Woman charged with theft at mall

Woman charged with theft at mall

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a 45-year-old Akron woman Thursday on a theft charge after personnel at Victoria’s Secret Pink store at Southern Park Mall accused her of taking several items.

Frankie Dowdell is in Mahoning County jail. She was arraigned later Thursday in Mahoning County Area Court here on the theft charge. There had been a warrant out for her arrest.

Dowdell is accused of taking 35 long-sleeved shirts worth more than $800, two sweatshirts worth $100, and four pairs of yoga pants valued at $200 from the store Jan. 18.

Dowdell has another hearing at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Man faces traffic, drug charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Joshua Williams, 28, of Youngstown, was cited about 3:25 p.m. Thursday on charges of driving under suspension, possession of drug abuse instruments, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drugs after an officer spotted him driving with a suspended license in the 100 block of Roslyn Avenue on the North Side.

After a search, police found 21 pills of three varieties in a pill bottle, a syringe, and a spoon with heroin residue, reports said.

Williams was seen by an officer driving on the street and was cited after he pulled into a driveway, reports said.

DUI charge filed against man

YOUNGSTOWN

A man with 15 open suspensions on his license was charged with driving under the influence early Friday morning after reports said his blood-alcohol content registered more than three times the legal limit for driving drunk.

Police were called to the 1400 block of Victor Avenue on the East Side about 10:10 p.m. Thursday where a woman told them a car that had been speeding up and down the street had hit her car while someone was trying to back it out of a driveway.

In the street, police found Leartis C. Day, 46, of West Hylda Avenue, who was staring at the sky, reports said. He told officers he did not have a driver’s license, and a records check showed the suspensions.

He was taken to the police station for a breath test, which he took at 12:10 a.m. Friday, two hours after police were called. He registered a 0.245 reading. The legal limit for driving drunk in Ohio is 0.08.

First-half tax bills mailed out

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Treasurer’s Office has mailed out first-half, real-estate tax bills, which can be paid without penalty through March 7.

Tax bills may be paid in person at the treasurer’s office, 120 Market St., by mail, online by credit card, by using electronic checks, or at the Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Farmers National Bank or Cortland Bank.

Demonstration of ancestry database planned at library

Poland

The public library branch at 311 S. Main St. here will feature a demonstration of its ancestry database at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The program will be presented by Tim Seman, a librarian with the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.

The database, which is considered the ultimate genealogical research tool, gives access to all available U.S. Census images and indexes and numerous other resources.

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