Man arrested after gun fired into air

Man arrested after gun fired into air

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested an East Side man about 4 p.m. Tuesday after reports said he fired a gun in the air after his mother was upset at him for calling her a vulgar name.

Police were called to a home in the 400 block of North Garland Avenue for a report of shots fired. Reports said the woman told police she was arguing with her son, Deangelo Christian, 25, over a broken screen door, and he called her a name.

Reports said the mother told police she protested after her son called her the name, and Christian pulled a gun out of his waistband and fired a shot into the air.

Christian was arrested on charges of domestic violence by intimidation and discharging a firearm within city limits. Police found a 9mm shell casing on the front porch but could not find a gun, reports said.

Sracic to be on CNN

YOUNGSTOWN

Paul Sracic, chairman of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University, will appear this week on CNN’s “Newsroom” to talk about the first Republican Party debate of the election season. Sracic is scheduled to be on the program during the 9 a.m. block today and Friday. Sracic will provide “pre” and “post” analysis of the GOP primary debate, which is in Cleveland tonight. Sracic will attend the debate.

Missing adult alert

BROOKFIELD

The Ohio Attorney General’s office has issued an alert for an endangered missing adult. Robert Hougelman, 66, left his residence on Lincoln Street in Masury and has not returned.

Hougelman has epilepsy, suffers from dementia and may be uncooperative with law enforcement. He is known to wear blue jeans and flannels.

He is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds.

The vehicle involved is a silver 2007 GMC Envoy with Ohio license plate EOX7371. Anyone with information should call the center at 330-675-2760 or the Ohio AG’s office at 866-693-9171.

Lane restrictions

AUSTINTOWN

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced Interstate 80 eastbound between state Route 46 and Salt Springs Road will be reduced to one lane as traffic is switched to the outside lanes starting at 8 p.m. today through 6 a.m. Friday.

ODOT also said I-80 between the Ohio Turnpike and state Route 46 will have various daily lane restrictions for pavement repairs. This work is part of a $91.5 million project to widen I-80 between state Routes 11 and 193. The entire project is scheduled to be completed by late July 2018.

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