Man faces gun charges

Man faces gun charges

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Police filed charges against a man they said pointed a gun at boys over firecrackers.

John Wesley Owens, 61, of 704 Harbor St., faces charges of unlawfully possessing firearms as a convicted felon; having firearms without a license; reckless endangering; and terroristic threats. He will go before District Justice Jennifer Nicholson at 9:30 a.m. next Tuesday.

Police said they were called to a neighbor of Owens’ after a 12- and a 14-year-old boy told family members he had pointed a gun at them.

Owens had told them to stop lighting firecrackers and they wouldn’t, so Owens got out a gun, the boys told police.

Police confiscated the gun, a .22-caliber Magnum, along with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun.

Teens spot naked man

BOARDMAN — Four teenagers reported seeing a naked man outside a Boardman-Canfield Road shopping plaza.

The three girls and one boy, ages 13 to 16, told police that they saw the man between two businesses at the Huntington Woods Mall about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. They described the man as white, 50 to 60 years old, about 6 feet tall, weighing about 200 pounds and with short, gray hair.

Police checked the area but didn’t find the man.

Vandals cut off AC at Liberty businesses

LIBERTY — Police are trying to determine who is responsible for stopping the flow of cool air at more than a dozen businesses on Belmont Avenue.

According to police reports, someone cut cables and electricity to about 15 cooling systems leading to businesses in a small plaza at 3622 Belmont Ave. on Saturday. Police reports say the vandals were likely planning to return and steal the units.