Weathersfield police issue speed citations

Weathersfield police issue speed citations

WEATHERSFIELD

Monday was the first day for citations to be issued by the Weathersfield Police Department for speeding violations detected by the department’s new handheld traffic cameras.

The cameras are being used during the day and afternoon shifts, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. The department issued only warnings the past two weeks.

The system uses a camera that takes a photograph of the car and its license plate if a speed violation is detected. Violators will receive a citation imposing a civil fine of $100 ($150 in construction zones).

No points will be placed on the operator’s driving record. People who contest their citation will have a hearing before a hearing officer.

Man cited in OVI case admitted he was drunk

YOUNGSTOWN

Police reports said a man cited for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol early Saturday registered a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit.

Officer Matthew Hassey was responding to another call about 2:30 a.m. when he saw a car make a wide turn at North Garland Avenue and Oak Street on the East Side.

Hassey followed the car to the Madison Avenue Expressway, lost it for a brief time, then saw a car with no lights that matched the description of the car he was looking for on the eastbound service road at Wick Avenue.

Reports said Michael Miles, 45, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was the driver, and he smelled heavily of alcohol when he was pulled over, reports state.

Reports said he told police he kept the lights turned off because he was in a dangerous neighborhood and admitted drinking five beers. The report also said Miles admitted to police that he was drunk.

He was taken to the police station, where he agreed to take a breath test and registered a 0.232, reports said. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08. Miles was given a citation and then driven to his parents’ house.

Hubbard council plans to demolish garage

HUBBARD

During its final regular meeting of 2015, city council entered into a contract for the demolition of a garage at 139 Center St.

A neighbor addressed council during the meeting, stating that both the garage and a house on that property “were in deplorable condition.” The Trumbull County Health Department condemned the property.

The city also may demolish the house in the future, council president pro tem Lisha Baumiller said, after the city’s law department reviews the necessary procedures.

Council members thanked Councilman at-large Raymond Moffitt, a former police chief, for his years of public service and congratulated him on his retirement.

City officials will take their oaths of office for the next term at 7 p.m. next Tuesday in council chambers in the municipal building, 220 W. Liberty St. Judge Jeffrey Adler will administer the oaths.