Special prosecutor sought in cop case

Special prosecutor sought in cop case

YOUNGSTOWN

The chief of the criminal division of the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office is asking Judge James C. Evans of the county’s common pleas court to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the case of Detective Sgt. Robert Lodwick of the city police department, who faces felony charges of importuning — soliciting someone to engage in sexual conduct — and illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.

Rebecca Doherty is asking Judge Evans to appoint Angela Canepa, a Columbus-based assistant Ohio attorney general, to prosecute the case because Lodwick has investigations pending with the county prosecutor’s office. The charges pertain to a 14-year-old girl Lodwick came into contact with during an investigation. Lodwick is on unpaid administrative leave and in the county jail.

Steel beams stolen

YOUNGSTOWN

Someone took several large pieces of steel from Youngstown Metal Fabricating, 1640 Wilson Ave., overnight Tuesday, police say.

Police were called about 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, where employees said they noticed a gate that was locked at 6 p.m. Tuesday was taken apart when they arrived for work Wednesday morning, and an unknown amount of beams and other pieces of steel were taken.

Employees told police it looked as if thieves used one of the company’s own carts to move the steel where it could be placed on something to be driven away, reports said.

Safety day at Kmart

HOWLAND

The Howland Fire Department and Kmart will have a safety day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Kmart, 2100 Niles-Cortland Road SE.

It will include car-seat inspections, bike-safety rodeo, a fire-safety trailer, poison safety, fire engines, ambulances, and a number of organizations providing information and attractions.

Among them are the Howland Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Safe Surfin’ Foundation (Internet safety), Scrappy from the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and the STAT Med evac helicopter.

3-D exhibit opens

Youngstown

Applied Systems and Technology Transfer (AST2) have teamed up with the McDonough Museum of Art and Youngstown State University’s Center for Contemporary Art for “Re-shaping Ideas: Ingenuity in 3D Technology,” an art show opening today and on display through Aug. 2

The exhibition will focus on additive manufacturing and how the technology is transforming industry and empowering individuals to design and create with 3-D printing.

An “Innovation and Creation Space,” hosted by AST2, will be open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Participants will design an object with a computer-aided design program, create a holographic virtual model and produce a prototype of their object using the 3-D printing equipment.