Warrants issued for city man

Warrants issued for city man

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State troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield Post issued warrants for Jesse Lewis, 20, who ran from a traffic stop Monday morning.

A spokesman for the patrol said a car Lewis, of Youngstown, was driving and pulled over about 10 a.m. on Interstate 680 heading north near the Midlothian Boulevard exit, and Lewis drove away from a trooper. Lewis led troopers and Youngstown officers on a short chase to Shady Run Road on the South Side, where he abandoned the car and ran away on foot.

The spokesman said Lewis was wanted on warrants for burglary and breaking and entering. Youngstown police officers and troopers searched for him for an hour but could not find him. He remained at large late Monday night. Two men in the car with Lewis were released at the scene, the spokesman said.

Pa. man dies in traffic accident

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

Despite the efforts of several bystanders, a Lawrence County man died Monday in a traffic accident.

Shenango Township police report that 82-year-old Lamoine Hartzell of Ellwood City was killed in an accident at state Route 388 and Frew Mill Road, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Police say Hartzell’s pickup truck pulled into the path of another pickup truck at 8:46 a.m. Monday.

Hartzell was pinned in his truck after it flipped over. Bystanders tried lifting the truck to prevent it from crushing Hartzell. Police say Hartzell was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Health Center. The other driver wasn’t injured.

Pa. man found dead in quarry lake

NEW CASTLE, PA.

A 59-year-old New Castle man was found dead in a quarry lake Sunday afternoon, Pennsylvania State Police said.

The body, later identified as that of Dwight Edward Copper, of George Washington Road, was found about 2:40 p.m. by a visitor to the lake in Kino Quarry on Kino Road in Washington Township.

Copper, who was floating in about 10 feet of water near the lake’s western shore, was pronounced dead at the scene by Al DeCarbo, Lawrence County deputy coroner.

State police said Copper appeared to have been dead for about 24 hours, but they said the exact cause and manner of death are undetermined. An autopsy was to be performed at Heritage Valley Medical Center in Beaver, Pa.

Meeting planned

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County Solid Waste Management District policy committee meets at 9:30 a.m. today in the board of elections board room in Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave.

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