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Cats are People events planned at pet store

Niles

The “Cats Are People, Too!” Club has planned events throughout the month at Pet Supplies Plus, 5555 Youngstown Warren Road.

The club will have representatives at the adoption area in Pet Supplies Plus from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today to collect aluminum cans for recycling.

The clean cans will be recycled, and the funds will benefit kittens.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday , the club will offer raffle tickets for a $100 lottery board and items such as cat toys, decals, T-shirts, car magnets, bracelets, bibs and cat pads.

TNR of Warren also will be present at the event.

Any guests who have a cat that needs to be spayed or neutered are urged to attend and ask for Corky.

Child endangering

WARREN

A 31-year-old city man is charged with endangering children after members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force discovered he had left his 16-month-old child alone in a home on Highland Avenue Southwest for two hours.

The officers went to the home twice Tuesday afternoon to arrest Scott Langham on several warrants, one of them for failing to register as a sex offender.

On the second trip there, officers saw Langham’s father, who said Langham fled after officers were there the first time.

The child’s mother arrived and allowed officers inside the house, where the child was found alone in an upstairs bedroom but uninjured.

The child’s mother called police later when Langham returned, and he was arrested.

Salem stabbing

SALEM

A man was arrested after an early-morning stabbing Wednesday in the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue that killed a man.

A press release from the city police department states police called there for a stabbing found a man later identified as Gerrod Lanzendorfer, 23, lying in the middle of the road dead.

While police were there, another man, Robert Harmony, no age given, went to the police department and said he was involved in a stabbing.

Harmony was arrested on a charge of murder and is in the Columbiana County Jail.

Police still are investigating and looking for a motive.

Thefts at mall

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a Columbiana woman on Wednesday on charges of theft and two counts of receiving stolen property.

Patricia Bryson, 57, of Wind Rose Court, is accused of stealing from three department stores in Southern Park Mall.

A Dillard’s loss-prevention officer told police Bryson walked into the store with multiple handbags on her arm. The officer then saw Bryson conceal multiple items in one of the handbags and then leave the store, according to a police report.

When loss prevention stopped Bryson, she agreed to come back to the office.

While loss prevention went through the items, they found multiple pieces of merchandise from Macy’s and J.C. Penney.

Bryson admitted she stole the items, according to the police report. She was released on a summons to appear at 5:30 p.m. today in Mahoning County Area Court here.

Idora workday

YOUNGSTOWN

An Idora Community workday will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday to clean up the vacant properties along the Glenwood Avenue corridor.

Participants will be able to meet at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. building, 820 Canfield Road, with available parking in the lot on Billingsgate Avenue and the cell tower on Canfield Road across from the YNDC office.

For information, call Jack Daugherty at 330-480-0423.

Kent woman arrested

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a woman from Kent on Tuesday on two theft warrants.

Lisa Ann Richardson, 49, of Akron Boulevard, is accused of stealing a $499 margarita-maker from Kohl’s department store Sept. 9.

A store loss-prevention officer told police he followed Richardson into the parking lot and told her to return the mixer.

When she declined, he took the mixer from her, according to a police report.

Richardson also is accused of stealing two Leapster tablets from Walmart on Sept. 10.

The store loss-prevention officer was able to provide a license plate number of the vehicle Richardson left in.

Boardman police were dispatched to Portage County Jail to pick up Richardson on Tuesday.

She is now in Mahoning County jail awaiting her court date at 5:30 p.m. today in Mahoning County Area Court here.

Snow-related crashes

POLAND

Ice- and snow-covered roads may have been the cause of multiple accidents Wednesday morning along Western Reserve Road and other thoroughfares.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to two of the accidents. One was just west of Market Street, and the other was west of North Lima Road.

The accident close to North Lima Road sent some of the vehicle occupants to the hospital, according to the OSHP.

How many people were sent to the hospital was not readily available later Wednesday, but the patrol did say both crashes were minor.