Reward offered in Dr. Sweet house shooting case

YOUNGSTOWN — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrest and indictment in connection with shooting into the Liberty Township home of Youngstown State University President David and Pat Sweet in late December.

Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers at (330) 746-CLUE. The identity of callers will remain anonymous.

Dr. Sweet and his wife returned to their home late on the afternoon of Dec. 28, after being out of state for a week visiting family. The next morning, Dec. 29, Dr. Sweet discovered a bullet hole in the upstairs front bedroom window and a bullet lodged in the crown molding. There were two bullet holes in the first floor den window with a bullet lodged in the wall over the sofa, and two bullets outside that had hit the front stonework framing the den and front stairway windows.

Liberty police are investigating, with the assistance of the YSU police and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. The reward money is being offered by several individuals who wish to remain anonymous.