Police investigate assault on girl, 11

Police investigate assault on girl, 11

WARREN

Police investigated a complaint from the mother of an 11-year-old Douglas Street Northwest girl regarding her daughter’s being assaulted just after she got off the school bus at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

When police arrived, they observed the victim to have a swollen and bruised eye and multiple lumps on her head.

Police were told another 11-year-old, who lives nearby, grabbed the victim’s hair, threw her to the ground and punched her in the face and head.

A neighbor observed the fight from her apartment window and went outside and broke up the altercation, she said. Three parents told police this has been an ongoing problem and they have spoken with the principal at their school about it.

Warren schools honor students’ achievements

WARREN

Warren City Schools had a celebration ceremony on Courthouse Square on Thursday for the achievements of its students.

A student and two staff members highlighted activities such as participation in robotics, math and physics competitions, volunteer work with agencies such as St. Vincent DePaul and Warren Family Mission, production of anti-bullying public-service announcements and blood donations.

“Sometimes the community at large doesn’t know all of the positive things going on at Warren City Schools,” said Carol Wilson, a teacher at Warren G. Harding High School.

The school district said it’s important to remind people of the good things happening when bad news happens, such as the fight outside Warren G. Harding High School last week.

Auditor’s office receives award

WARREN

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Trumbull County Auditor’s Office the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the county’s comprehensive annual financial report.

It is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, according to a press release from the Government Finance Officers Association.

Man indicted on charge of inducing panic

WARREN

Stephen W. Strawderman II, 30, of Fairlawn Heights Southeast has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of inducing panic after he purportedly pointed a handgun at seven children as they were getting off of a Howland school bus Oct. 22.

A Trumbull County grand jury refused to indict him on the more-serious felony charge of disrupting public services.

Howland police said a bus driver reported he was dropping off seven children in front of Strawderman’s house when Strawderman pointed the gun, causing the children to scatter and one of them to say, “Don’t shoot us with a BB gun, Dad.”

The driver said all seven children live at the house, but he identified only one of them as being Strawderman’s child. Strawderman later told police by phone he pointed a toy gun at the children as a joke.

Man faces 9 counts of child pornography

WARREN

John T. Miller, 25, of West Avenue Northwest, has been indicted on nine child-pornography counts — charges that could carry a penalty of more than 70 years in prison if convicted.

Investigators arrested him in October while serving a search warrant at his house. Investigators said they found potential criminal activity coming from his computer while investigators monitored the Internet.

Man indicted in child-porn case

WARREN

Jeremy M. Hollingsworth, 37, of Atlantic Street, was indicted Thursday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on 10 child-pornography counts and could get as much as 80 years in prison if convicted.

Investigators conducted a raid on his home last month after determining that Hollingsworth used a computer to transfer files containing child pornography to another person.

Holiday celebration

WARREN

Signature HealthCare of Warren, 2473 North Road NE, is hosting its annual holiday resident’s celebration from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today at the center.

Food, punch and cider will be served. Door prizes and holiday wreath contest winners will be announced. Silent-auction highest bidders from the week’s Festival of Trees will be awarded.

MVHS receives $6,000 for education program

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Education Department has received a $6,000 grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mahoning Valley and Western Pa.

The grant is being funded in part by RMHC of Mahoning Valley and Western Pa. and in part by RMHC Global.

The money will be applied to the development of two travelling suitcases focused on the Civil War and the Valley’s Industrial History.

The suitcase presentations bring artifacts, historic images, maps, letters, games, clothing and other materials into the classrooms for students to study and explore.

More than 4,000 students per year benefit from these outreach programs.

For information, visit www.mahoninghistory.org or call 330-743-2589.