Accused of assault

Accused of assault

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An Aravesta Avenue man was in the Mahoning County jail accused of assaulting a township police officer.

David D. Bell, 31, was charged with assault on a police officer, a felony, and two misdemeanor counts of obstructing official business and resisting arrest.

Police were called about 6:15 p.m. Thursday on a report of a man, later identified as Bell, breaking a window at Ohio Carpet, Market Street.

A police officer saw a man matching Bell’s description knock on a door on Aravesta and yelled for him to stop, but Bell ran into the house.

Police surrounded the house, and Bell exited the house in a “threatening manner,” the report said. Two police officers blocked him when he ignored commands to stop. When the officers tried to restrain him, Bell pushed and then punched one of them in the mouth, police said.

Contest contenders

NEW SPRINGFIELD

Two local teens are still in the running for $3,000 each for their duct-tape prom attire.

Sara Cummings, of Springfield, and James Ludt, of Struthers, were named top-10 finalists in the 10th annual Stuck at Prom scholarship contest sponsored by Duck Tape on June 18. They were selected by the company out of 248 couples.

The local couple, who attended the Cardinal Mooney High School prom, join three other couples as top-four finalists. Individuals can cast their vote for favorite duct-tape prom outfits at www.StuckAtProm.com/vote.

Winners will be announced July 28.

Food competition

NEWTON FALLS

The Woodlawn-based Support Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, competed today at the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center for regional honors in the 43rd annual Philip A. Connelly Food Service Competition, which recognizes excellence in Army food service. The unit earned the right to compete by taking first-place honors for the state in August 2009.

During the four-day regional competition, which ends today, the 20-man team cooked a meal made from scratch in a mobile kitchen trailer for 50 troops. The kitchen was set up in a tactical wooded environment.

2010 Tri-State Trek

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown’s Team Bannon, consisting of Breen Bannon and his sister, Lisa, plan to ride for the second-straight year in the 2010 Tri-State Trek, a three-day, 270-mile bicycle ride from Boston to New York City, to raise funds for the ALS-Therapy Development Institute. ALS is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The Bannons ride in honor of their brother, Chuck, who died of ALS on April 18, 2009. Breen, of Youngstown, said his brother was a healthy, athletic 41-year-old with a wife and young son when he was diagnosed in May 2006. The Tri-State Trek is July 23-25.

People who want to sponsor Team Bannon can make a donation by going to www.als.net/TST/Portal.aspx?teamId=71 or by mailing a check made out to Tri-State Trek, Team Bannon, to Breen Bannon, 3478 Bentwillow Drive, Youngstown, OH 44511.

New wolf habitat

BERLIN CENTER

A new 2-acre wolf habitat opens today at Noah’s Lost Ark Exotic Animal Sanctuary.

The sanctuary is home to more than 80 big cats, wolves, bears and primates and 125 other exotic animals.

Noah’s Lost Ark is a non-profit organization that provides permanent homes to abused and unwanted exotic animals. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Admission is $6.50 for adults and $5 for children under 17.