Attempted theft at school

Attempted theft at school

AUSTINTOWN — A township teen was caught taking an Apple computer tower from the old Austintown Middle School, police said.

Police arrived at the former middle school on Mahoning Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Monday to find a 15-year-old male behind the old football stadium with the equipment in his possession.

The boy told police he had entered the building by removing screws to a door on the north side of the school.

The boy was released to his mother and advised that a charge of breaking and entering could be filed once the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center reviews the case.

Black caucus event Friday

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown-Warren Black Caucus presents an “Evening with the Democratic Leadership” featuring Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Byzantine Center at The Grove, 3801 Shady Run Road.

Also scheduled to attend is Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce.

Tickets are $25 per person, and dinner is included in the ticket price.

For reservations, call either (330) 507-2154 or (330) 727-5758.

Warren Relay for Life

WARREN — American Cancer Society’s Warren Relay for Life will be Friday and Saturday at Courthouse Square downtown.

The Warren Relay raised about $460,000 in 2008 and has a goal of $480,000 this year, said Philip O’Hara, co-chairman of the event with Donna Shaw, Amy Perunko and Oral Polan.

The event begins with a cancer survivors lap at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Some 1,300 survivors participated in last year’s Warren relay, and even more are expected this year. About 100 teams of eight to 10 people are signed up to participate in the walk, O’Hara said.

This is the 25th year for the Relay for Life, which has become the cancer society’s signature event, and the 16th year for the Warren Relay.

Police probe shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — City police are trying to determine who a group of men were and why they shot at two teens, hitting one in the buttocks.

According to police, officers were traveling along Belmont Avenue late Monday evening when the cruiser was nearly struck by another car running a red light. After officers pulled the car over, it was discovered that a passenger in the car, 18-year-old Ian Thomas of Florida Avenue, had been shot.

Thomas, at St. Elizabeth Health Center, told officers he went to visit a 17-year-old friend in the 500 block of Union Street just after 11 p.m. when three to four men showed up and started shooting at the pair.

Police recovered 16 spent shell casings from the area of the shooting.

Reports said Thomas was struck once in the buttocks and is listed in stable condition.

City man reports rape

YOUNGSTOWN — A 24-year-old city man says he was raped by a woman and he wants police to do something about it.

Officers were called Monday to the home of a man in the 100 block of Evanston Avenue on the West Side. The man told police he and a group of friends were at his home drinking and socializing Sunday evening when a 29-year-old woman, also of the city, asked him if he would like to go upstairs.

According to reports, the man told officers he was highly intoxicated but agreed to go upstairs with the woman.

The man said he refused to have sex with the woman, but she grabbed him by the neck and said, “Oh no, you’re gonna give it to me now.”

The man told officers he passed out and did not wake up until the next morning. He said the woman called him the next day and asked how it felt to be a victim of rape.

Doughnuts for mothers

YOUNGSTOWN — On Mother’s Day this Sunday, moms can get a free doughnut at any of these Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants:

U6041 Market St., Boardman.

U1301 Boardman-Poland Road, Poland.

U855 W. State St., Salem.

U3560 E. State St., Hermitage.

U4299 Boardman-Canfield Road, Canfield.

U4812 Mahoning Ave., Austintown.

U1001 E. Western Reserve Road, Poland.

U2823 E. State St., Salem.

U3545 Youngstown Road S.E., Warren.

U2720 Salt Springs Road, Girard.

U1501 Niles-Cortland Road S.E., Howland.

U3481 Elm Road N.E., Warren.

U7635 Market St., Boardman.