Held in stabbing

Held in stabbing

WARREN

Michael Witherow, 26, of Milton Street Southeast is being held in the Trumbull County jail without eligibility to make bond after the stabbing of a 21-year-old Oak Street Southwest woman.

Police said the stabbing took place at the woman’s home at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday.

The woman was taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Police recovered a steak knife from the home.

An innocent plea was entered for Witherow in Warren Municipal Court on Thursday.

Chews charged

WARREN

Two residents of Highlawn Avenue Southeast were arraigned Thursday in Warren Municipal Court on drug charges after a raid at their home Tuesday afternoon that uncovered methamphetamine, scales and chemicals involved in making the drug.

Two children were living there at the time of the raid by the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force, according to The Vindicator’s broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV.

Bond was set at $7,500 for Michael Chew, 22, and $10,000 for Rachel Chew, 28.

An innocent plea was entered for Rachel Chew to charges of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, aggravated drug trafficking and drug possession.

An innocent plea was also entered for Michael Chew to a charge of aggravated drug trafficking.

Both return to court Sept. 26.

Briefcase broken open

NILES

The Youngstown Bomb Squad responded to Central Baptist Church, 1301 North Road, on Thursday morning for a briefcase on the steps in front of the church’s main doors that was feared to have a possible explosive inside.

The bomb squad used a device that shoots water under pressure at the briefcase about 11:45 a.m., breaking it open and revealing that it contained only papers, not explosives.

Niles police were trying to locate the owner of the briefcase to find out why it had been left there.

Church member Harlan Williams of Niles said he found the briefcase, which had a combination lock on it, when he arrived at the church at 9:30 a.m.

He called Niles police, who responded to the church and decided to call the Bomb Squad.