Man stabbed in neck

Man stabbed in neck

YOUNGSTOWN

Police reports said a man stabbed in the neck Saturday morning at a home in the 1400 block of Woodcrest Avenue on the East Side told officers he remembers nothing but drinking.

Officers were called to the home about 2:45 a.m. and found Lynn Bowden, 35, resting against a fence with a stab wound. Officers went inside and smelled a strong odor of bleach, and the floor in the dining room was wet. A wet mop was left on the floor, and there were some small blood spots in the kitchen, reports said. A woman in the home told police she wiped clean a steak knife.

Reports said police were able to determine Bowden and the woman, 26, had been drinking, and Bowden was stabbed after he threatened her.

The woman was taken to the police department for questioning, but no charges have been filed.

2 OVI checkpoints set

LIBERTY

The Trumbull County Operating a Vehicle Impaired Task Force will be conducting two OVI checkpoints today, St. Patrick’s Day, on state Route 193 in the township between the hours of 6 and 10 p.m.

Suspect is in custody

YOUNGSTOWN

One day after the FBI announced a reward for his capture, a suspect in a Youngstown bank robbery was taken into custody.

According to The Vindicator’s broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV, authorities say Jayquawn Manigault, 22, was arrested Monday in Georgia by agents and task force officers assigned to the Atlanta Field Office of the FBI.

On Sunday, the FBI announced a reward was being offered for information leading to the capture of Manigault, who authorities believe held up the Chase Bank at 2900 Market Street last month.

Manigault is in the Fulton County Jail awaiting extradition to Ohio to face charges of aggravated robbery.

Facing drug charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found a dose of heroin and two suboxone strips on a Lisbon man who was pulled over after officers received a tip from Ohio Investigative Units about erratic driving about 8:50 p.m. Saturday.

The agents spotted a pickup truck at a U.S. Route 224 and Raccoon Road gas station that backed into a pylon, then drove away without stopping. They followed the vehicle to Youngstown.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers and police eventually caught up with the car in the first block of South Meridan Road. The driver, Joseph Kloos, 26, of Stookesberry Road, Lisbon, refused to take his hands out of his pockets, and when he did, he was spotted throwing away the dose of heroin. Police found the suboxone strips in his wallet and a burnt spoon in the center console.

Kloos was taken to the Mahoning County jail on charges of possession of heroin, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A passenger was released, reports said.

Sentenced for assault

WARREN

Aaron S. Moffett, 31, of Griswold Street Northeast, was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for the attempted murder and felonious assault on his sister.

Moffett cut his 34-year-old sister in the back and leg and punched her in the head at 3:30 a.m. July 3 after she kicked him out of the apartment, prosecutors said.

Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court sentenced Moffett.

Child-porn sentence

WARREN

A 56-year-old city man already serving a 40-year prison term for child-pornography charges relating to a 12-year-old central Ohio girl has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for child-pornography offenses in Trumbull County.

Lauren K. Thomas, formerly of Beechwood Street Northeast, pleaded guilty Monday to numerous child-pornography charges relating to offenses that occurred from December 2012 to May 2013.

This marks the fourth time Thomas has been convicted of sex offenses, including a 40-year prison sentence for offenses in Union County in Ohio in 2012, said Gabe Wildman, assistant county prosecutor.

According to The Columbus Dispatch, the Union County offenses occurred when Thomas pretended to be a preteen when he befriended the 12-year-old victim online and coached her and persuaded her to send him graphic videos and pictures.

Man robs Circle K

WARREN

An unidentified armed man robbed the Circle K store, 4021 Parkman Road NW, at 12:50 a.m. Monday.

The man shouted to the two employees to empty their cash drawers, which the workers did. The suspect then took the cash and fled.