Teens arrested in thefts

Teens arrested in thefts

CANFIELD — Numerous items stolen from unlocked cars over the New Year’s holiday weekend were recovered and three teenage boys — all from Canfield — have been arrested.

The boys were taken to the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center to face charges of receiving stolen property.

Sheriff Randall A. Wellington said items recovered include eight global positioning satellite units, two radar detectors, two iPod docking stations and a Sony Handycam, XM radio, DVD player and 150-watt power inverter. The sheriff said detectives from his department worked with Canfield police.

The thefts occurred in the city and township.

Canfield waterline break

CANFIELD — A waterline break Tuesday on Dartmouth Drive is responsible for discolored water in the system, the city administration says. Residents can boil water for consumption as a precaution. The only way to remove the discoloration is by running water.

Wind causes outages

High winds Tuesday night and Wednesday morning that brought down power lines resulted in outages for roughly 7,000 customers in the Eastern Region of First Energy that includes eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, said spokesman Paul Harkey.

Most of the outages occurred in Warren and Kinsman in Trumbull County in Ohio and Mercer and New Castle in Mercer County in Pennsylvania, he said. Less than 500 of the outages affected customers in the Youngstown and Salem areas.

Harkey said trees and limbs coming down on power lines accounted for 90 percent of the outages. Extra crews were being brought in Wednesday to restore power.

Body is identified

BERLIN CENTER — A body found around 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 17000 block of Mill Road has been identified as 55-year-old Virginia Kicula, according to the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department.

Kicula, of Bedell Road, had been reported missing Oct. 24, 2007, by her husband, said Sheriff Randall A. Wellington. He said it appears Kicula had been sitting on cement blocks and fell down a hill when she stood up.

The body had been covered with leaves, which blew away in Tuesday’s high winds, he said. Foul play is not suspected, the sheriff said, adding more will be known after an autopsy.

Water repairs at station

YOUNGSTOWN — Low water pressure is expected in Canfield Township and parts of Boardman and Austintown townships while the water department conducts repairs to the Webb Road pump station.

The pump station will be shut down at midnight today and will remain out of commission until 6 a.m. Friday.

Those in the affected areas are asked to conserve water during the repairs. The work will affect Austintown water customers west of Raccoon Road and south of New Road, Boardman customers from Mill Creek Park West to Tippecanoe Road. All of Canfield Township will be affected, Canfield City will not.

Suspected in fire

YOUNGSTOWN — Neighborhood juveniles who have been using a vacant house at 510 Sunshine Ave. on the East Side as a clubhouse are suspected of setting fire to paper in the kitchen sink around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, the fire department said.

A neighbor forced open a window over the sink and extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.

Agency officers chosen

YOUNGSTOWN — Vincent Schuyler has been named 2008 president of the board of directors of Catholic Charities Regional Agency.

Other officers are Rev. Donald King, first vice president; Samuel Scafide, second vice president; Suzanne Fitzgerald, secretary; and Dr. Helen Savage, treasurer. New directors include Marianne Potina, Atty. Leo Puhalla and Dr. Raymond Shaffer.

Outgoing members recognized by the board include William Anderson and Atty. E. Carroll “Ted” Thornton.

The agency serves Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties, is a United Way agency and an affiliate member of the Diocese of Youngstown Catholic Charities Corp.

Board meeting canceled

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mill Creek MetroParks board meeting scheduled for Monday has been canceled.