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Man shot Tuesday

YOUNGSTOWN

A man was shot in the arm and leg about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday and drove himself to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Austintown, where police said he was reported in stable condition. City police have arrested a suspect in the shooting, which occurred in the 500 block of Market Street. Details were not available Tuesday night.

Drug, weapons charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Police say a man ran across two lanes of traffic on Market Street on Monday afternoon because he had a gun and drugs. Officers pulled over a car at East Philadelphia Avenue and Market at about 4:05 p.m. because the driver had no license. A passenger, Lewer Dent, 25, of Lans-downe Boulevard, jumped out and ran across Market, chased by an officer. Both were almost hit by oncoming traffic, reports said.

The officer managed to take Dent to the ground. A search revealed a .22-caliber revolver and a bag of heroin and a bag of crack cocaine. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm, obstructing official business, possession of drugs/heroin and possession of drugs/crack.

The driver, Thomas Lacey, 58, of East Florida Avenue, was cited for possession of drugs after police found some pills on him during a search.

Multiple charges

WARREN

Lavia L. Broadnax, 29, of Phillips Drive Southwest was arraigned Tuesday on charges of felony aggravated drug trafficking, two misdemeanor counts of child endangering and misdemeanor drug abuse after police reported finding heroin and marijuana in the car with her.

A Warren police officer stopped the car she was driving at 12:59 a.m. at the corner of Highland Avenue and South Street Southwest for failure to use a turn signal. Broadnax had no driver’s license, and police found 42 bindles of suspected heroin in her purse and two plastic bags of suspected marijuana in the vehicle. Her daughter and niece also were in the car, police said.

Police called Broadnax’s mother to retrieve the children, ages 10 and 2. Broadnax was released from the Trumbull County jail after her hearing in Warren Municipal Court and after posting $7,500 bond. The court entered a not-guilty plea to the aggravated drug trafficking. Broadnax pleaded not guilty to the child endangering, drug abuse and traffic charges.

Charged after stop

YOUNGSTOWN

A driver who yelled at police that they could not search his car later apologized after they did. Police pulled over a car driven by Jerry Glenn Jr., 26, of Hilton Avenue at about 8:15 p.m. Monday at Palmer and South avenues for driving left of center. When the officer went to talk to Glenn, she ordered him and two passengers out because of a strong smell of marijuana inside, reports said. Glenn protested and tried to roll up the window, reports said. An officer leaned inside to try to shut the car off, but Glenn relented and got out when another officer ordered him out.

Inside, police found a digital scale covered in suspected cocaine residue, reports said. Glenn was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and driving left of center. One of his passengers, Antonio Barnes Jr., 26, of Winona Avenue, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear. Reports do not mention what happened to the second passenger.

Reports said Glenn apologized — and said he thought police would not be able to smell the marijuana because he had air fresheners in the car.

Film about recovery

WARREN

A local showing of the film “The Anonymous People,” a documentary about the 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addition, will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sahara Club II, 2345 Youngstown Road SE. Social stigma has kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades, leaving the mass media to fill the void with depictions of people with addictions that perpetuate a fascination with the dysfunctional side of a preventable and treatable health condition, according to the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board. The documentary shows the emerging social-justice movement that hopes to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions for substance abuse.

Human trafficking

LIBERTY

A free education and awareness event on the topic of human trafficking will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday at Church Hill United Methodist Church, 189 Churchhill-Hubbard Road.

The program is being coordinated by church members, K(NO)w More Human Trafficking. Guest speaker will be Liberty police Capt. Toby Meloro, who will discuss local issues.

The movie “Chosen” will be shown. Refreshments will be served. For information, call the church at 330-759-0118.

Facing felony charges

AUSTINTOWN

Township police arrested a Youngstown man Monday on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and receiving stolen property, both felonies.

Lester Walker, 45, of Boston Avenue is in the Mahoning County jail and will appear in Austintown court at 9 a.m. today.

An investigation into suspicious activity outside of a business on Clarkins Drive led to the arrest, according to a police report.

Police found a loaded handgun on the driver’s side of a vehicle they say Walker was driving. The handgun turned out to be listed by the Liberty Police Department as stolen since May 2007, a report said.

Tree-trimming delayed

CALCUTTA

Due to winter weather conditions and extremely low temperatures forecasted for this week, state Route 170 will not be closed during daytime hours north of Calcutta in Columbiana County for tree-trimming work. The work is being postponed until Monday.

When this work does begin, crews are expected to work on Route 170 for about three weeks between 8:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. No official detour will be posted. Motorists should plan ahead to avoid delays, however, say officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation.

New recycling hours

NORTH LIMA

Beaver Township is announcing these new manned hours for its recycling facility: 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

For those who are simply dropping off their recycling items, the facility is open 24 hours a day. The recycling drop-off site is at the township administration building, 601 W. South Range Road.

Variances approved

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s board of zoning appeals approved two requests from Verizon Wireless for variances to build 200-foot communications towers. The board agreed Tuesday to permit Verizon to reduce the sideyard setback requirement of 200 feet to 75 feet for a tower at 2670 Salt Springs Road on the West Side. The other vote was to reduce the sideyard setback to 96 feet for a tower on a lot on Liberty Road on the East Side.