Dog bites boy in face

Dog bites boy in face

YOUNGSTOWN — A 2-year-old boy was bitten in the face by a pit bull dog at his North Evanston Avenue home after apparently falling over a shirt and startling the animal, reports show. The boy was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center on Monday afternoon to be treated for a cut that started in the middle of his forehead, went between his eyes and stopped near his left jaw, police said. The mother had been asleep on the couch while the child was on the floor with the dog. A witness in the room said the dog jumped up and bit the boy after being startled. The dog was then locked in a bedroom. The mother told police the dog belongs to her boyfriend, who is in jail. A dog warden called to the scene left the animal there, telling the mother to watch the dog for 10 days, and said he would follow up. Police discovered the house had no running water and told the mother to stay elsewhere until the water is turned on.

Woman, 73, arrested

YOUNGSTOWN — Police armed with a search warrant arrested Alberta McGauley, 73, in her Oak Lane home on a drug trafficking charge. Police raided the house at 1547 Oak Lane on the city’s East Side shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday and said they found McGauley sitting at the kitchen table. They also found a 0.15-ounce rock of suspected crack cocaine and some suspected crack residue on the table. Five foil bundles of suspected crack were found in a coat on a chair next to her, and $690 was found in her pockets, police said. Officers also found a loaded 9 mm handgun under a cushion on a love seat in her living room, police said. She was in Mahoning County Jail to await arraignment today.

Man shot in leg in house

YOUNGSTOWN — A Toledo man in town to visit his girlfriend on Ohio Avenue told police he was shot in the leg after being hit in the head as he slept on the couch around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. The 19-year-old victim didn’t see who shot him. He called his girlfriend, who was at a friend’s place nearby, to take him to the hospital for treatment. Police found one .380-caliber casing on the couch.

Carjacking sentence

MERCER, Pa. — A judge in Mercer County Common Pleas Court has sentenced Stacey Sellers, 45, of Maple Street, Warren, to three years and eight months to 10 years in prison for a carjacking Nov. 21, 2004, in Sharon. Court documents say Sellers approached a group of three women outside the Willow Village Apartments on Sterling Avenue. They went to get into a van when Sellers knocked one of the women to the ground. He then held a knife to another woman already in the vehicle and told her she had to come with him. She escaped by jumping from the moving vehicle and told police that Sellers then put the van into reverse and knocked her to the ground with it. She suffered rib and back injuries. Sellers pleaded guilty in August to felony robbery of a motor vehicle and two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person. He is already serving time in Ohio for a 2004 crime spree that included a carjacking.

Copper pipe stolen

BOARDMAN — A Cook Avenue couple returned to a house they own on Meadowbrook Avenue to find ceiling tile damaged and copper piping removed. The woman told police that she left the Meadowbrook house intact Oct. 2 with a for-sale sign out front. When she and her husband returned Monday afternoon, they found ceiling tile in the basement torn down and the copper piping cut and missing. The tile had been placed in the basement windows to conceal the view from the outside of the house. The thieves got into the house by breaking into the garage.

Flu, pneumonia shots

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown City Health District is offering flu and pneumonia shots from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the department, Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave. Flu shots are $10 and pneumonia shots are $30. There may be no out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part B and Medicaid recipients. Recipients, however, must bring their medical cards to determine eligibility.