Motorcyclist dies after losing control of bike

Motorcyclist dies after losing control of bike

MINERAL RIDGE — A 34-year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning on West Liberty Street.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the cyclist as David J. Jones, of Hubbard.

The patrol said Jones was northbound on West Liberty, just north of Salt Springs Road, when he lost control shortly before 1:30 a.m. The 2004 Yamaha went off the left side of the roadway, striking a guardrail and a utility pole. Jones was thrown from the cycle.

Jones was not wearing a helmet, the patrol reported.

Family charged with receiving stolen goods

NILES — Four people charged with receiving stolen property are to appear in Niles Municipal Court on Aug. 22.

The Chuppa family was arrested Monday in connection with selling $3,500 in goods stolen from a shipping truck headed to Jo-Ann Fabrics stores.

Salvatore Chuppa, 73, and his wife Anna, 71, of West Park Avenue are charged along with their son Michael Chuppa, 37, and his wife, Rebecca, 38, of Elm Court.

The four were released on $2,500 bail each Monday.

State police seeking missing teenage girl

DARLINGTON, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police are looking for Tiarra Santes Kiger, a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home Aug. 5. She is 4 feet 8 inches tall, weighs approximately 118 pounds and has red-blond hair.

Tiarra is believed to be in the southern portion of Beaver County, the Chester, W.Va., area or the East Liverpool area.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Pennsylvania State Police at (724) 773-7400.

Driver arrested in theft of metal from library

YOUNGSTOWN — Sheets of metal decking that were stolen from the new library construction site on Market Street at Midlothian Boulevard were seen falling off the back of a pickup truck as the driver tried to get away, police said.

When the driver, identified as Matthew D. Flugan, 34, of Lisbon, stopped Tuesday afternoon on Southern Boulevard at Judson Avenue to retrieve the decking, Boardman police and the construction supervisor caught up with him.

He was turned over to Youngstown police and arrested on charges of theft, possession of drug abuse instrument and driving under suspension.

Bridge limit reduced

MERCER, Pa.— Mercer County Engineer Mark Miller announced load limits have been lowered from 13 to three tons on the Ohl Street Bridge in Greenville. He said the reduction results from a recent analysis of the bridge by his office.

Bones belong to woman, forensic experts say

GREENVILLE, Pa. — The arm bones found last Thursday in the basement of a house belonged to a young- to middle-aged woman, forensics experts have concluded. The Department of Forensic Sciences at Mercyhurst College in Erie examined the three bones found as a house at 103 Shenango St. was torn down.

The woman would have been around 5 feet 5 inches tall, said the Greenville/West Salem Police Department and Mercer County Deputy Coroner John Libonati. The bones were likely there for 10 or more years, the examiners concluded. Their report says the bones could be an anatomical specimen.

Libonati said the bones did not show evidence of having been cut. Police said they and the coroner’s office will continue to investigate.

Police seek bike owners

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Is your bicycle missing? New Middletown police seek the owners of several bikes the department acquired over the years. Call the department at (330) 542-2846 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Owners should be able to describe their bikes. Those not claimed will be discarded.