Councilman resigns, citing health reasons

Councilman resigns, citing health reasons

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Third Ward city Councilman Joseph Mazzocca submitted a letter of resignation to the council at its meeting Wednesday.

Mazzocca, who has been on council for 15 years, is retiring effective June 1 because of health reasons, he said.

“The people of the Third Ward, they were great,” he said. “And I want to say thank you to them.”

Mazzocca said in his letter that his son, Joseph G. Mazzocca Jr., should be considered to finish his term.

Overcome at times by emotion, Mazzocca said his good-byes and thanked council members and administrators. “All of you became like family,” he said.

Council President William Vansuch said that anyone who is interested in filling Mazzocca’s seat should submit a r sum to council Clerk Dina Hamilton by Tuesday morning. Council has 30 days to choose a replacement. If it fails to do so, the mayor would make the appointment.

Debris strikes woman after bullets hit house

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said a 36-year-old McGuffey Road woman was struck by wooden debris when a bullet was fired into her home shortly before midnight Wednesday.

The victim told police she was in bed when she heard numerous gunshots outside her house in the 1500 block of McGuffey. Officers found six bullet holes on the side of the house and two more in the front porch. Three bullets actually entered the bedroom where the woman was, one of them passing through a wooden dresser sitting against the wall. Some of the wooden shrapnel from the dresser struck the victim on the elbow, police said. She didn’t require medical treatment.

Rigsby at conference

LIBERTY

Rick Rigsby, an internationally known motivational speaker, will address the fourth annual Parent Conference of the Youngstown School District Friday at the MetroPlex Hotel & Conference center, 1620 Motor Inn Drive.

The program will run from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Rigsby is a college professor at Texas A&M University, where he also serves as chaplain of the football team.

Admission to the conference is by invitation.

Marking 100th year

WARREN

The Greater Western Reserve Council of the Boy Scouts of America will have a 100th anniversary celebration event Friday evening at the LaMalfa Center in Mentor.

A social gathering starts at 6:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 7 p.m., and the program will follow around 8 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod C. Brown, D-Avon, will be the keynote speaker.

The event is billed as a “Community Celebration of the Boy Scouts: 100 years in the United States” and is a fundraiser for the Western Reserve council. The council serves more than 13,000 youths and 4,000 adults annually in Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage and Trumbull counties.

Contact Gary Erlinger, Scout executive, at 800-234-7268, ext. 33, for ticket prices and more details.

Dog attacks woman

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said a 37-year-old Cambridge Avenue woman suffered serious injuries when she was bitten by a large dog as she was leaving her home around 6:30 p.m. Monday.

The victim told authorities she walked out the back door of her home and was attacked by what she described as a large, black German shepherd-type dog. The animal jumped on her, biting her on the face, neck and chin before she was able to get free, she said. She was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Boardman for treatment.

The victim said she’d never seen the dog in her South Side neighborhood before. Police searched the area but couldn’t find the dog.

Drug charges

niles

A man and a teenage girl were arrested on drug charges after police raided a city home.

Niles police members of the Trumbull Ashtabula Group task force and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation executed a search warrant Tuesday at 410 Lincoln Ave. Police found large quantities of psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana, cash and assorted drug paraphernalia, Niles police reported.

Police also said they seized components needed to grow marijuana and mushrooms.

The resident, Edward R. Kitt, 20, was charged with three felonies — trafficking in marijuana, trafficking in a Schedule I drug and possessing a Schedule I drug in amounts over five times bulk. The residence is within 1,000 feet of Washington Elementary School.

A 16-year-old girl also was arrested. She was charged with possessing a Schedule I drug in amounts greater than five times bulk and booked into the Trumbull Juvenile Justice Center.

Fire department grant

NILES

The Niles Fire Department received a $240,183 grant from the federal government. The department can use the money to hire personnel or purchase equipment.