Mother, baby hurt in one-car crash

Mother, baby hurt in one-car crash

KINSMAN

A mother and her baby were seriously hurt in a single-car accident Thursday afternoon on state Route 7, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The driver, Brandi L. Cottrell, 21, of Campbell, was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown with serious injuries. Her 2-month-old baby, who was a passenger in the car, was then flown from St. Elizabeth to Akron Children’s Hospital in critical condition. Cottrell was southbound when her car went off the right side of the road, hit a ditch and an embankment, went airborne and hit a tree in the 2:41 p.m. crash, the patrol said.

Man charged with domestic violence

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a Pennsylvania man on domestic-violence charges about 1:10 a.m. Friday after he took his estranged girlfriend’s 15-month-old son during an argument at a home in the 2900 block of Noel Avenue.

The child’s mother told police the father of the child, William Happ, was upset that she went on a date. He slapped her and pushed her before taking the child and driving away.

A police report noted Happ has neither visitation nor custodial rights.

The child’s mother called Happ and persuaded him to bring the child back. Reports said the mother told them she didn’t want him to get in trouble but she wanted the child back.

Happ was placed in the Mahoning County jail.

Stabbing victim wanted on warrant

YOUNGSTOWN

A man who was stabbed in the stomach about 6:30 p.m. Thursday on the South Side also is wanted on a warrant.

Police were called to a home in the 300 block of East Boston Avenue, where Devin Anderson, 32, told police he was arguing with a man at East Boston Avenue and Rush Boulevard and the two were punching each other when the man pulled a knife and stabbed him.

Anderson was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where it was discovered he had a failure-to-appear warrant from Youngstown Municipal Court. He was listed in stable condition and has a police hold on him.

Vandalism probed

BOARDMAN

Police are investigating who threw a large rock to break into the Family Dollar on South Avenue just after midnight today.

Police arrived to the store after an alarm was activated. Upon arrival, police noticed a large rock inside the store and the bottom of a glass door shattered. The damage is estimated at $2,000, according to a police report.

Review of surveillance footage showed a white man wearing a red hooded sweat shirt and camouflage shorts enter the business by crawling through the broken glass door, according to a police report.

The man went back to the automated teller machine, but as soon as the alarm lights flashed, he fled. No items were taken from the store.

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