METRO DIGEST | Struthers pass ordinance against SB5

Resolution passed

STRUTHERS

City council passed a resolution against Senate Bill 5.

The vote at Wednesday’s council meeting was unanimous against the bill that council member Dan Yemma, the resolution’s sponsor, called an “assault on the middle class.”

The bill eliminates state employees’ collective- bargaining rights.

“The worst effects will be on our safety forces, and we have to stand behind our safety forces,” Yemma said.

Mayor Terry Stocker said he and other city representatives will be attending a Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber meeting today with Gov. John Kasich at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna.

Stocker said he hopes to get clarifications on SB 5 and on possible reductions in state money for local governments.

Copper theft

GIRARD

Police received a report of theft of copper plumbing out of a vacant home in the 600 block of Church Hill Road about 1:30 p.m. Monday.

Someone had entered the house through a bedroom window on the east side.

The person or persons tore out copper piping in the house and caused considerable damage.

Money-gram scam costs company

LIBERTY

A money-gram scam cost Ace Cash Express, 3029 Belmont Ave., $4,740.

The manager and employee told police that the employee received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the corporate office who told the employee that the caller would train her on money gram transactions.

The call came in Tuesday when the employee was busy with customers and remodeling at the office. The caller stayed on the line and relayed personal information, including an address and Social Security number, about where the employee was to practice sending the money.

Though the transaction seemed legitimate, it was not, as was later discovered by the company.

Liberty police contacted police in Roseville, Mich., where the funds were sent.