Campbell candidate accused of assault

CAMPBELL

A Youngstown man has accused a candidate for mayor of Campbell of assault. Matthew Gabel, 22, told police that Nicholas Phillips, 51, punched him and broke his jaw at Phillips’ Sycamore Drive home Aug. 5, a police report states.

Gabel is the boyfriend of Phillip’s wife’s daughter.

Phillips is running for mayor. He told police he struck Gabel in self-defense after Gabel tried to push his wife, a police report states.