Man fires gun

Man fires gun

WARREN

A 39-year-old Washington Street Northeast man said he fired his gun into the air at 1:50 a.m. Sunday to stop several young people from assaulting someone on his street.

Police were chasing several young people south on North Park Avenue who had gotten into an argument at a nearby party when they heard the gunshot.

Four juveniles and an 18-year-old were apprehended and charged with offenses such as carrying a concealed weapon for having brass knuckles, curfew violations and obstructing official business.

As of Wednesday, however, no charges had been filed in Warren Municipal Court against the 18-year-old or the man who fired the gun.

Bicycle accident

WARREN

Gregg R. Snyder, 32, of Jeannette Drive, Howland, remained in Cleveland MetroHealth Hospital on Wednesday with serious injuries suffered while riding a bicycle early Tuesday.

Snyder was traveling east on South Street just after midnight and failed to stop for a stop sign at Oak Knoll Avenue Southeast, striking the right corner of a vehicle driven by an Oak Knoll Avenue man.

Snyder, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bicycle and onto the ground.

He was treated at nearby ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital, then flown by helicopter to Cleveland MetroHealth Hospital.

Woman assaulted

WARREN

A 23-year-old Lake Milton woman reported being assaulted and her motorcycle stolen by three men at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Risher Road Southwest on Monday night.

A blue Ford Explorer tried to pass her as she rode on Risher Road about 9:30 p.m., then the car forced her off the road.

The three men got out, ran toward her and started to beat her with their hands and feet.

One of the men drove off on her motorcycle, and the two others got back inside the vehicle.

The victim received treatment at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital for injuries to her face, body and hands.

More prison time

WARREN

A former Warren man sentenced to three years in prison in February 2010 because of drug charges and because he pulled a gun on a man who had come to repossess his car has been sentenced to three more years in prison.

Raheean N. Butler, 30, formerly of Draper Street Southeast, received additional years in prison Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, after pleading guilty to seven counts of aggravated drug trafficking before Judge W. Wyatt McKay. The trafficking offenses occurred in August, September and October 2009.

In March 2009, Butler was free on bond on 2008 drug charges when he confronted a repo man who had taken his 2002 Buick LeSabre from a driveway on Oak Knoll Avenue Southeast. Butler pointed a gun, which caused the repo man to take off running.

Man shot to death

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A man was shot to death on the east side of the city.

Police say Gordon Rees Jr., 31, a city resident, was shot in the chest at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday at Williams and Acorn streets. He was taken to Jameson Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

He was walking on Williams Street when a black Chevrolet Cavalier with tinted windows drove past, police said.

Rees yelled for the car to slow down, they said. The driver stopped, got out of the car and approached Rees, pulling out a handgun.

Words were exchanged and the driver shot Rees once, then left, police said.

The driver had braids and facial hair, police said. Anyone with information can call police at 724-656-3585.