Ex-team treasurer pleads guilty in theft

Ex-team treasurer
pleads guilty in theft

WARREN — The former treasurer of the Hubbard Little Eagles Youth Football League has pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of property in the theft of money from the league. Susan Hetrick, 38, of Vista Drive, Hubbard, pleaded guilty Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court before Judge Peter Kontos, who ordered that a pre-sentence report be conducted. The report usually takes four to six weeks to prepare. In exchange for the plea, a charge of theft was dismissed. David Toepfer, an assistant county prosecutor, said Hetrick stole about $20,000 from the league. She has made restitution of $13,000 and will pay back an additional $8,000. Toepfer said the cash was used to pay her household bills from March 2006 to May 2007.

PSU Shenango plans
research presentation

SHARON, Pa. — The community is invited to attend the third in a series of four Penn State Shenango faculty-student research presentations at noon Wednesday in the Lartz Memorial Library. Dr. Missa Murry Eaton, assistant professor of psychology, will present her ongoing research called “When Parents Base Their Self-Worth on their Children: Implications for Parents and for Children.” Dr. Eaton has been researching groups of children and their parents for the past decade. The presentation is sponsored by the campus’s Research and Faculty Development Committee.

Gas station shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — A witness to a shooting at Ohio Gas Mart, 2637 Glenwood Ave., told police that a man argued with Talvinder Singh, the store owner’s brother, left and then returned and fired one shot. Singh, 46, was found lying on the floor behind the counter at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, bleeding heavily from the left chest area. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where police learned that the bullet just missed his heart. He was in serious condition at the hospital Monday night.

Library plans book sale

EAST PALESTINE — The Friends of the East Palestine Memorial Public Library will have a book sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. If you have spare plastic bags, bring them.

Wounded by gunfire

WARREN — A 25-year-old Cortland man was wounded by gunfire Monday as he attempted to buy drugs in Warren, he told police. The man was treated at St. Joseph Health Center for three gunshot wounds of the arm. He told police he was trying to buy drugs in the area of Highland Avenue and Second Street about 12:30 a.m. He went to a house when a man in a mask answered the door and opened fire.

Facing gun charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The passenger of a Ford Mustang stopped on the West Side for having no front license plate was arrested on gun charges at 1:45 a.m. Monday. Luis A. Gonzalez, 28, of Ninth Street, Campbell, was video-arraigned Monday on improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and two counts of illegally having a weapon based on previous convictions. He was also arraigned on an old charge of driving under suspension for which a warrant had been issued in March 2007. Bond was set at $28,500 and preliminary and pretrial hearings set for next Tuesday. Police who stopped the car on South Belle Vista Avenue found a loaded .40-caliber magazine in Gonzalez’s pants and a loaded .40-caliber pistol under the passenger seat, reports show. Police cited the car’s driver for having no front plate and having an open container of beer.

Vacant house fire

YOUNGSTOWN — A street department crew had to salt icy Joseph Street so that firefighters could access 607 Joseph, a vacant two-story house intentionally set on fire around 2 a.m. Sunday, reports show. Damage to the property was listed as $2,500, a total loss.