Police charge city woman with child endangering

Police charge city woman
with child endangering

YOUNGSTOWN — Police arrested a 21-year-old Cain Street mother on a charge of child endangering after witnesses told police she severely beat her 6-year-old son with a belt Wednesday evening. One witness told police that Teondrea T. Waller beat her son because he used a cell phone camera to photograph a private body part on his body. Waller was expected to be arraigned today in municipal court. Police took photos of the boy’s injuries that included large swollen welts on his thighs, arms and back and a welt on his forehead that was bleeding. The boy’s grandfather now has temporary custody, reports show.

Fire department to get
investigation equipment

YOUNGSTOWN — The city fire department will purchase “critically needed” fire investigation equipment thanks to a $1,700 donation from the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 213. The check was to be presented in a ceremony today at the lodge, 451 Miller Ave. The money was raised through donations from the organization’s members, said Eagles Trustee Bill Meenachan .

Pet store robbed

BOARDMAN — An employee of a Market Street pet store told police he was robbed at gunpoint of the store’s night deposit. The employee of Petland told police that he went to National City Bank, Market Street, about 10 p.m. Wednesday when a man got out of an older white car, pointed a gun at him and demanded money. The employee handed the robber the deposit bag, containing about $300, and the gunman demanded the employee’s wallet, cash and cell phone. The employee turned over $35 and said he didn’t have anything else and the robber told him to leave, getting back into his car. The suspect drove south through the parking lot and to the light at Stadium Drive. An off-duty Mill Creek Park officer spotted the car running and unoccupied in the lot of Stadium Drive business. The car had been reported stolen in Struthers.