Woman killed in crash identified


July 16, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

Woman killed in crash identified

youngstown

Police identified the woman killed Saturday in a one-car accident on Interstate 680 as Doretha Redd, 37, of Warren.

Lt. William Ross of the department’s traffic unit said investigators still are not sure what caused the SUV Redd was driving to veer off the road and strike a concrete median strip.

Redd was traveling south on the interstate, and the accident occurred just past the South Avenue exit about 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

Ross said he is awaiting the coroner’s report and other tests before he can determine what may have caused Redd to crash.

Man charged with disorderly conduct at restaurant

AUSTINTOWN

A Youngstown man was charged with disorderly conduct after he showed up at Ruby Tuesdays restaurant in Austintown to confront a man who had been seeing his girlfriend.

Cameron R. Shaffer, 22, of Brownlee Avenue was being escorted from the restaurant by employees after he started a fight in the kitchen. When police made contact with Shaffer, they smelled alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot and his speech was slurred, according to a report.

The restaurant’s manager told police that he witnessed Shaffer assaulting several of his employees. The restaurant’s cook told police that Shaffer charged in and started throwing punches. He added that he was punched once in the side of the head.

Meeting scheduled

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Land Reutilization Corp.’s finance committee will meet at noon today in the conference room of the Land Bank office, Suite M5-A, 20 Federal Place.

Library branch to open Monday

NORTH JACKSON

The newly built, $2 million Tri-Lakes Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County will open to the public at 10 a.m. Monday, library officials announced.

A formal dedication ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. Aug. 13 at the branch, 13820 Mahoning Ave. Separate North Jackson and Lake Milton branches, which closed last month, have been merged into the new 6,270-square-foot building, for which ground was broken last July 30.

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