FirstEnergy probes holiday power outage

FirstEnergy probes holiday power outage

YOUNGSTOWN

The power outage that affected more than 6,000 people on Thanksgiving is under investigation by FirstEnergy.

Mark Durbin, FirstEnergy spokesman, said the outage was caused by a malfunction of the large transformers inside the substation in Cornersburg, affecting residents in Austintown, Boardman, Canfield and Youngstown.

Power was restored to customers after 8 p.m. – about four hours after the outage.

“It takes time to safely make the repair to the transformer in the substation,” Durbin said.

In the long term, the units have proven to be reliable, Durbin said, adding the outage just happened at an inconvenient time.

Woman in city court in Struthers shooting

STRUTHERS

A woman was arraigned Friday in Struthers Municipal Court after a Thanksgiving Day shooting. Justine Paris, 29, of Struthers faces two counts of felonious assault. She is alleged to have fired shots Thursday around 2 p.m. outside her East Midlothian Boulevard home. One bullet went through the door of a parked SUV and hit a 20-year-old woman in the hip, and another hit a house across the street, according to police. The victim was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for the wound, which was not life-threatening.

At the time of the shooting, the victim and her sister were sitting in a parked car in front of Paris’ house, police said. An argument preceded the shooting.

Bar fight in Struthers ends in man’s arrest

STRUTHERS

A Poland man was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct while intoxicated Thursday morning after a fight at La Villa Sports Bar and Grille on Youngstown Poland Road.

William Polis III, 32, of Poland was released after posting $100 bond and will be arraigned Monday on the misdemeanor charge.

A police report states that Polis had a bloody nose from being struck with a beer bottle. A bar employee said another man hit Polis after Polis and his brother had intimidated the man and started an argument.

The report states that Polis was arrested after using profanity and not cooperating with police.

Campbell man, 46, arrested after crash

CAMPBELL

A man was charged with driving under the influence, driving under suspension and failure to control a vehicle after a crash about 8 p.m. Thursday near Lettie Avenue.

According to police, officers arrived to find a car rolled onto its side and the suspected driver walking in the grass nearby.

Herman Taylor, Jr., 46, of Campbell had slurred speech, smelled of alcohol and could not accurately say what day of the week it was, police said.

Taylor was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. He declined to take a blood-alcohol content test.

Campbell burglary

CAMPBELL

Police are investigating a burglary Thursday at a Kendall Avenue apartment.

An estimated $950 worth of items, including two televisions and a gaming device, were reported stolen.

Officers arrived to find the apartment ransacked with a broken bathroom window and a kitchen window that had been removed.

A police report speculates that someone likely tried and failed to enter through the bathroom window, came in through the kitchen window and then exited through an unlocked front door.

Police are examining possible fingerprints left behind.