Dellick to be speaker

Dellick to be speaker

BOARDMAN — Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court will be a guest speaker at the fifth annual Celebrate Scouting breakfast of the Boy Scouts of America.

A staunch advocate of the benefits of Scouting for troubled youths, the judge will speak at the 7:15 a.m. fund-raising event March 9 at the Holiday Inn on South Avenue. The event will celebrate the centennial of Scouting in America.

Call Sarah Marino, the Boy Scouts’ Whispering Pines district director, at (330) 774-5160 for reservations.

Receiving the Scouts’ Golden Eagle Award for their support of Scouting will be Judge Dellick and John Wolboldt, former scoutmaster of Troop 25 in Canfield. Eagle Scouts James Evans and William Wainio will discuss their Eagle Scout projects and how Scouting has benefited them.

Event sponsors are Boardman Rotary Club, Compco Industries, the DeBartolo Corp. and Farmers National Bank.

Wrong inmate released

WARREN — An inmate being held without bond at the Trumbull County jail for misdemeanor obstruction of official business was released by accident Friday afternoon. Sheriff Thomas Altiere said Derrick Allen, 25, of 4th Street Southwest, was released. Jail personnel were supposed to release a man named Delshaun Allen, 25, instead.

Jail personnel realized their mistake a couple of minutes after Allen was released, but he had already “run away,” Altiere said. “People have got to wake up. I will address it first thing Monday morning,” the sheriff said.

About 2:30 p.m., just after Allen left the jail, officers with the Warren Police Department searched for Allen without finding him.

Judge Terry Ivanchak of Warren Municipal Court ordered Allen to be held in the jail without bond because of a probation violation, records at Warren Municipal Court indicate.

Grant received

NEW MIDDLETOWN — The village police department has received a $6,200 grant from Ohio Criminal Justice Services to buy equipment and pay for 20 additional shifts. The village council is expected to accept the award at next month’s meeting, said Chief Vincent D’Egidio.

The money also will be used to buy five portable radios and two Taser units. The additional shifts will pay for additional officers on duty during high incident times, the chief said. Those will be used during the summer months.

Late last year, the village, which has four full-time and five part-time officers, began 24-hour protection funded by another grant. Having 24-hour patrols has led to additional arrests, such as for drunken driving, D’Egidio said.

Using a $27,000 grant from the Ohio Criminal Justice Services office and another $9,000 from the village, a part-time officer moved to full time in early December. The village then hired another part-time officer.

Fire under investigation

POLAND — Firefighters are investigating a blaze that destroyed a house at 2840 Bedford Road on Friday afternoon.

No one was injured, but high winds made it difficult to fight the fire about 1:15 p.m., said Chief David “Chip” Comstock Jr. of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District. Fire departments from Lowellville, Coitsville, Campbell and Springfield Township assisted with Pulaski and Mahoning Township fire departments in Pennsylvania bringing their water tankers. There are no fire hydrants on the street, Comstock said.