Fuel theft charge

Fuel theft charge

HERMITAGE, Pa. — Larry L. Donaldson of 2120 Kinsman Road in North Bloomfield, Trumbull County, is charged in the theft of 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a Tic Toc convenience store on East State Street.

There were three thefts over three years. The latest theft, of 1,000 gallons, occurred April 28.

Donaldson is charged with three felony counts of theft, three felony counts of conspiracy and three misdemeanor counts of possession of an instrument of crime.

The crime involved a trailer with a stealthy system of sucking out fuel, Hermitage Deputy Chief Ed Holiga has said. Police searched Donaldson’s property May 27 and found the trailer there. It could be parked over an underground tank, and no one could tell fuel was being sucked out by a pump mechanism involving a vacuum system from the truck’s diesel engine, Holiga said.

Park accused in lawsuit

YOUNGSTOWN — The estate of Lennill Bush has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court against the Mill Creek Metro Parks District, contending he died because of faulty equipment.

It alleges that Bush, while employed by the park district in July 2007, was provided a piece of equipment that had not been maintained. It also alleges that he had not been properly trained and was given dangerous work beyond his capabilities.

Bush, 78, of Hillman Street, backed his lawn tractor over a curb and kept going, backing off an embankment and dropping 12 to 14 feet into a ravine, landing in a creek bed, park Police Chief Nate Pinkard said at the time. The death was ruled an accident.

The lawsuit asks for an amount in excess of $25,000 plus interest and costs.

Scout installs flagpole

HOWLAND — The effort of a 17-year-old boy working on his Eagle Scout service project has resulted in the placement of a flagpole at the Howland branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library on East Market Street.

Chris Connelly, son of Bill and Carolyn Connelly of Howland Springs Road, coordinated the raising of the 25-foot flagpole with an internal mechanism for raising and lowering flags. The pole includes lighting, a stone path leading to it and a flower bed at its base.

Connelly is a member of Boy Scout Troop 101 in Warren. A flag flown over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., was donated by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th. The pole will be dedicated at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Summer school sign-up

YOUNGSTOWN — Registration for the city’s summer school will be from 8 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday at East High School, 474 Bennington Ave. The cost is $150 per credit for residents and $155 per credit for nonresidents. Full payment is due at time of registration. Written approval from a child’s home school is needed to enroll.

Summer school begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday and classes will run from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, ending July 30. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. For additional information, call (330) 744-6944.

Child safety event

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — G.O. Crivelli Chevrolet, 3223 Wilmington Road, is sponsoring a child safety event from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the dealership. The free service, the DNA Lifeprint Child Safety Event, will provide an FBI biometric 10-digit fingerprint profile. The technology allows parents to provide their child’s fingerprints to the FBI database if the child ever turns up missing.

The service also provides a high-resolution full-color digital photograph of the child; a journal that gives all necessary vital information about the child; and a home DNA identification kit.

Transit building razed

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The New Castle Area Transit Authority is having one of its buildings razed to make way for additional parking space.

The authority recently agreed to pay Siegel Excavating of Edinburg $30,000 to demolish a building the authority owns at the corner of East Washington Street and Croton Avenue. The authority plans to use that lot plus adjacent lots that it owns for parking.