Saturday, June 20, 2015
Pleads not guilty
STRUTHERS
Gust Mamounis, 38, of Hawthorne Street pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of aggravated menacing at his arraignment in municipal court.
Police reports say that Mamounis followed a group of children ranging from 11 to 15 years old along Elm Street on Monday while holding a handgun, making threats to kill the children and using racial slurs. Officers arrested Mamounis that evening and later released him on a $300 bond.
Before dismissing Mamounis after his hearing, Judge James Lanzo told him, “This is not the militia. ... You will not be chasing these kids around.”
Road reopens
The Trumbull County Engineer’s Office has announced that Countyline Donley Road in Bloomfield and Mesopotamia townships between state Route 534 and Bloomfield Geneva Road, previously closed on Wednesday due to flooding, reopened Friday.
Culvert replacement
BRISTOLVILLE
The Trumbull County Engineer’s Office said Thompson Clark Road between Hyde Oakfield Road and state Route 88 in Bristol Township will be closed for a culvert replacement effective immediately and until further notice.
The recommended detour route is west on Route 88 and north on state Route 45.
Theft reported
STRUTHERS
Police are investigating a report by a 37-year-old man that someone stole $1,633.50 from his unlocked station wagon.
The Struthers resident reported the theft Thursday. He told police the money had been inside a bank envelope, and that the vehicle had been parked overnight on Sexton Street.
DQ marks 75th
YOUNGSTOWN
Dairy Queen will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Dairy Queen store from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at 3555 S. Meridian Road.
At 4 p.m. children’s games and activities will take place and a reading of a proclamation will conclude with a 6 p.m. cake cutting.
They will serve free DQ signature cake slices. Fans, team members and the community are invited.
Community march
YOUNGSTOWN
A community march will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday starting at Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1812 Oak Hill Ave., and marching to the former Clarence Robinson Center, 1700 block of Oak Hill, to recognize the legacy of the center.
Participants are ACTION (Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods), Oak Hill Collaborative and Mount Calvary.
Relay for Life event
LEAVITTSBURG
Warden Christopher LaRose announced that Trumbull Correctional Institution’s inmates will host a Relay for Life event at Trumbull Correctional Institution, 5701 Burnett Road, at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The Relay for Life movement raises funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
More than 350 inmates volunteered for the event, 248 of whom are registered to be walkers and made individual donations. Participants may partake in various games throughout the day. Several of the groups representing the inmates – such as the NAACP, The Links Inc., veterans groups, Toastmasters, WordMasters and United Purpose – each donated $150 to the cause.
Donations are expected to exceed $2,000.
Police probe possible animal-cruelty case
CAMPBELL
Police are investigating possible animal cruelty reported Thursday evening when they found two dogs in the backyard of 127 Jefferson St.
One dog was leashed and had shelter and an upright dog bowl. Another dog, a large Rotweiler, was collarless and running loose, according to a police report.
Police also found a third dog with a chain around its neck and an overturned dog bowl behind 125 Jefferson. The police report states officers did not approach the dog due to its aggressiveness.
Officers attempted to contact the dog’s owner but received no response, the police report says. A neighbor told the officers the owner had left for a fishing trip Tuesday but could not afford to have the dog boarded.
The Animal Charity Humane Society did not immediately come to the scene because the first dog was not in immediate danger, police said. The dog warden picked up the dog from the residence Friday morning.