Truck crash releases cattle onto Interstate 80

Truck crash releases cattle onto Interstate 80

AUSTINTOWN

The Ohio State Highway Patrol closed a section of Interstate 80 eastbound late Monday as cattle were being rounded up after a truck mishap. Two cattle were killed in the accident, the patrol said. It happened on the interstate eastbound just past the ramp to get onto state Route 11.

A tractor-trailer hit a guardrail and flipped over at 8:46 p.m. Several cows the truck was carrying were released after the accident. A spokesman for the patrol said the cows were contained but troopers were conducting a thorough search of the area to make sure they have all livestock accounted for. There were 37 cattle total.

The driver received nonlife- threatening injuries and was transferred to a local hospital.

Traffic was being diverted on Route 11 southbound.

Cited in DUI case

YOUNGSTOWN

City police cited a man for driving drunk who tested more than two times the legal limit after a two-car accident about 11:30 a.m. Saturday at a West Side intersection.

Reports said Scott Gehring, 53, of Penny Lane, was one of the drivers involved in the accident, which was not serious.

Reports said Gehring asked the driver of the other car not to call police, and said he would pay for damages. Reports said he smelled of alcohol and told police he had a few drinks. He refused to take a field-sobriety test or to write a statement for an accident report.

Reports said he took a blood-alcohol test at the police station, where he registered a 0.221. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08. Police issued Gehring a citation for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.170 and released him to his wife.

Standoff with police

LORDSTOWN

A man was taken to a hospital for evaluation Monday after a standoff with police in Lordstown, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

When police arrived to follow up on a report of domestic violence involving Beau Gettings, 20, Monday morning, he refused to answer the door to his family’s home in the 6700 block of Highland Ave. Police called for backup from Weathersfield police, the Trumbull County Sheriff’s office, Youngstown police and the Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team.

Amid the three-hour ordeal, Gettings’ 30-year-old brother left the house. He told police his brother was inside with a large ax.

Authorities eventually forced their way inside. Gettings will be taken to the Trumbull County Jail after a medical evaluation.

Police say he will face a charge of domestic violence, but additional charges are possible.

Facing multiple charges

CAMPBELL

Jordan Paradise, 25, of Boardman will be arraigned today in Campbell Municipal Court on multiple charges, including fleeing from police.

According to a police report, police pursued Paradise on Sunday afternoon after he was caught speeding on Wilson Avenue and running a couple red lights. The report states Paradise left his vehicle on Struthers-Liberty Road, where he fled on foot into a nearby cemetery.

Paradise purportedly ignored police commands before he was finally placed in handcuffs.

In addition to fleeing from police, he is charged with obstructing official business, resisting arrest and six traffic infractions. He was able to avoid jail by posting 10 percent of his $5,500 bond.

2 facing drug charges

BOARDMAN

A Poland man and a Salem woman face drug charges after township police stopped them on Market Street on Sunday.

Shawn Paulin, 36, was cited for driving under suspension and having an open container in a motor vehicle, and also was charged with possession of drug-abuse instruments. Melissa Mills, 30, is charged with possession of drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia, and a felony count of tampering with evidence.

Police reportedly found hypodermic needles with heroin residue and a crack pipe with residue in the car. The tampering-with-evidence charges stem from the fact that Mills reportedly tried to hide hypodermic needles in a bodily orifice.

Paulin and Mills were taken to the Mahoning County jail and are set to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here today.

Afrikan leader lecture

YOUNGSTOWN

The Afrikan Village of Youngs-town will present a lecture by Dr. Ray Hagins, chief elder and spiritual leader of the Afrikan Village & Cultural Center International, on Friday evening at the McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road.

The theme is “Exercising our powers in the right way to achieve the correct outcomes for our children, our families and our communities.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the event begins at 7 p.m.

The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center International also will offer a history class at 1 p.m. Saturday taught by Hagins. That event also will take place at the center. Both events are free.

Donations will be accepted and Hagins’ DVDs will be for sale. For information, call 330-333-1828 or 330-207-4710.

Liberty litter cleanup

LIBERTY

The township is announcing the 20th annual Liberty Community Litter Clean Up from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Any clubs, groups or families interested in cleaning an area are asked to meet at the administration building, 1315 Church Hill- Hubbard Road, to be assigned a street.

This cleanup is sponsored by Geauga-Trumbull County Waste Management, which is supplying bags, gloves and giveaways.

Belmont Giant Eagle is providing snacks and water. For information, call 330-759-1315.

Possible murder-suicide

TRANSFER, PA.

Township police and the county coroner were investigating after two men were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in northwestern Pennsylvania.

According to The Associated Press, Pymatuning Township police say Jack Johnson, 45, and Cody Kuykendall, 32, were found dead about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The residence is about 70 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, near the Ohio line.

Police didn’t immediately say which man they believe killed the other before killing himself. The Mercer County Coroner’s office on Monday referred all questions to police, who did not comment beyond a short news release announcing the deaths.

Finding cause of deaths

SALEM

Autopsies will determine how two men died in a fire here Sunday, according to The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV.

The blaze started about 5 a.m. Sunday at a vacant house on Franklin Avenue. It destroyed the house and badly damaged two others. It’s not immediately clear what started the fire, and the TV station said investigators may never discover the cause.