Facing drug charge

Facing drug charge

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who police said tried to conceal a large bag of cocaine under his armpit in the parking lot of a gas station was arraigned Wednesday in municipal court. Roderick Wilson II, 21, of Warwick Avenue is charged with felony drug possession and driving under suspension. Members of the Street Crimes Unit arrested Wilson around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in the McGuffey Speed Check parking lot on the East Side. Police said they saw Wilson take the bag of drugs from his pants pocket and place it under his armpit. The bag contained 23 packaged-for-sale rocks of crack and five packaged-for-sale bags of powdered cocaine, police said.

Missing library card used

WARREN — Someone with an interest in candle making is borrowing 16 books from the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library on someone else’s library card.

A 57-year-old Cortland woman reported that she left her library card somewhere in the library Aug. 28 and found out later that someone had checked out 16 books worth around $600 on it. Robert Briel, library director, said the library’s policy is to require someone who reports such an incident to make out a police report but not to charge the individual for the books unless there is reason not to believe the person.

Someone using another person’s library card to steal items is typically more likely to check out movies than books, he said. The woman reported that the books were mostly about candle making, but one was the novel “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.”

PUCO adopts 911 plan

COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday adopted Columbiana County’s 911 plan that will implement enhanced 911 service in the county. The system is scheduled to become operational today.

“Enhanced” means dispatchers will see information on a screen showing the phone customer’s name and location from which an emergency call was made.

A formal test of the system is scheduled for late morning at the county’s Emergency Management Agency in Lisbon.

The program only affects land lines, or “wirelines.” The county still must complete its plans to provide similar 911 response to cell phone, or wireless, calls made anywhere in the county.