Marijuana seized

Marijuana seized

Springfield

Police found marijuana plants on properties on Springfield Road and South Range Road.

Police Chief Matt Mohn said the first of the plants were discovered July 22 by a detective during a periodic check for the plants in rural areas, and more were found Friday with help from a helicopter from the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Mohn said more than 100 plants were seized from more than one property on South Range Road, but the operations do not appear to be related. He said the plants are in varying stages of growth but none is ready to be cultivated.

Charges will be filed once an investigation is complete, Mohn said.

Man faces 4 charges

CAMPBELL

Police stopped 21-year-old James A. Carter of Youngstown on Sunday after seeing him lean into the driver’s window of a car on Jean Street, then put something into his pocket once he saw the officer.

When police asked Carter what he had, he quickly flung it away. Officers were unable to find it but did retrieve several tissues with a lottery ticket in the center that contained 1 gram of suspected heroin from another pocket.

Carter then began to run across the street. One officer attempted to take him down, while another twice used a stun gun on him, striking his abdomen and hip. He was charged with possession of drugs, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and criminal trespass. A small amount of marijuana residue also was found in the car.

Traffic, drug charges

CAMPBELL

Police stopped a white Buick Regal shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday, traveling the wrong way on Robinson Road, a one-way street, and found 8 ounces of suspected marijuana in the car.

When officers approached the car, they immediately noticed a strong smell of marijuana. The driver, Jason Duncan, told police that no illegal drugs were in the car, but when officers searched it, they founda bag of suspected marijuana.

The passenger, 20-year-old Bryan W. Cundall, of Warren, said the suspected marijuana was his, and that Duncan wasn’t aware of it. Cundall was arrested for possession of drugs, while Duncan was cited for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.

Teen pistol whipped

warren

Police say a 17-year-old was pistol whipped about 6 p.m. Sunday as he walking on Deerfield Street SW near Sixth Street SW.

The boy told police he was walking home from a store when someone came up behind him, hit him in the head with a handgun and took $300 from him. The boy was taken to St. Joseph Health Center.

Cops find 89 pills

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found 89 pills on a man pulled over for an improper turn Sunday at Oakwood Avenue and Steel Street.

Police arrested Robert Jeter, 31, of Mahoning Avenue on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drugs marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and took him to the Mahoning County jail.