METRO DIGEST | Pleads innocent

Pleads innocent

WARREN

A 19-year-old Howland woman who was burned in a fire she later was charged with setting on purpose pleaded innocent to aggravated arson Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Kaitlyn A. Mullins, of Orchard Avenue Southeast, entered the plea before Judge W. Wyatt McKay. Her face gave evidence of the burns she received in the fire, which left her in Akron Children’s Hospital Burn Unit for two months.

Mullins is accused of starting a fire at 2711 Orchard Avenue SE, just down the street from her home, Aug. 28, 2010.

The $53,000 fire destroyed the home.

A friend took Mullins from the fire to Trumbull Memorial Hospital before firefighters arrived at the scene.

Facing charges

WARREN

James M. Anderson Jr., 35, of Saratoga Street Southwest, pleaded innocent Thursday in Warren Municipal Court to aggravated drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He is in Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond. If convicted, he could spend up to 61/2 years in prison.

The Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force arrested Anderson on Wednesday at a house on Deerfield Avenue Southwest after a two-month investigation.

At the home, officers found heroin, marijuana, suspected cocaine, cash, prescription drugs, drug paraphernalia, scales, two handguns, a shotgun, ammunition and a police radio scanner, TAG said.

New citizens

YOUNGSTOWN

Seven people became naturalized U.S. citizens in a ceremony Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The new citizens, their country of origin, and their local hometowns are: Luis Alberto Gonzalez, Mexico, Boardman; Samuel Adu-Poku, Canada, Boardman; Gifty Adu-Poku, Canada, Boardman; Adriana Cardenas Bishara, Mexico, Boardman; Manuel Melvyn Yunggar, Malaysia, Struthers; Manfred Gerhard Knuppel, Canada, Austintown; and Chen Jiang, People’s Republic of China, Boardman.

Workshop

YOUNGSTOWN

A free workshop on the basics of Microsoft Word will be offered May 16 at Cornersburg Baptist Church, 3898 Tippecanoe Road. Hours are 7 to 9 p.m.

Participants should bring their own computers and their own copies of Microsoft Word. A compatible word processor such as the free Open Office will work as well. You can obtain it at www.openoffice.org. For more information, call 330-702-8959.