Facing new charges

Facing new charges

WARREN — A city man sentenced Aug. 31 to one year in prison for possessing a firearm about the same time as a Jan. 18 fatal shootout at the Lancer Court apartments has been bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury on four new charges.

Taemarr L. Walker, 19, of Jackson Street Southwest, appeared Tuesday in municipal court and waived a preliminary hearing on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen property and one count of carrying a concealed weapon.

The charges stemmed from Walker’s being arrested Aug. 30 on allegations of driving a stolen vehicle and having a gun under his seat.

Walker’s prison sentence was for having a gun the day Ahmaze D. King, 26, of Lener Avenue Southwest was shot to death at a Lancer Court apartment. Walker was never charged in King’s death. A witness said Walker was apparently defending himself from King when King died.

Sept. 11 services

AUSTINTOWN — A memorial service is planned to honor lives lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Friday marks the eight-year anniversary of the tragedies.

The service will be at 9 a.m. Friday at the Mahoning Valley 9/11 Memorial Park on South Raccoon Road across the street from the Austintown Middle School. It will feature Bishop George Murry of the Diocese of Youngstown leading a prayer, laying of wreaths and a performance by the Austintown Fitch Concert Choir. The service is expected to last about 45 minutes.

Also, the Covelli Centre will have a three-day prayer vigil beginning at 9 a.m. today and lasting until 9 a.m. Sunday. Though not specifically focused on the events of Sept. 11, the vigil offers patrons a chance to say a few silent words for those victims.

12 face drug charges

COLUMBIANA — Twelve people face drug charges after indictments and arrests in Columbiana County.

A joint investigation among the DEA Task Force, the Columbiana County Drug Task Force, the East Liverpool Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the Department of Homeland Security led to the arrests and the seizure of 2,300 units of heroin in East Liverpool in late March.

Police officers and agents from the various agencies began arresting individuals at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The investigation previously resulted in the seizure of about a pound of crack cocaine, 2.2 pounds of powder cocaine, a half-pound of heroin, $20,000 cash, the seizure of multiple firearms and the arrest of more than 70 people.

Free on $50,000 bond

GIRARD — Kenneth Thompson Bey, 41, with addresses in the 900 block of Colonial Drive, Liberty, and Snellville, Ga., waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges of felonious assault and endangering children before Judge Anthony M. Bernard in Girard Municipal Court.

Bey is free on a $50,000 bond. The case will go to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Liberty Township police said that Bey struck a 2-year-old boy in the back of the head to discipline him Aug. 7 at the Colonial Drive address where a relative of Bey’s lives, and the boy went limp and had a seizure. The boy was first taken to Northside Medical Center, Youngstown, where he was unresponsive. Hospital personnel called police and the child’s mother, Regina Williams, of Oregon Street, Youngstown, whom police identified as Bey’s girlfriend.

The child went to Akron Children’s Hospital and was released Aug. 10.

Pooch Pentathlon

BOARDMAN — The community is invited to bring dogs to the Davis Family YMCA on McClurg Road for a test of strength, agility and endurance. The fourth annual Pooch Pentathlon takes place at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Dogs will be divided into divisions by size and compete in five events that showcase their swimming and obedience skills. The events include leap dog, fetch, doggie paddle, treasure dive and obstacle course.

Winners will be awarded in each division and each event.

Registration is $5. All dogs must be kept on a leash and must have proof of rabies vaccination.

For more information, contact Chris Hughes at (330) 480-5656.