Mother pleads not guilty to charge

Mother pleads not guilty to charge

WARREN

Jodi L. Weaver of Highland Avenue Southwest was arraigned Wednesday in Warren Municipal Court on a misdemeanor vehicular-homicide charge connected to the death of her daughter, Alyssa Wynn, 17.

She pleaded not guilty, and her bond was set at $15,000.

Weaver, 40, is accused of driving too fast and losing control of her pickup truck March 12 on West Market Street, causing her truck to roll a couple of times and come to rest against the Raider Lounge.

Her daughter, a senior at Warren G. Harding High School, was killed. Weaver, and her son, Jonathan Wynn, 10, were injured.

Library to close

EAST PALESTINE

The East Palestine Memorial Public Library, 309 N. Market St., will be closed Friday for work on the water pipes.

Burglary charge

WARREN

Christopher G. Perkins, 25, of Charles Avenue Southeast, is in the Trumbull County jail without eligibility to make bond, charged with aggravated burglary in a Sunday night break-in on Iddings Avenue Southeast.

A not-guilty plea was entered for him.

A woman living in the 200 block of Iddings reported being robbed by a man with a knife at 6:55 p.m. Sunday.

The man forced his way into her house and stole her purse, she said.

Police found Perkins standing on a street not far away, and he fled on foot onto the bike path north from South Street toward East Market Street.

The officer, Patrolman Chad Shrader, caught up to Perkins in the rear yard at 167 Charles Avenue Northeast. Perkins was attempting to get into the back seat of a car that pulled into the driveway, but the patrolman and another officer were able to get Perkins into custody.

Man robbed of cash

YOUNGSTOWN

A 25-year-old city man told police he was surrounded by four men and robbed of $42 about 11:50 a.m. Tuesday in a 911 Belmont Ave. parking lot.

Reports said the man was in the parking lot counting his money when the men surrounded him. One of them pointed a gun at his face, reports said. Another man reached in his pockets, took the money and all four ran north on Belmont, reports said.

Taking applications

LISBON

Columbiana County Auditor Nancy Milliken is accepting applications for enrollment in the Homestead Exemption program for 2015.

New applicants who own their homes and will turn 65 or older this year, or who have become permanently disabled, will now be subject to an income test to qualify for the program.

The new rules require applicants to have an adjusted gross household income of $31,000 or less to be eligible. The deadline to apply for the exemption for both new and late applicants is Monday.

Applications are available at the auditor’s office at the courthouse, 105 S. Market St., or can be downloaded from the audtior’s website at www.columbianacntyauditor.org.

For information, call 330-424-9515, ext. 1011.

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