Police cite man with DUI, speeding

Police cite man with DUI, speeding

YOUNGSTOWN

Police cited a man on charges of driving under the influence about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday and for driving twice the speed limit on Glenwood Avenue.

Mill Creek MetroParks police officers spotted a car driven by Vincent Hill, 37, of Youngstown driving south on Glenwood Avenue and clocked it at 79 mph. The posted speed limit is 35 mph.

There also was a car in a parking lot nearby, and the driver said he had been hit by a car similar to the one Hill was driving. Police found a bumper in the road and then spotted Hill’s car, which had damage to its front end, reports said.

Reports said Hill was very drunk when he was stopped, and there was an almost-empty bottle of brandy in his car and a marijuana cigar. He was cited for driving under the influence and taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center so a blood test could be done to determine his alcohol content, reports said.

Cleanup effort

YOUNGSTOWN

Volunteers and community partners will gather at 9 a.m. Saturday at the former Coach’s Bar and Grille parking lot, 3178 Sheridan Road, to clean up nine vacant properties in the Powerstown neighborhood on the city’s southeast side. Cleanup activities begin at 9:15 a.m. and end at 2 p.m.

The initiative is spearheaded by a partnership between the Powerstown Block Watch, the 7th Ward Citizen’s Coalition, the city, Mahoning County Land Bank and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

In addition, community volunteers from three Youngstown State University student groups — Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity, the University Scholars and Honors program and YSU-Scape — also will pitch in and help the effort.

Election forum

YOUNGSTOWN

The Community Mobilization Coalition will have a candidates-and-issues forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday at New Bethel Baptist Church’s fellowship hall, 1507 Hillman St.

Invited to speak are candidates for the 58th Ohio House District, the 7th District Court of Appeals, Mahoning County Probate Court and the 13th Congressional District. Also, those on both sides of the Youngstown anti-fracking charter amendment and the county sales-tax issues are invited to speak.

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