Pa. sex-assault suspect arrested in Massillon, Ohio

Pa. sex-assault suspect arrested in Massillon, Ohio

shenango township, pa.

Township police said a New Castle man, accused of the sexual assault of a teenager, has been arrested in Massillon, Ohio, by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.

Todd Alan Vocature, 52, of South Jefferson Street, is charged with rape, attempted rape, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of minors, indecent exposure, unlawful restraint and aggravated indecent assault.

Police said is accused of luring the girl, 15, to his home Aug. 31, saying he needed a baby sitter.

Her hands and mouth were bound with tape, and she was sexually assaulted.

She was released and told not to tell anyone.

Vocature is in the Summit County Jail awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.

Detroit man pleads innocent to assault

WARREN

A Detroit man has entered an innocent plea to assaulting his roommate with a hammer Monday night at a Dunstan Drive Northwest home.

D’Andre B. Richardson, 25, was arrested at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at 2771 Dunstan Drive, a few doors down from the residence where the assault reportedly took place.

Richardson is being held in the Trumbull County jail in lieu of $75,000 bond.

If convicted, he could get up to eight years in prison.

The victim, a 25-year-old man, told police he told Richardson to move out, causing Richardson to strike him several times in the head with a hammer.

The victim had blood covering his head and face when police arrived.

Warren council OKs sale of bonds

WARREN

As requested by Mayor Doug Franklin, city council approved four ordinances Wednesday that authorized the sale of $10 million in bonds to refinance debt and to purchase equipment.

The debts to be refinanced are $1.7 million for the Ohio Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund and $6.85 million for waterline-construction debt.

Two other ordinances allow the city to sell bonds for $580,000 to buy a new fire department pumper truck and $790,000 for computer hardware and software improvements.

Three other ordinances are being set aside for now that would have involved an additional $15.6 million in bond sales to raise money to construct a one-stop government services building, improve other buildings and fix roads.

Franklin said he would be revising those proposals in the coming weeks and bringing them back to council.

Canfield trustees meeting moved

CANFIELD

The township trustees’ regularly scheduled meeting has been moved to 7 p.m. Tuesday at township hall, 21 S. Broad St.

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