Reward for information

Reward for information

GIRARD

New evidence has been obtained in the Jan. 25, 1988, abduction, rape and murder of Eileen Zarlenga, 29, of Girard.

At the request of the Girard Police Department and Mahoning County sheriff’s office, Crime Stoppers of Greater Youngstown is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who killed Zarlenga.

The public’s help is needed to develop suspects that can be matched to evidence in the case.

The victim was lured from her home on Partricia Drive by a person or people she knew, police believe. At the time of her abduction, the victim’s 3-year-old daughter was asleep in the home. Family has said Zarlenga never would have left the child alone.

Her body was discovered five days later in a wooded area near Gladstone Road in Jackson Township.

Anyone with information on this crime should call Crime Stoppers at (330) 746-2583.

Arrested in stolen car

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The driver of a stolen vehicle was arrested about 2:24 p.m. Saturday in the 2900 block of Hudson after police watched the driver pull out in front of another vehicle while traveling south on Hillman near Laclede.

The driver proceeded to make a series of quick turns in the area without using a signal. As the driver approached Hudson, he turned without stopping at the stop sign. Police followed the car into a driveway on Hudson, where the driver, Dennis L. Wilson Jr., 25, of the 100 block of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property and carrying a concealed weapon after police found a knife with a 6-inch blade under the driver’s seat. He was taken to Mahoning County Justice Center.

The passenger, Sterling Wiley, 25, of the 2900 block of Hudson, was charged with possession of dangerous drugs and released at the scene pending arraignment. Police found 13 pills of Tramadol.

Drug charges

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A manager of an apartment building at 25 Market Street called police about 5:30 p.m. Saturday about a possible overdose.

When police and Rural Metro arrived, they found Glenda Donnalley, 45, who told them she had taken prescription pills. In plain sight, officers saw a syringe and suspected powder heroin. She was arrested on charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments and possession of drugs.

Donnalley was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.

Liberty Relay for Life

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The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will be from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday in Church Hill park, located on the west side of Route 193, just south of Route 304.

For more information, contact Francesca Kostek at (888) 227-6446, ext. 2214, or visit the Web site www.relayforlife.org/liberty.