Cops arrest man on weapons charge

Cops arrest man on weapons charge

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested Bruce Clinkscale, 18, of the city’s South Side on a charge of carrying a concealed weaponSaturday afternoon.

Clinkscale was arrested about 3 p.m. after officers first responded to a domestic dispute between a mother and her adult son on East Dewey Avenue. She reported to police that her son threatened her with a handgun. While officers questioned her, she pointed out Clinkscale, who was passing by the home with another man she identified as one os her son’s associates.

Police followed the men and stopped them at a parking lot in the 2000 block of South Avenue.

Police found a handgun on Clinkscale who was then transported to Mahoning County jail.

Woman to officer: That’s not my crack

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a Pittsburgh woman on a charge of possession of cocaine Saturday night.

Sandra Freckleton, 47, was arrested about 11 p.m. after she was pulled over in a traffic stop at Hillman Street near St. Louis Avenue for failing to use a turn signal.

Police saw a small plastic bag containing 0.8 of a gram of crack inside the vehicle and in plain view.

According to a police report, Freckleton said, “I went into the house and bought the crack, but it’s not mine. I got it for someone else.”

She was transported to Mahoning County jail pending a court appearance Monday afternoon.

Contraceptives in history on display

YOUNGSTOWN

The Melnick Medical Museum at Youngstown State University is displaying a collection of contraceptives in a new exhibit at the Lincoln Avenue entrance of Cushwa Hall.

Four display cases contain artifacts on loan from the collection of the Dittrick Medical History Center at Case Western Reserve University.

The artifacts are part of the museum’s collection of contraceptives, which is the most comprehensive collection of the subject in the world. The new display features historical male condoms, a diaphram, cervical caps, several types of oral contraceptives (or pills), and early IUD devices. Although the cases are arranged by type of contraceptive, they also follow a roughly chronological development following the popularity of new forms of contraception in the 20th century.

Cohasset Dr. closing

YOUNGSTOWN

West Cohasset Drive from High Drive to Old Furnace Road in Mill Creek Park will be closed for two to three weeks beginning Tuesday for a shoulder-replacement project.

A portion of the road’s shoulder will be reconstructed, and some storm-drainage repairs will take place.

The water level of Lake Cohasset will be lowered for the project to ensure dry conditions. The Flats and the Silver Suspension Bridge will remain accessible.

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