Niles court tries first noise case, involving McMenamy's

NILES — The first and, thus far, only case to come to trial under the recently enacted noise-control ordinance is in the hands of Municipal Court Judge Thomas Townley.

The judge presided over the trial Wednesday of Robert Leonard, owner of McMenamy’s, a restaurant and bar on Youngstown-

Warren Road. Leonard was cited last May on a charge of loud noise from the bar during a concert on behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

The city’s noise ordinance makes an exemption for such charity events but not after midnight.

City council developed the revised noise ordinance earlier this year after ongoing complaints from residents who live near McMenamy’s about loud music in the early-morning hours.

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