Candlelight vigil for crash victim

October 8, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

WARREN

A candlelight vigil will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at 3140 Palmyra Road SW, the site of the car crash that killed Ashley R. Jerina, 20, of Newton Falls, one year ago.

The public is invited to attend to support Ashley’s family and friends.

Car sheers hydrant, driver cited with OVI

BOARDMAN

A 23-year-old Youngstown woman will be in court Tuesday, accused of driving with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit.

Police arrived at Lane Park Road around 2 a.m. Friday and found several cars were parked around a blue vehicle in the middle of the water-soaked road, according to reports.

Police said the car, driven by Samantha Davenport, had sheered off part of a fire hydrant. A man told police he saw Davenport passed out at a traffic light at Shirley Road and Midlothian Boulevard in Youngstown, and when he knocked on the window to wake her, she took off and ran that red light, as well as the light at Lake Park and Midlothian, reports state.

Police said Davenport’s blood-alcohol level was 0.165. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08. Davenport was placed under a 90-day administrative license suspension and cited for failure to control and operating a vehicle under the influence.

Pink fire uniforms

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown firefighters are wearing custom-designed pink uniform shirts from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. nightly throughout October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The effort was organized by firefighter Courtney Kelly, who designed the shirts.

Lt. Kelty punished

YOUNGSTOWN

Lt. John Kelty of the Youngstown Police Department has been disciplined by the department for submitting false overtime hours.

The discipline was mentioned in a court filing this week from Atty. J. Gerald Ingram, who represents defendants in a criminal case before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

In the filing, Ingram argues that he should be allowed to question the veteran police officer on cross-examination at trial about the overtime matter because it might be evidence of his untruthfulness.

An attempt to reach Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley to obtain details of Kelty’s punishment Friday night were unsuccessful.

According to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, Kelty is serving a two-week unpaid suspension and must give up a week of vacation time, which will cost him about $5,000.

Newton Falls man charged with fraud

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Wilbert D. Murray, 52, of Ophelia Street, was charged in Newton Falls Municipal Court this week with felony charges of making false reports and felony insurance fraud.

The charges stem from a report Murray made on Sept. 27 indicating that his garage had been broken into and a variety of tools and other items had been stolen, Newton Falls police said.

After an investigation by the Newton Falls Police Department, the property was recovered, and Murray was charged with the crimes.

Wild bird seed sale

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Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District, 850 Industrial Road, is selling locally grown wild bird seed. Varieties available are 25-pound bag of mixed bird seed for $10; 25-pound bag of black oil sunflower seed for $16; and 10-pound bag of thistle seed for $9. Call 330-740-7995 to order. Bags may be picked up daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays at the district office.

Also available are cedar bird feeders and birdhouses. These include hanging corner feeder with removable screen, $30.71; single-cake suet feeder with stainless steel wire, $19.08; bluebird feeder, $36.60; squirrel pinwheel, $18.39; three-chamber bat house, $51.13; and screech owl nestbox, $56.63. Visit www.mahoningswcd.org for more information.