Metro digest || Benefit concert rescheduled

Benefit concert reset

YOUNGSTOWN — A benefit concert, “hip-hop 4 Haiti,” that was scheduled for Wednesday was canceled.

It will be rescheduled for 8 p.m. to midnight Feb. 3 at the Love Lounge, 15 W. Federal St., in the city’s downtown.

Tully’s to raise funds for Harley store owner

SHARON, Pa. — A fundraiser will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Tully’s, next to The Lube, to benefit Jeff Cape and his family of Warren.

Cape, general manager of Thunder Harley-Davidson of Sharon, was critically injured Nov. 20 while riding his motorcycle in Hermitage.

Cost to attend will be $15 and includes food, live music, cash bar, Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle. Tickets are available at The Hair Company, 118 Cleveland St., Warren.

Donations can also be mailed to the Jeff Cape Benefit Fund, P.O. Box 8952, Warren, OH 44484.

Third-graders help Haiti

BOARDMAN — Third-graders at Stadium Drive Elementary School will present a check for $600 today to the Mission of Love charity to help relief efforts in Haiti.

The students made and sold bracelets to raise the money for the earthquake in the island country.

A representative from the charity was set to speak to students and accept the check, according to a press release.

Mission of Love is a United Way agency “dedicated to helping the underserved and misfortunate.”

State investigates man’s burn injuries

WARREN — The state fire marshal’s office seeks help from the public to determine what led to 41-year-old Joseph Nall’s being brought to Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital on Tuesday morning with serious burns.

An unidentified person drove Nall to the hospital and later told investigators that Nall was accidentally injured by a bonfire or campfire in the backyard of a home at 5503 N. Park Ave., Champion Township. The accident occurred about 4 a.m., and Nall was brought to Trumbull Memorial about 6 a.m.

He was later transferred to Cleveland Metro Hospital with serious burns to much of his body, said Shane Cartmill with the state fire marshal’s office. Investigators are sending Nall’s clothing to a laboratory for analysis and hoping to speak with Nall to learn more about what happened, Cartmill said.

Investigators are seeking relatives and friends of Nall’s or anyone who may have information. Call (800) 589-2728.

Man pleads innocent to felony-theft charge

WARREN — Richard Mowery, 49, of Berkshire Drive Southeast has pleaded innocent to a felony-theft charge for reportedly trying to run out of Gene’s Jewelers, 112 N. Park Ave., Monday evening with an engagement ring.

Police said Mowery entered the store around 5:30 p.m. and asked a salesperson to show him a ring of between $800 and $1,000. Just after the employee handed him a 14-carat yellow-gold diamond ring, Mowery turned and ran out of the store, followed by the store’s owner, Tom Crowley.

Crowley pinned Mowery against a car a short distance up North Park Avenue and held him there until a Warren police officer arrived.

At Mowery’s arraignment Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court, Judge Terry Ivanchak ordered Mowery to remain in the Trumbull County Jail without bond because of another pending criminal matter. He returns to court at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Car crashes into shop

BOARDMAN — A car crashed into a Lockwood Boulevard flower shop Wednesday evening, sending its driver to the hospital.

According to a police department crash report, police and firefighters were called about 6:30 p.m. to Mums the Word, 7101 Lockwood. The flower shop was closed, and no one was inside.

The identity of the man who was driving the car wasn’t available.