Fire investigated

Fire investigated

GIRARD

The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a house fire at 349 N. Davis St. that started shortly after 10 a.m. Monday.

Firefighters responded to the fire — which began in a back bedroom in the southwest corner of the house — not long after receiving the first call at 10:12 a.m., said Fire Chief Kenneth Bornemiss. The house is “basically a total loss,” he added, estimating the damage at about $30,000.

No one was in the house at the time, and no injuries were reported.

Woman in custody

YOUNGSTOWN

A woman who was arrested on her 29th prostitution charge last week was taken into custody again about 1:30 a.m. Sunday for failing to appear for her court date.

Shirley Ingram, 44, was arrested at Hillman Street and West Warren Avenue on a warrant for failure to appear for a charge of loitering, reports said. That’s the same area where she was arrested last week.

She was given a citation for the original charge last week but did not show up in court for arraignment. She is in Mahoning County jail.

Assault reported

YOUNGSTOWN

A 30-year-old East Avondale Avenue man said he was body-slammed in the parking lot of a 3114 South Ave. bar about 6:55 p.m. Sunday.

He was in the bar when a homeless man he knows walked in and the victim asked him for some money he owes him, reports said.

The victim tried to leave when someone he knows grabbed him, dragged him out the door, picked him up and threw him down on the pavement. Reports said his face was bloody and swollen. The suspect was not there when police arrived.

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