SUV driver cited; passenger runs away

SUV driver cited; passenger runs away

youngstown

Police cited a man early Monday who has nine open suspensions on his license, but a passenger in his car ran from officers and was not caught.

Leighland Johnson, 28, of Inverness Avenue, was cited for driving under suspension after an SUV he was driving was pulled over about 12:30 a.m. on East Delason Avenue. Officers were investigating another call in the area when they saw the SUV speeding toward them and pulled it over in the drive of a vacant home.

The passenger jumped out and was not found. Reports said Johnson told officers he did not know the name of the man in the car who ran away.

Case sent to grand jury

AUSTINTOWN

A woman who admitted shooting her husband waived her preliminary hearing Monday night, sending her case to a Mahoning County grand jury.

Margaret Tucker, 54, of 51 S. Edgehill Ave., was in Mahoning County Court on one charge of felonious assault in the shooting of her 61-year-old husband, Harry Tucker, at their home May 6.

The grand jury decides probable cause, and if there is, an indictment is issued. The couple had a dispute that night, and Tucker’s second shot hit her husband in his lower abdomen, a police report says.

Car windows smashed

youngstown

Police reports say a 41-year-old South Side woman’s car windows were smashed by a man who was one of several people in a procession of cars chasing her early Monday.

Police were called to the 200 block of Ellenwood Avenue about 2:10 a.m. for a report of a rolling argument, and when they arrived, a woman said she was chased home by people in several cars after a person in her SUV said something to another female at a Boardman skating rink.

The woman said one of the cars hit her rear bumper, and when she stopped, someone got out of that car and smashed her windows, reports said.

Some of the cars that were thought to be involved in the dispute were stopped at Gibson and Lee avenues, reports said. The woman in the car was told to consult with the prosecutor’s office if she wanted to file charges.

More vandalism

BOARDMAN

A vandal or vandals continued a pattern of defacing township property over the weekend.

According to a police report, graffiti was spray-painted on a Swaneck Industries building on Simon Road sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday. It was reported to police at 2:25 p.m. Saturday.

The building’s east wall had a triangle spray-painted in white paint with the words “De La Funk” and “Face” in black paint. The business does have surveillance cameras, but poor lighting resulted in a poor outcome of identifying the culprit or culprits.

Graffiti was painted on a Boardman welcome sign during Memorial Day weekend. One of the township’s middle-school buildings also had black spray- paint on it earlier this year.

Streets closing for fest

WARREN

The African American Achievers Festival will close these streets from 6 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Monday: West Market Street at North Park Avenue; West Market at Mahoning Avenue; Mahoning at West Market; Mahoning at High Street; Mahoning at Monroe Street; High at North Park; and High at Harmon.

Swimming lessons

WARREN

The American Red Cross of the Mahoning Valley is offering swimming lessons at the Warren G. Harding High School pool this month and July for children age 3 through 12. Registration is open to all. Children need not attend Warren schools.

The cost is $30 per student per session. Payment is requested before the first day of class. Lessons are Monday-June 19; June 23-July 3; July 7-17; and July 21-31. Class times are 12:30- 1:15 p.m., Levels 1 and 3; 1:25-2:10 p.m., Levels 2 and 4; and 2:15-3 p.m., Levels 5 and 6 and preschool.

For information on where to get registration forms, visit Warren Schools’ website at www.warrenschools.k12.oh.us/ or call 330-392-2551.

Sirens to be tested

HERMITAGE, PA.

The Hermitage Fire Department will conduct a monthly test of the area’s weather warning sirens at 10 a.m. Thursday. The test will include activation of the Clark, Farrell, Sharpsville, West Middlesex and Wheatland weather sirens. Citizens are asked to disregard the alerting sirens during the test.