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Man charged with child endangering

NEW MIDDLETOWN

Police said they found a 3-year-old child Tuesday on Sandy Court who had been outside for several hours dressed in a sweatshirt and pajamas but without shoes or socks.

Officers found the child after neighbors called 911 about him, reports said. Reports said they found a man who was watching the child, William Bish, 32, who told police he had fallen asleep at 1 p.m. after a night of drinking and that he also smoked marijuana about 3 a.m.

Police arrested Bish. He is charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and child endangering. He and his wife have temporary custody of the child, reports said. Reports said the child was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley in Boardman for an examination and the child was released to a relative.

Bish is expected to be arraigned next week in Struthers Municipal Court.

Firetruck accident injures 3 in Hubbard

HUBBARD

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a firetruck accident that injured three fire officials early Wednesday morning in Hubbard Township.

An Eagle Joint Fire District truck driven by Thomas Gregory, 60, of Hubbard, drifted off Chestnut Ridge Road about 1 a.m. while on the way to a call for service, according to a highway patrol spokesman. The truck then struck a ditch, a culvert, a mailbox and a tree.

There were six firefighters, including the driver, inside the truck. Three were transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for non life-threatening injuries.

Struthers burglary

STRUTHERS

Police are investigating a burglary reported early Tuesday from the Struthers Mini Mart on Center Street.

Surveillance footage shows two white men throwing a rock at a drive-thru window. It shows one of them climbing through the window and taking multiple boxes of cigarettes and emptying $200 from cash registers before fleeing on Center Street, according to a police report.

Detective Jeff Lewis says the surveillance video is of poor quality, but police are pursuing possible DNA evidence from blood left at the scene from a suspect’s cut.

Swearing-in Saturday

NILES

The city will conduct swearing-in ceremonies for its elected officials at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ciminero’s Banquet Center on North Main Street. Taking the oaths of office will be Mayor-elect Thomas Scarnecchia, council President Robert Marino, the seven-member council, auditor and law director.

Three incoming council members – Linda Marchese, Barry Steffey and Ryan McNaughton – will begin their first terms.

Boardman break-in

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating a reported break-in at a Glenwood Avenue business.

The owner of Bud’s Car Wash, 7275 Glenwood Ave., reported Tuesday that someone had pried open a door to gain entry to the business sometime since Monday night. At least $100 was missing from a change machine.

Dominion donation

YOUNGSTOWN

Dominion and the Dominion Foundation awarded $10,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley to support the school-pantry program at Youngstown Community School, 50 Essex St. This grant is part of Dominion’s $1 million commitment to “critical community needs” that specifically support increasing food securities.

The YCS school-pantry program is a collaborative with United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. It is part of a national program of Feeding America, which provides nourishment to low-income children and their families for preparation and consumption at their place of residence.