Federal grand jury indicts Warren man

Federal grand jury indicts Warren man

CLEVELAND

A federal grand jury has indicted Ricardo McKinney, 29, of Lancer Court and Olive Street, Warren, on charges of heroin distribution and illegal possession of a firearm stemming from a major drug bust that occurred in Warren.

Warren police said they found more than 1,650 grams of heroin with a street value of $250,000 at a residence in the 1500 block of North Road when they executed a search warrant there Feb. 25.

Police also confiscated two firearms, two digital scales, packaging material and about $6,000 in cash, they said.

The arrest culminated a two-month investigation by the Warren Police Street Crimes Unit.

McKinney faces four charges — two counts of distribution of less than 100 grams of heroin, one count of possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Fires at 2 houses

YOUNGSTOWN

Firefighters battled blazes within minutes of each other early Tuesday morning at two vacant East Side houses.

A 480 N. Garland Ave. home was so involved in flames when crews arrived about 4:30 a.m. that firefighters let it burn down and protected adjacent homes. Damage is listed at $830 in that blaze. The cause is listed as arson.

Crews also responded to an 859 Dean St. home about 5:10 a.m. That home was allowed to burn down because of the amount of fire when firefighters arrived. Damage there is listed at $2,500, and a cause has not been established.

Woman claims car was rammed by SUV

YOUNGSTOWN

Police reports said a car was rammed about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday with a woman and two children inside during a dispute over a $40 cellphone bill.

Police were called to the 3000 block of Hudson Avenue on the South Side, where a 26-year-old woman said she was in a car with her niece and nephew, age 1 and 3, when a woman she knows drove up in an SUV and collided with the back of the car she was in while she was sitting in a driveway.

The woman in the car said it was her cousin’s, and the cousin and the woman in the SUV were arguing over a cellphone bill, reports said.

No one was injured. Police could not find the SUV.

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