Man arraigned

Man arraigned

BOARDMAN

A 40-year-old Youngstown man was arraigned in Mahoning County Area Court in Boardman on Thursday, accused of felony drug possession and burglary.

Police said Robert R. Carfolo Jr. took about $400 from a 79-year-old woman Saturday. Police said the woman was followed by a man from Giant Eagle on U.S. Route 224 to her home on Parkland Avenue. Reports state the man claimed he had run out of gas and needed to make a phone call, and the woman said she would call for him.

The man took some of the woman’s groceries and walked into her house through the garage without permission and then demanded money from the woman, police said.

Officers said the woman did not see a weapon throughout the ordeal, and the man told the woman several times that he would not harm her and thanked the woman when he left.

Carfolo already is facing theft and drug charges in other jurisdictions, according to court records.

Injured in accident

GUSTAVUS

A 78-year-old Farmdale man was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center on Wednesday night with critical injuries he suffered in a car accident on state Route 87 east of state Route 193.

Kenneth J. Oehmichen was driving a 1983 Suburban westbound on Route 87 when he struck the back of an unoccupied tractor-trailer that was stopped in the roadway westbound on Route 87 at 7:01 p.m.

Oehmichen was taken by helicopter to the hospital, where he went into surgery Thursday morning. There was no word on his condition late Thursday.

Family Fun Night

BOARDMAN

Boardman Park will have a Family Fun Night on Saturday. The musical group “Backbeat” will perform from 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by a performance by Carmel the Clown and screening of “Finding Nemo” at dusk. Other activities include hayrides and bounce-a-rounds. The free festivities will be at or near the Maag Outdoor Arts Theatre in Boardman Park, located on U.S. Route 224 just east of Southern Boulevard. For more information, go to BoardmanPark.com.

Hearing on lighting

NEW SPRINGFIELD

Springfield Township trustees set a hearing for 10 a.m. Aug. 24 at the township building to consider a request for special assessment street lighting for 12 lots on Heron Bay Drive, requested by developer R. Bruce Berry.

West Side cleanup

YOUNGSTOWN

In partnership with the City of Youngstown Litter Control and Recycling and Mahoning Avenue businesses, the West Side Citizens Coalition has organized a cleanup event Saturday with its member neighborhood groups and residents.

In addition to cleaning up trash and overgrown weeds, participating neighborhood groups hope the event serves as a catalyst for increased citizen involvement in the West Side community.

The event will kick off from the parking lot of Mahoning Valley Lanes, 2617 Mahoning Ave., at 9 a.m. and conclude with a pizza party at that location sponsored by Strikers at noon. The cleanup will take place from the Mahoning Avenue bridge to Meridian Road. Water, gloves, and trash bags will be provided.

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