Girard man killed in motorcycle crash

Girard man killed in motorcycle crash

GIRARD

A man died of skull fractures and chest injuries in a motorcycle accident early Tuesday morning, an official with the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office said.

Dr. Joseph S. Ohr, deputy coroner and a forensic pathologist, said Brian Reddinger, 46, of Squaw Creek Drive in Girard was riding home at 4:11 a.m. when he struck an oncoming car on South State Street in the city.

He was not wearing a helmet.

Toxicology results are pending, Ohr said.

Suspect surrenders

YOUNGSTOWN

A teen wanted for a Nov. 17 homicide surrendered to police Tuesday.

Marquan White, 17, surrendered on an unrelated robbery warrant. He also is wanted in the shooting death of 20-year-old Antwon Lee Martinez of Youngstown.

Martinez was found shot to death early Nov. 17 on a sidewalk in the 2500 block of Guadalupe Avenue on the North Side.

Within a few days White was a suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest, but he was able to elude police until Tuesday.

He is in the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center.

2 recovering from SUV crash at plaza

AUSTINTOWN

The driver and juvenile passenger of a vehicle that crashed Tuesday into a township store are recovering, officials said.

A sport utility vehicle crashed through the front windows of Dots, a clothing store at Austintown Plaza, 6000 Mahoning Ave., and both people did not have serious injuries, said fire Chief Andy Frost III.

Dots and next-door business, Payless ShoeSource, which had some damage from the crash, were closed Wednesday. Dots’ damaged windows were boarded up with wood provided by the plaza’s owners.

Arson suspected in Boardman fire

BOARDMAN

Township police and fire officials are investigating a blaze at a township residence Monday as an arson.

According to a police report, firefighters responded to 204 S. Cadillac Drive. There were no injuries, but fire officials reported extensive damage in the home’s basement and living room.

Fire officials alerted police that they are investigating the incident as an arson after an investigator determined the fire started at two places, one in the basement and one in the living room.

The investigator reported to police a person who was recently evicted is a suspect and that no one had access to the residence besides the tenant.

Gift cards stolen at Boardman store

BOARDMAN

Police are investigating a theft of $2,000 worth of Visa gift cards from a convenience store and service station.

An employee at Speedway, 649 E. Midlothian Blvd., reported to police two male suspects entered the store in November and each selected five $200 Visa gift cards.

The men then paid for the gift cards with MasterCard credit cards, according to a police report.

A district manager later told the employee the credit cards were Canadian and that the transactions failed, leaving the store $2,000 short.

The manager also reported five other Speedways were victims of similar incidents.

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