Youngstown man arrested in assault

Youngstown man arrested in assault

WARREN

A Youngstown man is in Trumbull County jail after his arraignment in municipal court Wednesday on charges he knocked out a woman June 24.

Willie J. Hill, 53, of East Wood Street, was arraigned on a charge of felonious assault and has a bond of $75,000, according to court records.

Police reports said officers were called to St. Joseph Warren Hospital at 7:25 p.m. June 24, where a 51-year-old woman told the officer she picked Hill up in Youngstown and took him to her apartment. Reports said she told the officer Hill hit her in the head with a metal rail during an argument, and she was knocked unconscious.

She waited several hours before seeking treatment because she is afraid of Hill, reports said.

A warrant was issued for Hill, and he was arrested at his Youngstown apartment without incident about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Heroin, cocaine seized

WARREN

Warren police used a search warrant at 362 Chestnut St. NE Tuesday and recovered about 35 grams of cocaine and three grams of heroin.

Investigators also found four handguns, five digital scales, suspected marijuana, packaging material, several boxes of ammunition, and a surveillance camera. Police also recovered about $10,000 from the residence, a report stated.

DeVaughn Raymond Jr., 25, was taken into custody and transported to the Trumbull County jail. Raymond faces charges of possession of cocaine and for being a convicted felon in illegal possession of weapons. He was arraigned in court Wednesday with bond set at $150,000.

The search concluded a two-month investigation.

Dog’s death probed

GIRARD

Police are investigating possible animal abuse in the death of a dog found here.

A Trumbull Avenue resident told police when she left for work Tuesday morning the dog was fine and chained to the back porch. The resident said, however, about 10 a.m., her daughter found the dog dead and hanging from the rear-porch banister.

The resident said she believes the dog could not have climbed up the banister on its own due to its small size, the length of the chain and the height of the banister.

Officer Scott Strain, however, noted in a report he believes the dog may have climbed the banister on its own.

The resident said she knows of no one in the neighborhood who might be responsible or who has ill will toward her family. She stated she came home around two weeks ago to find another one of her dogs was dead while chained in the back yard, but she assumed the dog died due to natural causes.

Burglary in Liberty

LIBERTY

Police are investigating a burglary at an apartment on Oakland Drive.

The apartment’s tenants reported returning home Tuesday evening to find their apartment had been ransacked and that $500 in cash, two pairs of gym shoes and an Xbox gaming console missing. The estimated value of the missing items totals $2,040.

The tenants also reported their flat-screen television had been damaged.

A neighbor said he had heard broken glass and then saw a man leaving out the apartment window while carrying the gym shoes. The neighbor said he observed this about 5 p.m., roughly an hour before the tenants notified police.

Eastgate COG to meet

YOUNGSTOWN

Eastgate Regional Council of Governments Citizens Advisory Board will meet at 7 p.m. today in the City Centre One Building’s 10th floor conference room, 100 E. Federal St., Suite 1000.

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