Two arrested, face weapons charges

Two arrested, face weapons charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested two people on weapons charges after police responded to a fight call on the North Side about 5:10 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers were called to a home on Elm Street for reports that two men were arguing with another man, and one of them had a gun. When they arrived, witnesses told police a man on the sidewalk had a gun on him and put it into a car.

When officers checked the car, they found Denise Robinson, 23, of Trail Edge Drive, Hubbard, talking on two cellphones in the backseat and she had a handgun on her lap, reports said. Witnesses then said a man on the sidewalk, 23-year-old Justin Patterson of Upland Avenue, originally had the gun.

Patterson faces a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and was taken to the Mahoning County jail. Robinson, also taken to jail, faces a charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

MVOC meeting set

WARREN

The Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative and Ohio Organizing Collaborative will meet with local residents at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in New Jerusalem Fellowship Church, 2555 Palmyra Road SW, to talk about long-term policy changes in education, transportation and fair housing.

“People cannot get to jobs to feed their families, children cannot get to school safely, and the elderly have little mobility because in Warren, we do not have dependable transportation for our residents, and we are in dire need of it,” said MVOC Leader William Phinisee.

Breast-cancer event

Humility of Mary Health Partners will raise awareness about breast cancer and the importance of regular screening mammograms by hosting a Pink Hair for the Cure Day on Friday at all three hospitals: St. Elizabeth Health Center, 1044 Belmont Ave.; St. Joseph Health Center, 667 Eastland Ave. SE in Warren; and St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, 8401 Market St.

Stylists from Deja vu Salon, inside Aria Salon, 362 Boardman-Poland Road, will be at the hospitals selling pink hair extensions from 8 to 10 a.m.

The extensions cost $10 with 50 percent of the proceeds benefiting the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center and the St. Joseph Cancer Center.

Halloween Parade route announced

WARREN

The city’s Halloween parade route Sunday will be from Mahoning Avenue to Market Street Extension and East Market Street to Vine Avenue to High Street. The parade will disband on Harmon Avenue.

Streets will be closed starting at 11 a.m. and will be unblocked at 1 p.m. All vehicles must be moved from the streets by 10 a.m. Sunday or they will be subject to towing at the owners’ expense.

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