Man gets 9 months in pit-bull attack

Man gets 9 months in pit-bull attack

WARREN

Major C. Beckwith, 61, of Sixth Street Southwest, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for ordering his pit-bull dog to attack a man who owed him $10.

Beckwith pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Judge W. Wyatt McKay sentenced him.

Police say Beckwith ordered his dog to bite Lonnie R. Culver, 46, of Scott Street Northeast on Aug. 31 at Culver’s house. The dog bit Culver in the back, legs, arms and eye, leaving Culver with serious injuries to his arm.

Charges in heroin bust

STRUTHERS

A 32-year-old Youngstown man was arraigned Wednesday in Struthers Municipal Court on drug charges after an arrest in New Middletown.

New Middletown police arrested James Thomas on Calla Road on Tuesday night. Officers working an ongoing drug investigation were alerted to heroin delivery coming into the village and pulled Thomas over for a traffic violation, according to reports.

Police found a can of engine de-greaser with a compartment that contained several bindles of heroin, officers said. His bond was set at $6,000.

Domestic violence

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A man was charged with domestic violence after his girlfriend ran to a store for help because he assaulted her, police said.

Charles E. Donald Jr., 21, of Devitt Avenue is in the city jail without bond until his arraignment Friday morning.

His 23-year-old girlfriend told police Donald assaulted her Tuesday morning at her relative’s house on Harmony Lane.

She said he punched her then threw her to the ground and stomped on her head, chest and ribs.

She said they went to their Devitt Avenue home and he also assaulted her there, so she ran to the Party Shop on 12th Street for help. Police met her there shortly after 1 p.m. and arrested Donald, who was outside the store when police arrived.

Bonus for WRPA chief

VIENNA

Rose Ann DeLeon, executive director of the Western Reserve Port Authority, has been awarded a $5,000 bonus for her work in 2011.

The authority, which also runs the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, approved the bonus Wednesday.

DeLeon, hired to the position of economic-development professional for the port authority in November 2009, makes a base salary of $155,000.

As executive director, she encourages economic development by helping companies finance their move into Mahoning and Trumbull counties or expansion of current businesses.

The port authority’s economic-development arm is funded through contributions paid by the cities of Youngstown, Warren and Niles, the counties of Mahoning and Trumbull, Howland Township and the Western Reserve Building Trades Council.

Ex-cop sentenced

WARREN

Former Warren Township police officer Anthony Tvaroch has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of burglary and abduction involving a former girlfriend.

Tvaroch, 37, of Carson Salt Springs Road, Newton Township, was convicted during a jury trial in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Judge Andrew Logan sentenced Tvaroch. Police said Tvaroch forced his way into the woman’s Anderson Drive home in Howland Township on July 25, 2010, grabbed her by the neck and kicked and beat her.

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