Austintown Colts official reports theft to police

Austintown Colts official reports theft to police

AUSTINTOWN — Jeffrey Jones, president of Austintown Colts youth football league, has filed a report with the Austintown Police Department stating that one of the organization’s officers has taken money.

Jones told police at least one check was discovered forged with his signature.

He said one other check was written to the person in question, and two more were written to cash with the purpose of paying the organization’s bills.

All three of those checks had the proper signature, but Jones said the money was never used for its intended purpose.

In total, he said at least $3,000 was taken from the Austintown Colts funds.

Copies of the checks were provided to the police department, and Jones said the account has since been closed.

Austintown detectives are investigating the matter.

Patient privacy at HMHP

YOUNGSTOWN — Effective immediately, no condition information can be released regarding a crime and/or trauma patient being treated at, or admitted to, St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center or St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, said Tina Creighton, senior public relations specialist.

Humility of Mary Health Partners is required by law to follow the guidelines outlined by the Health Information Protection and Portability Act. Those guidelines provide health care facilities the discretion to limit patient information when it is in the best interest of protecting the privacy of the patient.

Because trauma patients often are not able to fully comprehend their disclosure rights under HIPPA, this change is being implemented to better protect the rights of the patients and their families, Creighton added.

Woman sues trustee

YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman Township trustee, her husband and an unidentified man have been named in a lawsuit by a West Boulevard woman who says she fell at an apartment building owned by the couple.

Audrey T. Defelice filed the lawsuit this week in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court through McDonald Atty. Robert H. Evans seeking unspecified damages. The suit lists John and Kathy Miller and a John Doe. Kathy Miller is a Boardman trustee.

The Millers own an apartment building at 7391 Bonnie Place, and the unidentified man owns or was responsible for the property’s maintenance and care.

The woman says that on Dec. 10, 2006, she suffered injuries to her head, neck, shoulders and back when she fell onto the concrete walk at the building’s front entrance. Defelice was at the building as a guest.

Kathy Miller said she and her husband were unaware of the lawsuit and declined to comment.

2-vehicle crash kills man

COLUMBIANA — Frederick L. Clair II, 40, of Rogers was killed during a two-vehicle crash on state Route 558 at Fairfield School Road around 10:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Lisbon post.

Clair, driving a 2005 Chevrolet pickup, was traveling south on Fairfield School Road in Fairfield Township and failed to yield from the stop sign at state Route 558, the patrol said. His pickup struck a 2005 Ford driven east on state Route 558 by Joshua R. Workman, 22, of East Palestine.

Workman’s vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a tree. Clair’s vehicle also went off the right side of the road and struck several trees.

Clair was not wearing a seat belt. Workman, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment. The crash remains under investigation.

Fire damages home

YOUNGSTOWN — A fire was found burning in a wall near a bedroom electrical outlet at 122 Ayers St. on the East Side around 11:20 p.m. Thursday, the fire department said. No injuries were reported. Damage to the two-story house and contents was estimated at $4,500. The American Red Cross assisted the family of three with three nights at a motel on South Avenue and supplied comfort kits, laundry supplies and food.

School postpones play

HUBBARD — The Hubbard High School play “It’s a Wonderful Life” scheduled for today and Sunday is postponed until January. The new date will be announced at a later time, said Carol Killian, the school’s drama director.

Student struck near school

WARREN — A student at the Life Skills Center of Trumbull County, Franklin Street Southeast, reported being hit in the head with a crowbar around 12:30 p.m. Thursday outside the school.

The 19-year-old victim, of Warren, told police he was in a parking lot across the street from the school when he was approached by another man, with whom he argued.

The other man retrieved a crowbar or other type of pipe from his car and struck the victim on the side of the head, the victim told police.

The victim was treated at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

SIM card reported stolen

WARREN — A city man told police that the Subscriber Identity Module card was taken out of his daughter’s cell phone at Warren G. Harding High School on Thursday.

The man said the SIM card was apparently placed in another phone and charges of $617 for various services were made on his daughter’s account.

A SIM card, contained in many types of cell phones, is a sort of “mini hard disk” that holds text messages and other data, according to the wisegeek.com Web site.

Clothing donations sent

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Air Reserve Station sent some holiday cheer overseas Friday.

Two C-130 planes departed from the reserve station, carrying clothing to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The planes held seven pallets of new and used clothing to be given to the islanders who have suffered from recent hurricanes.

The clothing was donated by students and alumni of University of Notre Dame. The Girard and Liberty Rotary clubs contributed to the drive as part of their Poorest of the Poor Project. The project has gathered more than 60,000 pounds of clothing over its 20 years.