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Item stolen from house

YOUNGSTOWN

Three televisions, cash, headphones and a video-game system were taken sometime Thursday from a home in the 1400 block of Woodcrest Avenue on the East Side.

Reports said the homeowner left at 7 a.m. and when she returned at 3:25 p.m. she found her home ransacked.

Someone pried off a screen on a back window by the kitchen to get inside, reports said.

Family Fun Night set

BOARDMAN

The sixth-grade “Maroon Team” at Boardman Glenwood Middle School will host a Family Fun Night for the team’s students and parents from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the school, 7635 Glenwood Ave.

Teachers will create a fair-themed atmosphere with stations for students and parents to visit and to compete in various hands-on activities based on what students have been studying in their classes.

The Chick-fil-A cow will make an appearance and present prizes to those who solve math problems.

Complaint certified

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline has certified a complaint against Youngstown attorney Dennis DiMartino. The Supreme Court has sent DiMartino a certified copy of the complaint, and he has been asked to file an answer to the allegations.

The complaint says DiMartino failed to pay money from his trust account to a client in 2013, then failed to respond to requests from an investigator from the Mahoning County Bar Association for information about the matter.

The complaint notes that DiMartino previously was suspended from practicing law three separate times since 1994 — for six months, one year and six months.

Volunteers sought

YOUNGSTOWN

The Western Reserve Transit Authority is seeking volunteers familiar with disability issues and regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act to serve on a four-member committee that would consider appeals from people whose applications for door-to-door transportation for the disabled are initially denied by WRTA staff. People interested should call Marianne Vaughn, authority treasurer, at 330-744-8431.

Facing charges

AUSTINTOWN

Township police arrested Eric Golsa, 45, of Youngstown on charges of aggravated menacing and telecommunications harassment.

Police said Golsa called the McDonald’s restaurant on South Raccoon Road at 8:48 p.m. Thursday threatening to “shoot up” the restaurant.

Police arrived and found Golsa near the fast-food restaurant. A police report said Golsa did not have any weapons on him. Police took him to the Mahoning County jail.

Officials support application for grant

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners passed a resolution Thursday in support of the county sheriff’s office’s application for a $19,600 U.S. Department of Justice grant that would pay for two electronic devices designed to detect cellphones, either turned on or off, within the county jail.

Cellphones are banned within the jail to prevent inmates from using them to conduct illegal activities, explained Annemarie DeAscentis, county budget specialist. The sheriff’s office would make the 10 percent local share from its budget, which would add $1,960 to the above total.

YWCA gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN

The YWCA of Youngstown, 25 W. Rayen Ave., has received a grant from the Ohio Department of Education to provide free and discounted preschool to eligible families.

The child must not ever have received any local, state or federal child-care funding and must be age 3 or 4 or not yet age-eligible for kindergarten.

The ODE preschool hours at the YWCA are 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Breakfast and lunch are not included.

The YWCA also is enrolling for Community Development Institute Head Start, which provides free preschool for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds who are income-eligible. Hours are 8:30 to noon Monday through Thursday. Extended care is available. For information, call 330-746-6361, ext. 125.

Drugs found in car

YOUNGSTOWN

Nicole A. Myers, 30, of Mosier Road in Girard was charged with drug trafficking, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop at 6:02 p.m. Friday on Market Street near Florida Avenue.

Police stopped her after determining the car she was driving had expired license plates. They then discovered she was wanted on an arrest warrant out of Trumbull County, so they arrested her.

Police found a hydrocodone pill in her pocket along with a snorting straw, then found three large plastic bags of suspected marijuana and a marijuana pipe in her car. One of the bags was in her purse.

Myers was taken to the Mahoning County jail.