Gun pulled on coach at ball game

AUSTINTOWN — Police say they charged a 64-year-old Austintown man with aggravated menacing in connection with pulling a handgun on a baseball coach Tuesday.

The episode happened during an argument near the ball field where his grandson was playing.

Dallas D. Lough of Westchester Drive pleaded innocent to the first-degree misdemeanor Wednesday in County Court in Austintown. He remains free on bond. If convicted on the charge, he could get up to six months in jail.

Austintown police said Lough was attending a baseball game between 13- and 14-year-old PONY League teams from Austintown and Struthers at Koch Field on North Raccoon Road.

Lough was standing behind the backstop while his grandson was pitching and was being vocal enough to get a warning from the home plate umpire to stop, police said.

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