METRO DIGEST || Apartment fire loss set at $165K

Apartment fire loss set at $165K

BOARDMAN

A man suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to a hospital from a 3:45 p.m. fire at 6551 Lockwood Boulevard on Sunday. He was in bare feet.

He was just escaping from the basement apartment when fire crews arrived. The fire damaged his apartment and caused smoke damage to the rest of the six-plex building, Assistant Chief Don Kloes said, estimating the total loss to be $165,000.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Boil alert in effect in Campbell

CAMPBELL

A boil alert was in effect Sunday night for all of Campbell after two water-main breaks Sunday — one on Wilson Avenue and one on Struthers-Liberty Road.

No skating at pond

YOUNGSTOWN

Mill Creek Metroparks closed the Lily Pond to ice skaters Sunday because of higher temperatures over the weekend that weakened the ice. It will remain closed until further notice.

“The safety of our visitors is of the utmost importance, and we are hoping that below-freezing temperatures over the next week will permit us to open the Lily Pond to skaters next weekend,” the MetroParks said in a news release.

Downtown fighting ends with arrest

YOUNGSTOWN

Stephanie Woods, 23, of Boardman, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest early Sunday near Silver’s Vogue Shop on West Federal Street after police said they observed her involved in three fights.

Police saw her on top of another female, hitting her, and police broke it up, telling everyone to leave.

But a short time later, about 2:23 a.m., officers saw her start a second fight with a different female, which bystanders stopped. Officers then saw her start a third fight and hit the window of the Vogue Shop with her hand, causing the alarm to sound.

Police attempted to arrest her, but she resisted. Officers put her on the ground, which caused a crowd of people to surround officers and yell for her to be released.

Officers ordered Bryndon Rutland, 24, of Youngstown, to step away and pushed him away, but he kept coming back, so he was charged with disorderly conduct.

Eddie Pierce, 22, of Youngstown, also was charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to leave the area.