Niles, was being treated at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital Monday night for injuries he received by being struck in the head with a baseball bat at around 1:30 a.m. Monday. Fiorentino told police he was hit by an unknown person at the corner of South and Chestnut streets.

Backyard compost bins

WARREN — The Geauga Trumbull Solid Waste Management District will offer backyard compost bins from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9 in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 2015 Wal-Mart Drive, Warren.

The Earth Machine bins cost $30 and are valued at $80. Payment is by cash or check. For more information, call the solid waste district at (330) 675-2673 or visit the district Web site at www.startrecycling.com or earthmachine.com.

Recycling at Crestview

COLUMBIANA — The next recycling collection at Crestview High School will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in the high school parking lot. Paper items collected are: newspapers, magazines, phone books, catalogs, paperback books, hardcover books, school and office paper, junk mail and cardboard of all types. It would be helpful if paper items are separated by type and packed into brown paper bags, smaller plastic bags, or smaller cardboard boxes.

Clean aluminum cans can be brought in larger plastic bags.

Computers, monitors, keyboards and printers can also be recycled. People can bring these items to the high school during the collection times, or they can be taken to Go Computers, across from McKinney’s Furniture on the bypass in Salem. Store hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact Andrew Gangi at (330) 337-8355 for more information on recycling the computers. Contact Kathy Cattrell by e-mail at kcattrell@crestviewlocal.k12.oh.us or at (330) 482-4744 at the high school if you have any questions.

Voting on budget

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The New Castle Area School Board will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. today to vote on the adoption of the 2007-08 preliminary budget, and for general purposes. All school board meetings are in the boardroom of the Croton Administration Building, 420 Fern St.

Sex offender arrested

WARREN — Police arrested a former Detroit man who is a registered sex offender on a warrant early Monday after they found him walking with two 16-year-old girls.

DeJaunte K. Baldwin, 22, of Van Wye Street Southeast, was taken to the Trumbull County Jail to be held on a warrant from Michigan state police after he was arrested on West Market Street at 2:30 a.m. The two girls were released to their parents.

Bugs on seized drugs

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — These weren’t just bugs. These were bugs on drugs.

An Erie County judge signed a death warrant of sorts, so Erie police could burn about 70 pounds of seized khat — an illegal, leafy drug — being held as evidence and then hire an exterminator to kill bugs which had infested the drugs.

Police asked District Erie County Attorney Brad Foulk to get the court order because the drugs had attracted small bugs called drain flies. The drugs were burned May 21, and an exterminator was brought in later.

“We had no idea this stuff could carry bugs,” said Erie police Lt. Mike Nolan.

The drug can be chewed or smoked and is common in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, but relatively uncommon in northwestern Pennsylvania. Three men are still awaiting trial on charges they possessed the drugs, which were seized by police in March.