Man pleads innocent

Man pleads innocent

YOUNGSTOWN

Alex C. Bugno, 26, owner of Bugno Towing & Recovery, is free on $500 bond after his Tuesday arraignment in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on charges of disrupting public services and identity fraud.

Bugno, of Clingan Road, Struthers, pleaded innocent in his appearance before Magistrate Dominic J. DeLaurentis Jr.

The disrupting-public-services charge purports he used a computer or telecommunications device to disrupt emergency, educational, commercial or governmental operations. The identity fraud charge says he used identifying personal information without permission to assume another person’s identity.

The offenses are alleged to have occurred Sept. 30, 2013.

Bugno was indicted on the felony charges Aug. 7, 2014.

Drivers needed

WARREN

Trumbull Mobile Meals, 323 E. Market St., has a crucial need for drivers to deliver meals, said Sandra Mathews, chief executive officer.

There is an urgent need for Newton Falls, Mineral Ridge and Warren route drivers, but all areas of the county can use help. Call 330-394-2538 for information.

There is a large segment of the community that is wheelchair bound, uses walkers and canes, are too ill to prepare a meal, or do not have the resources to drive to a congregate meal site or food distribution center. These are the people TMM serves, Mathews said.

“The time you donate is immeasurable and so important to others in need,” she said.

Student event planned

BOARDMAN

Robinwood Lane Elementary School will have its annual “Robinwood Rocks” event for all incoming fourth-graders from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Robinwood Lane Elementary, 835 Indianola Road.

Students are encouraged to bring their school supplies so they can put them in their classroom.

They also are asked to bring a paint T-shirt as they will be painting their handprint on the Robinwood Hall of Fame.

Classes start in the Boardman School District on Sept. 2.

Conditions investigated

GIRARD

The Trumbull County Animal Welfare League says a dog owner who keeps her animal in a pen is not violating any laws.

A humane agent investigated the dog’s living conditions Monday on Ella Street after the agency received numerous complaints and pictures of the dog in what people described as a pen that is too small, said Kerry Pettit, the league’s executive director.

“When you look at the pen from a different angle, you see the dog has more room,” she said Tuesday.

She said the dog has food, water, shelter and is in good health.

The dog’s owner told police that she is being threatened from a Girard-oriented Facebook page.

She said she has received threats from someone who was coming over “with a baseball bat and was going to hit everyone in the head.”

Streets to close

YOUNGSTOWN

West Federal Street, between Phelps and Hazel streets downtown, will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday for the 2014 Arab-American Community Festival which is this weekend.

Outreach event planned

WARREN

Agape Assembly Church, 426 Nevada Ave. SW, will host an “Invasion of Hope” this weekend.

The fourth annual community outreach event will be from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday featuring free food, games, bounce houses, live music and inspirational messages.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, Agape Assembly will conduct its second annual Back-to-school Sunday with Warren Schools Superintendent Steve Chiaro as the special guest.

Students, parents, teachers, coaches and administrators from Warren and surrounding areas are invited to join in the service of worship and prayer in preparation for the 2014-15 school year.

Agape is accepting donations of classroom supplies for area teachers. Suggested items include pencils, pens, paper, folders, hand sanitizer, tissue, cleaning wipes and other school items.

Teachers who attend the service will receive special gifts of appreciation.

For information, contact the church at 330-394-7516 or via email at TJohnson@agapeassembly.com

Meeting planned

Lordstown

The Lordstown negotiations committee and council will meet in council chambers 5 p.m. today and will adjourn immediately into executive session to discuss employee contracts.

Felonious assault charge

NEWTON FALLS

Joshua McLay, 27, of Oakwood Drive in Lake Milton has been arraigned in Newton Falls Municipal Court on a charge of felonious assault in connection with a Saturday incident at Faces Lounge, 13 W. Broad St.

McLay is being held in the Trumbull County jail without eligibility to make bond because of an alleged probation violation.

Judge Phillip Vigorito set McLay’s bond at $10,000 on the felonious assault charge. He was not required to enter a plea on the felonious-assault charge.

Newton Falls police charged McLay after patrons said he threatened them with a knife at 1:56 a.m. No one was cut, Police Chief Gene Fixler said.

McLay fled the tavern, but police found him not far away and took him into custody.

Man charged in rape

WARREN

Michael E. Jachimiak, 61, of State Road in Champion and Vine Avenue in Warren, was arraigned Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court, charged in the rape of a 14-year-old boy.

The boy’s mother reported a sexual assault took place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Packard Park.

Jachimiak was arrested at 2:16 a.m. Tuesday and placed in the Trumbull County jail.

A judge ordered him held in the jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

A not-guilty plea was entered for him.

Burglary charge

WARREN

Thomas E. Buckley, 22, of Valacamp Avenue Southeast, was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on an aggravated burglary charge, accused of breaking into a home on Scott Street Northeast Saturday night and brandishing a gun.

Witnesses said Buckley’s brother had been at the home earlier, gotten into a fight with his girlfriend and left.

When Thomas Buckley arrived shortly afterwards, he accused people in the party of having “jumped” his brother, a witness said. He didn’t threaten anyone, but he made them fear for their safety, the witness said.

A judge in Warren Municipal Court set bond at $2,500 and entered a not-guilty plea for him.

Man shot in leg

WARREN

An 18-year-old Wick Street Southeast man was shot in the leg while watching females fight on Rogers Avenue Southeast near Beck Street at 9:50 p.m. Monday.

Police went to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital and interviewed the victim, who said a large number of people were standing near the fight and watching when he heard gunshots from the crowd.

He knew he had been shot when he felt blood running down his thigh.

The victim said he doesn’t know who fired the shot.

Woman robbed

WARREN

A 60-year-old city woman was robbed and assaulted in the parking lot of Circle K, 606 North Park Ave., at 8:45 p.m. Sunday.

The woman said a man stumbled toward her, then slammed her car door toward her, hitting her in the knee and causing her to drop cash on the ground.

The male took the money and walked away.

A witness confirmed the story.

The woman refused medical attention.