Police seek suspects in Campbell shooting

August 13, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

CAMPBELL

Police are looking for two black males who they believe shot a 39-year-old man several times on Courtland Avenue about 1 p.m. Sunday.

Willie A. Bailey Jr., of Campbell, was being treated in the emergency room at St. Elizabeth Health Center on Sunday evening. He was in stable condition after being shot several times, police said.

Police had not made any arrests as of Sunday evening but received assistance from area departments in their search.

Police found five bullet casings near the back porch of the house, and the upstairs of the house had been ransacked, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV reported.

Military trial starts for Mercer Co. soldier

FORT BRAGG, N.C.

The trial of a second soldier accused of driving an Asian-American private to suicide last fall in Afghanistan is scheduled to begin today at Fort Bragg.

Spc. Ryan Offutt, of Greenville in Mercer County, Pa., is charged with negligent homicide and other offenses in the death of 19-year-old Danny Chen.

Chen, of New York, died Oct. 3 of a self-inflicted gunshot in a guard tower near Kandahar.

Army officials have said Chen suffered racial taunts and physical abuse at the hands of soldiers in his company and eventually shot himself.

Last month, Sgt. Adam Holcomb of Youngstown was convicted of mistreating Chen days before Chen’s suicide, but he was acquitted of being a cause of Chen’s death. Holcomb was sentenced to 30 days in a military prison, demotion of one rank and forfeiture of more than $1,100 in pay.

Six other soldiers also are charged in Chen’s death.

Two homeless men charged with B&E

YOUNGSTOWN

Police have charged two homeless men with breaking and entering and possessing criminal tools after police found them removing vinyl windows in a house at 8 p.m. Saturday at 140 W. Florida Ave.

Mark E. Harp, 46, and Aaron Duval, 47, were inside the upstairs of the house when police arrived. They were using a cordless drill and screwdrivers to remove the windows, police said.

Harp also was wanted on a traffic warrant from the Niles Police Department and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office on another charge. Both were taken to Mahoning County jail.

Weapons charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Jimmy R. Torres, 26, of 345 Ferndale Ave. was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property and using weapons while intoxicated Saturday.

Police found Torres at 152 E. Ravenwood Ave. at 12:10 a.m. on the curb sleeping with a firearm tucked under his waistband.

After removing the unloaded firearm, police attempted to wake up Torres and found him to be intoxicated. The weapon found on him was reported stolen from Logan County, Ohio, on April 30.

Torres, who refused medical attention, was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Charged with theft

YOUNGSTOWN

Keith E. Allen, 56, of 122 W. Chalmers Ave. was charged with theft after police found two bottles of wine on him that he is accused of stealing from the CVS Pharmacy, 311 Park Ave., at 4:42 p.m. Saturday.

The store reported that a black male rode away on a bicycle after shoplifting at the store. Police observed a male fitting that description on Ford Avenue and stopped him.

Allen gave up the wine and was taken to the Mahoning County jail. Police found that Allen also was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear for court on another theft charge.

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