Lawyer suspended

Lawyer suspended

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended William Charles Helbley Jr. of Poland from law practice in the state after his felony conviction.

Helbley was sentenced in 2012 in a federal criminal case to three years’ probation and to make $381,827 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Helbley’s case was a complex investment scheme involving falsely inflated appraisals and more than $7.5 million in mortgage loans, court records show.

New group to meet

YOUNGSTOWN

A newly formed neighborhood group, the Old Furnace District Neighborhood Association, will have its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at New Covenant Church, 1900 Canfield Road in Cornersburg.

During the initial meeting, the group will be choosing logos and tackling other organizational tasks. A representative from the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. will attend, as well as Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally and police chief Robin Lees. Cookies will be served.

For information or to join the group, call Tina Feudale at 330-540-8871.

Vice squad arrests 2

YOUNGSTOWN

Members of the police department’s vice squad serving search warrants investigating drug activity arrested two people.

At a 336 Edwards Ave. home on the South Side at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, officers found a 9mm handgun, a magazine of ammunition in a cereal box, 14 suboxone strips, several oxycodone pills, a bag of heroin, loose crack cocaine, a grinder and a scale.

Arrested on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of drugs/heroin, possession of drugs/crack cocaine and possession of drugs was 26-year-old Randolph Jeter, who reports said lists the home as his address.

At a 29 Matta Ave. home on the West Side about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, police found a syringe, two bags of pills and a spoon with heroin residue. Arrested there was Zackary Muir, 20, on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drugs.

Water pipe bursts

YOUNGSTOWN

About 30 homes on Canfield Road were without water for about 12 hours after a 14-inch pipe burst, likely caused by the cold weather.

The pipe broke just after midnight Wednesday on nearby Idora Avenue on the city’s South Side, causing flooding on that street and no water at some homes on Canfield Road.

Those living in those Canfield Road houses are under a boil-water alert until further notice, said Eugene Leson Jr., the water department’s chief engineer.

The water was restored to those homes shortly after noon Wednesday.

Fire ruins pole barn

FOWLER

About a dozen fire departments responded to 4753 Sodom Hutchings Road to put out a pole-barn fire at 4:06 a.m. Thursday.

The barn was a total loss, but there were no injuries and no animals inside. The fire destroyed farm equipment and a utility trailer. There also was firewood inside, said Fred Yungbluth, Fowler fire chief.

No damage estimate was available. The tanker shuttle from the east side of the county assisted with the fire because there was no public water supply available at that location.

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