Shots fired at house

Shots fired at house

WARREN

A resident of Lexington Avenue Northwest reported that four to five gunshots were fired from a moving vehicle toward her house at 9:30 p.m. Monday.

The woman said she was returning home on foot when a gray minivan drove slowly past the house and the bullets flew.

The gunshots went into the ground in front of the woman, she said.

She dropped her groceries and ran inside her house.

Police found one spent shell casing in the roadway but could not locate the bullets that hit the ground “due to the heavy rain at the time.”

Man shot in shoulder

WARREN

A 22-year-old city man remained in ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital on Wednesday after being hit in the shoulder by a bullet Monday at the corner of Tod Avenue and Parkman Road Northwest.

Lamar Salter of 2nd Street Southwest was hit while sitting in his car at 8:05 p.m., police said.

He drove himself to the hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening.

A second man, Ralph Duffy, 59, of Greenfield Street Northwest, was also hit by a bullet that came through his driver’s side door and grazed his left side, leaving a welt.

Duffy remained in the hospital’s emergency room late Tuesday afternoon.

Police believe the bullet that hit Duffy was not intended for him.

Police are looking for a dark-colored 2011 Chevrolet Malibu which they believe is involved in the shootings.

Man sentenced

WARREN

A maintenance worker from Niles who pleaded guilty to burglary and receiving stolen property for stealing women’s underwear from an apartment in the complex where he worked has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Daniel J. Krepp, 44, of Robbins Avenue, received the sentence earlier this week in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

A female tenant said she startled Krepp when she came home, causing Krepp to flee out the sliding-glass door of her apartment.

‘Help Portrait’ event

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Big Reach Center of Hope, 11767 Lisbon Road, will host the Valley’s first “Help Portrait” event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

At the event, local photographers donate their time to take family portraits for those who may otherwise not be able to afford it.

The center estimates 300 to 400 families will attend.

For information, visit www.help-portrait.com and www.bigreachministries.org or call the center at 330-533-3278.

Man pleads innocent

WARREN

Shane P. DeSmith, 29, of Riverview Drive, Leavittsburg, has pleaded innocent to felony robbery and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

He’s accused of robbing the Walgreens store on West Market Street on Saturday and assaulting an employee.

Patrolman Bryan Holmes noticed a man on a bicycle in the street near Tod Avenue Northwest coming from Walgreens and saw him ride to the back of a property and discard his bicycle, a white mask and black coat.

The officer, with assistance from other officers, located the man hiding south of West Market Street near the railroad tracks and identified him as DeSmith.