Reward for information

Reward for information

SOUTHINGTON — The family of Michael D. Brown, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in August, is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the driver.

Brown, 32, was struck and killed about 10:10 p.m. Aug. 16 on state Route 82 at Collar Price Road in Brookfield Township. The Ohio State Highway Patrol at Southington said Brown, wearing a helmet, was westbound on Route 82 when the driver of a pickup truck pulled into the intersection.

The truck is described as a late 1990s to early 2000s Ford F-150, possibly maroon, with a large rebel flag decal across the rear window and after-market rims. The vehicle would have sustained damage to the lower body panel portion of the driver’s side. The driver is described as a middle-aged white man with short, light-colored hair. Anyone having information is asked to contact the patrol, (330) 898-2311.

Man dies in crash

SANDY LAKE, Pa. — An 18-year-old Sandy Lake man was killed in a car crash on Lake Wilhelm Road at Creek Road in New Vernon Township. Pennsylvania State Police said William Bly was speeding north when his 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra traveled off the east side of the road. Police said he over-steered back onto the road and the car began sliding sideways. It went into a ditch and became airborne before hitting with two trees.

Robbed in parking lot

BOARDMAN — A 20-year-old restaurant employee says she was robbed while making a night deposit. The woman, from a pizza eatery in the Southern Park Mall, told police that she went to National City Bank, Market Street, about 10 p.m. Saturday night.

When she got out of her car, a maroon Oldsmobile pulled into a spot near her, and the driver, a man in his late 20s wearing a black hoodie and a skull cap, got out, pulled a gun and demanded the money.

The woman fled through the parking lot and the man chased her in the car, striking the back of her legs with the front of his car. The woman fell and threw the deposit bag at the man. He then fled in the car toward Tinseltown theater.

The woman declined medical treatment. Police found the car early the next day in the theater parking lot.

Warren armed robberies

WARREN — City police are looking into a series of armed robberies.

An employee at the BP gas station, 1290 E. Market St., reported about 9 p.m. Saturday that a man with a gun robbed the station. About 3:35 p.m. Friday, a 36-year-old Warren man said he was parked in his car outside a Youngstown Road convenience store when three men robbed him of $170.

Less than an hour later, a 27-year-old Warren man told police he was at a carwash at West Market Street and Southern Boulevard when he was robbed by three men. Also, a gunman got away with cash from the Dollar General Store on Parkman Road about 9 p.m. Friday.

School to honor vets

CORTLAND — Lakeview High School will have a program to honor area veterans at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 8 in the school auditorium. Any area veterans who can attend are asked to call (330) 637-4921 so they can be introduced. The program will include the American Legion Honor Guard, school symphonic band and women’s chorale.

Crisis team training

WARREN — The Trumbull County Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Trumbull Lifelines, the county’s alcohol, drug addiction and mental health services board, are sponsoring the fourth Crisis Intervention Team training for law enforcement officers Wednesday through Friday and Nov. 1-2.

The training program will be at the Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority in the first-floor conference room, 4076 Youngstown Road, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

On Nov. 2 the training will be held at Packard Music Hall at 1703 Mahoning Ave., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The officers will do role playing with volunteer local actors.

The training is free and is open to all of the county’s law enforcement agencies. Contact John Myers, CIT steering committee coordinator at Trumbull Lifelines, at (330) 675-2765, Ext. 110.