City employee’s trial is Oct. 24

YOUNGSTOWN — A city water department employee faces trial Oct. 24 on charges of driving under suspension, unsafe vehicles, no seatbelt and display of plates/expired plates.

James B. Black, 47, of Helena Ave., appeared before Municipal Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr. for a pre-trial hearing Friday.

City officials said Black, who was hired in January, had been driving city vehicles until they learned his license had been suspended. He was arrested at the water department July 22 after he failed to appear in municipal court on the traffic charges, which had been filed in June.