OVI citation

OVI citation

BOARDMAN

Jeffrey Zoldan, 56, of Youngstown was cited Monday for operating a vehicle impaired and failure to assure clear distance Monday. He is a brother of Bruce Zoldan and an employee of Phantom Fireworks, and was driving a B.J. Alan Co.-owned vehicle, a police report says.

Police said Zoldan was involved in a two-vehicle accident with no injuries at U.S. Route 224 and Southern Boulevard about 11:46 a.m. Monday. Officers reported that Zoldan had slurred speech and was extremely talkative. He performed several field sobriety tests and officers placed him in handcuffs and said he was under arrest after failing those tests.

Zoldan took a breath test and registered 0.056 blood alcohol level, less than the legal limit of 0.08, and told police he had three beers from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. He also told police he had taken several prescription medications.

Strickland endorsed

YOUNGSTOWN

The United Auto Workers union endorsed ex-Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, challenging Republican incumbent Rob Portman for a U.S. Senate seat next year.

“Ted Strickland has always stood on the side of working men and women in Ohio,” Ken Lortz, UAW Region 2B director, said Tuesday. “When autoworkers needed him most, Ted fought right alongside us to secure the auto rescue, and together, we saved 160,000 Ohio jobs. Ted has sided with workers and voted against every job-killing trade deal that has ever come before him.”

UAW Region 2B covers Ohio and Indiana, with 128,000 active and retired members in Ohio.

Strickland is being challenged in next year’s Democratic primary by Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld with the winner facing Portman in the November 2016 general election.

Weapons taken

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said three weapons were taken from a West Side home overnight Sunday.

Police were called to a home in the 1600 block of Sillimanite Street about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, where a woman who lives there told officers she stayed overnight at another home, and when she returned home about noon Monday, she noticed the electric meter was taken and a side door kicked in.

Inside, the house was ransacked and a television was taken, as well as a wedding dress, two pistols and a .22-caliber rifle with a 15-round clip and a scope attached.

Theft at mortuary

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said embalming fluid and instruments were taken from a South Side funeral home overnight Sunday.

Employees at Family Funeral Services, 75 E. Midlothian Blvd., told officers they reported to work at 8 a.m. and found a back door unlocked.

Reports said a business manager told police he thinks someone hid in the building overnight, took the items and left.

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