Fracking on ballot

Fracking on ballot

COLUMBUS

Backers of a proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing in Youngstown say they’re not giving up despite defeats in the May and November elections this year. The proposed Community Bill of Rights would have prohibited the high-pressure oil- and gas-drilling technique, also called fracking, inside city limits.

A spokeswoman says ban supporters in Youngstown and neighboring Niles are gathering signatures now for another ballot attempt.

Spokeswoman and geologist Susie Beiersdorfer said supporters believe they can win this time because public understanding of the issue is growing. She noted that voter support for the issue increased from spring to fall.

Patrol continues probe of death

LISBON

The Ohio State Highway Patrol continues its investigation into the cause of an accident that killed a woman Saturday afternoon in Salem Township.

According to a patrol report, Pamela J. Yeager, 42, of Carrolton Township, was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-car accident on state Route 164 at 2:25 p.m.

The patrol on Monday still was trying to determine if her death was the result of a medical condition before the crash or from the crash itself.

Man, 18, shot in front of house

WARREN

An 18-year-old Oak Street Southwest man was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound at 11:27 p.m. Sunday from in front of a home in the 400 block of Penn Avenue Northwest.

One Smith & Wesson firearm and a magazine holding nine bullets were taken into evidence. During the investigation, Warren police took another 18-year-old man, Derwin R. Norman of Autumn Drive Northwest, into custody on warrants, as well as charging him with misdemeanor falsification.

A police report provided no other details.

Man arrested in theft of debit card

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a 31-year-old man over the weekend after his mother claimed he used her debit card without permission.

Thomas Evans of Santa Fe Trail in Boardman was charged with a fifth-degree felony of theft Saturday. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Evans’ mother told police she believed her son withdrew $500 from her bank account Thursday.

Evans’ admitted to police he took her debit card, according to a police report. The mother told police this is not the first time her son used her card without her permission.

A court date has not been scheduled.

Woman charged

BOARDMAN

A 37-year-old Youngstown woman faces theft charges after representatives of Modarelli’s Sparkle Market on South Avenue accused her of theft Sunday.

Judith Douglas of Oakwood Avenue was charged with a misdemeanor theft offense and was transported to Trumbull County for a theft charge she had pending there.

Police were called to the supermarket just after 3 p.m. on the report of a shoplifter.

Store employees told police they found two packages of spare ribs in the woman’s bag. The woman could not show them a receipt that she paid for the meat. One package was valued at $25.15 and the other at $24.

Douglas will be arraigned at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Mahoning County Area Court.

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