Second arrest in slaying

Second arrest in slaying

YOUNGSTOWN— Police have arrested a second man in a homicide earlier this month.

Alan M. Johnson, 22, of Elm Street, was arrested at an apartment complex on Tyrell Avenue just after 4 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant for murder, according to a police report.

Johnson is the second man to be arrested in the slaying of Kevin Hart, 38, of Zents Street. Hart was found dead in his car with multiple gunshot wounds to the back near Zents and Logan avenues Dec. 11.

Late last week, police arrested Marcel Roberson, 27, of Tod Lane on a warrant for murder as well in connection with Hart’s death.

Johnson also had active warrants out of Mahoning County for kidnapping and burglary, according to the report.

Suspected abused probed

STRUTHERS — Police are investigating a possible case of child abuse in the city.

A 16-month-old boy was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital in Boardman with a broken leg and ankle.

His parents told the hospital the child fell down steps at a home on Stewart Street, a police report says.

A social service agent at the hospital told police the doctors’ diagnosis isn’t consistent with the parents’ story.

The child’s mother also had injuries from a fight with another woman at the home but told the agent that the child was not involved in the fight, the report says.

The doctor advised the agent to contact Children Services Board employees, the report says. There are two other children in the home — a 12-year-old and a 3-year-old, the report says.

CSB told the agent to call police.

Veal recalled at Rulli Bros.

AUSTINTOWN — Veal that was sold at Rulli Bros, 4331 Kirk Road, is being recalled.

Mahan Packaging of Bristolville is recalling about 772 pounds of veal that could have been contaminated with E. coli, according to a press release issued by the company late Tuesday.

The recalled veal carcasses were delivered between Dec. 16 and 21 to Rulli Bros and two stores in Cleveland.

A sample taken from the company Dec. 16 by the Ohio Department of Agriculture tested positive for the bacteria, according to the release.

E. coli is a bacterium that can cause death in the very young and the elderly.

Customers who might have purchased the veal should return the product to the store where it was purchased, according to the release.

Post office robbed

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh say a man robbed a post office while he was supposed to be confined to his home wearing an electronic ankle bracelet.

A federal magistrate jailed 47-year-old Albert Ervin, of Burgettstown, until he’s tried on charges of robbing the post office in Langeloth at gunpoint Oct. 9, 2008.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross Lenhardt says Ervin removed the ankle bracelet so he could leave home, then put it back on after the robbery. At the time, Ervin was confined to his home for a year for driving with a DUI suspension in West Virginia.

He’s also charged with illegally possessing the gun because he is a convicted felon and had a protection-from-abuse order against him.

Improvements at SRU

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) — Slippery Rock University has agreed to additional improvements after a judge reopened a discrimination suit alleging the state-owned school didn’t comply with a federal law requiring equal opportunities for female athletes.

Female athletes sued in 2006 after the school voted to cut eight sports — including women’s field hockey, water polo and swimming. Slippery Rock settled the suit in 2007 by reinstating field hockey and adding women’s lacrosse, but the athletes later asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to reopen the suit because of alleged disparities in women’s facilities.

Under Monday’s agreement, the school will improve its softball, field hockey and lacrosse facilities, restore water polo scholarships, open a women’s weight room, and train its staff about federal discrimination laws.

Shipbuilders to be hired

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The head of a New Jersey firm hopes to hire 150 to 160 shipbuilders by next year as his company takes over the Erie Shipbuilding LLC firm.

Arnold Witte owned DonJon Marine Co. of Hillside, N.J. On Monday, the company announced his company is buying the financially troubled Erie Shipbuilding for undisclosed terms.

As part of the deal, DonJon Marine is taking over the company’s lease with the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority.

Erie Shipbuilding laid off more than 100 workers at the port in January.

So far, DonJon Marine has retained all the laid off workers and hired nine more.

Man arrested in shooting

NEW CASTLE— City police took into custody a man accused of firing a gun from the front porch of an East Lutton Street residence into a group of people in a car.

Witnesses told police the man went inside the residence after firing the shots about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to a press release.

Police surrounded the house, and the man inside surrendered shortly thereafter, the release states.

The man’s name and any charges against him were not released.

The investigation is ongoing, according to the release.