Metro digest

Convict jailed

CANFIELD — A convicted sexual predator is in Mahoning County jail on suspicion of violating his parole.

Vernon Clay, 75, of North Lima was spotted by his parole officer in Kiddieland at the Canfield Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon. Bill Arnaut, chief of fairgrounds’ police department, said the parole officer saw Clay and contacted the grounds’ police before making the arrest.

Arnaut said Clay had been released from prison in April where he was serving time on a gross sexual imposition conviction from 2005.

“He was in violation of his parole by being in Kiddieland, by being in the area of children at all,” he said. “Whether we prevented something from happening we’ll never know.”

If convicted, this would be Clay’s third offense, Arnaut said.

Burglary at wine shop

YOUNGSTOWN — Two burglars broke into Mahoning Wine Shop, 105 S. Meridian Road, after cutting the phone lines to the store and breaking out an outside light. A store official reported the break-in about 3 a.m. Monday after seeing a rear door pulled open. Police watched a surveillance video that showed two men inside the store. Police said they asked the store official to file a report of missing items.

House is burglarized

YOUNGSTOWN — A burglar broke into a home in the 3900 block of Howard Street by placing a ladder up against the house and cutting a screen on a second-story window. The resident of the house told police he left home at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and returned at 10:30 p.m. to find his upstairs bedroom ransacked. Missing were a laptop computer, television and $200. Police said the burglar left the ladder and appeared to have exited the house through a side door.

Scam at McDonald’s

YOUNGSTOWN — Two quick-change artists stole $59.51 from a clerk at McDonald’s, 3034 Mahoning Ave., about 11 p.m. Sunday. A manager told police that two men ordered $1 french fries, then handed the clerk $39 and asked for two twenty-dollar bills as change. They then began handing the clerk one-dollar bills, asking for change. The men left after another employee called over the manager. The clerk then found money missing from her cash drawer.

Walk for Water planned

CORTLAND — A Walk for Water starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cortland Conservation Club, 3931 McCleary Jacoby Road, to promote awareness and raise money for a water system for a village in Malawi, Africa. Registration is at 8 a.m.

The walk is sponsored by Lakeview Outreach and Fellowship, which hopes to educate the public on the hardship that women and children experience in Malawi by having to carry water several miles every day.

Participants are asked to carry water, if possible, in recognition of the plight of the people of Malawi. A limited number of plastic jugs will be available, and participants are asked to bring their own. Walks will be either 1 mile or 21‚Ñ2 miles.

For participant forms and information, go to www.cortlandwalkforwater.org or call (330) 638-1049.

Volunteer Advocacy Unit

YOUNGSTOWN — Community Legal Aid, a nonprofit law firm serving the civil needs of the low-income community, is seeking volunteers for the Volunteer Advocacy Unit Program. Volun-teers assist victims of domestic violence in Mahoning County with the process of obtaining a civil-protection order. Volunteers must complete 16 hours of training and be available twice a month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Those interested should contact (330) 742-5857.