Mail fraud charges

Mail fraud charges

BOARDMAN — An information filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Cleveland charges Dominic Frazzini, who once owned the Shooting Gallery, a gun dealership and firing range on Southern Boulevard, with mail fraud. An information means the defendant has waived indictment and, in nearly all cases, reached a plea agreement with the government. The information says Frazzini, of Oak Ridge Drive, devised a scheme to obtain money over the Internet and other places for guns he did not have and never intended to deliver. He required the buyer to mail him a partial payment for the firearms, the government said. The scheme operated between January 2002 and May 2003, court papers show. No court date has been set for Frazzini’s initial court appearance.

Stolen car found in river

SHARON, Pa. — Sharon police and firefighters fished a car out of the Shenango River. Police Chief Mike Menster said they got a call just before midnight Tuesday that there was a crash and a car had gone over the side of a bridge. Police found a partially submerged 1995 Buick sedan near the Budd Street bridge. Menster said they later determined the car was not involved in a crash but was driven to a nearby canoe launch and pushed into the water. Once they pulled the car from the water, they found it had been stolen that night from the 1100 block of Fruit Avenue in Farrell. A window was smashed and the steering column was damaged, he said. No one was inside, he said.

Saturday tire recycling

YOUNGSTOWN — Those wanting to get rid of their passenger-vehicle tires can do so Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RRI of Ohio, a business at 1165 Brittian St. The company is doing the tire recycling drive in conjunction with the city’s litter control and recycling unit and the Mahoning County Green Team. The first two tires are free with a $1.50 fee for each tire after that — up to 10 tires per vehicle. Also, rims won’t be accepted.

Expected moving contract

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are expected to approve a $34,200 contract today with Carney-McNicholas Inc., of Austintown to move the belongings of Trumbull County Job and Family Services to its new building. Tom Mahoney, JFS director, said the company is expected to work four 10-hour days the week of June 18 to move everything from the JFS office on South Park Avenue and the One-Stop jobs office on West Market Street to the new offices at the corner of North Park Avenue and Porter Street. The $2.7 million renovation of the building is nearing completion.

Warren families fed

WARREN — Second Harvest Food Bank was able to distribute 50,000 pounds of potatoes and apples to families Wednesday in Warren.

Ohio Edison First Energy in the Warren service building and employees, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Works Local 1194, raised $7,012 during their annual Harvest for Hunger Campaign. The funds were used to distribute the food at Second Christian Church, Emanuel Lutheran Church and St. Joseph Church. Second Harvest distributes 20,000 pounds of food per day and feeds 7,400 people weekly in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

Fire destroys vacant house

YOUNGSTOWN — A vacant house at 552 Harmon Ave. on the South Side was deliberately set on fire about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, the fire department said.

Firefighters found the structure engulfed in flames when they arrived and allowed it to burn down. Damage was set at $10,000, a total loss.

Welcoming for new chief

HUBBARD — The school board will have a pubic reception to welcome Mark Lucas, newly appointed superintendent of schools, at 7:15 p.m. today in the high school cafeteria. Refreshments will be served.