Rape charge is dismissed

Rape charge is dismissed

campbell

A rape charge against a Boardman man was dismissed Friday in Campbell Municipal Court.

Dashawn L. Hayden, 35, had been charged with a rape at the Tandy Apartments on Monette Street on July 29.

A woman reported that five or six men had forced her to take heroin there before the alleged rape.

Campbell Law Director Mark Kolmacic said the charge was dismissed because the victim indicated she could not be present at a preliminary hearing that was scheduled Friday.

Kolmacic said that after charges are filed, a preliminary hearing must be held within 10 days.

Kolmacic said the charge could be refiled, or it could be presented directly to a Mahoning County grand jury.

Man faces charges of sexual assault

new castle, pa.

Shenango Township Police charged a man Sunday with unlawful contact with a minor and sexual assault.

Police said Tyane Vincent Steward, 25, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., met a 16-year-old township girl on Facebook about two months ago.

The two met at a local hotel, and he forced her to have sex, police report.

He was taken into custody at the hotel and is in the Lawrence County Jail, police said.

Watch meeting

Youngstown

Lincoln Knolls Community Watch will have its monthly meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the East Side Library, 430 Early Road.

School board to meet in Struthers

Struthers

Struthers school board will have a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. today at the board office to conduct personnel matters and an executive session regarding a legal matter.