METRO DIGEST || Out of the Darkness walk

Mental illness walk

YOUNGSTOWN

Hundreds of Mahoning Valley residents will unite to shed light on the stigma surrounding mental illnesses when they gather today at Mill Creek Park for the 2012 Mahoning Valley Out of the Darkness community walk.

Registration is at 9 a.m. at the Wick Recreation Area; opening ceremonies are at 10 a.m.

This third annual fund-raising event supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention by helping provide local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs. It is one of nearly 250 community walks nationwide through December in which some 80,000 walkers are expected to raise $5 million for suicide-prevention efforts.

Organizer Amy Neral said the walk will raise money to fund research and prevention programs here and nationwide.

NYC man arrested in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, Youngstown division, has arrested a 23-year-old man wanted for homicide in New York City.

Alexander Scott, 23, of New York, was taken into custody Thursday.

Investigators in Youngstown learned that Scott had fled to the area and was living in a house on the South Side. Investigators set up surveillance on the house and saw Scott leave the residence driving a car Thursday.

Scott was arrested without incident during a traffic stop. New York City detectives believe Scott gunned down a 22-year-old man during an argument Aug. 4. They are in town to interview Scott and take him back to New York.

I-680 crash near Meridian injures man

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an Interstate 680 one-car accident that sent one man to the hospital.

The name of the man driving the Honda that went off the road and hit a pole at about 11:30 a.m. Friday at the southbound exit ramp near Meridian Road has not been released.

He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment of undisclosed injuries. There were no passengers in the car.