2 OVI arrests

2 OVI arrests

BOARDMAN

Township police made two impaired-driving arrests over the weekend.

Joseph Craven, 27, of Applecrest Court, was arrested early Friday on Applewood Boulevard after he reportedly struck a curb twice and nearly hit an ATM machine in a South Avenue parking lot, according to a police report.

Craven was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired, OVI with prohibited blood-alcohol concentration, and a lanes of travel offense. He was placed under a mandatory two-year license suspension due to having two prior OVI convictions within the last six years, according to the report.

Early Sunday, police arrested Lydell Hawkins, 32, of Campbell, with OVI and OVI refusal after township police reportedly found him asleep at the wheel of a running vehicle in a bar parking lot at 1305 Boardman-Poland Road.

Both suspects are scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here today.

Animal-cruelty charge

WARREN

A man faces an animal-cruelty charge for purportedly having sex with his dogs, police said.

Salvador Rendon, 61, of Warren entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Warren Municipal Court.

Officers arrested the Ward Avenue man after his wife told police her husband had sex with two of his dogs, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV reports.

Rendon is in the Trumbull County Jail without bond.

Woman bites nurse

AUSTINTOWN

A woman bit a nurse at St. Elizabeth Emergency and Diagnostic Center, 6253 Mahoning Ave., when she attempted to treat a head wound.

When officer Daniel Burich responded to an assault report Saturday evening, the victim informed him the suspect came to the hospital heavily bleeding from a head wound and appeared intoxicated, a police report states.

While treating Heather Baney, 44, of Canfield Road, Youngstown, Baney bit the nurse’s forearm, reports said.

Baney was taken to Mahoning County jail Sunday morning, after she was treated for her head wound.

Joint application

HUBBARD

The city will enter into an agreement with Niles and Girard for the purpose of submitting a joint application to participate in the Community Housing Impact and Preservation Program program.

The program provides funding through the Ohio Development Services Agency for providing and improving affordable housing.

Hubbard City Council passed legislation as an emergency Monday authorizing the mayor to enter into the agreement.

If selected, each city could receive $350,000.

Middle to low-income communities are eligible to receive CHIP funding.

This is the first year Hubbard has been eligible, city officials said.

Man wants to go to jail

AUSTINTOWN

A man arrested for violating a protection order told officers he committed the offense so he could go to jail.

According to a police report, Christopher Giles, 40 of Collins Street, violated a protection order Sunday night by going to his former residence on Collins.

The victim, who lived at the residence, had a protection order due to a domestic-violence charge filed against Giles in March.

Giles told officers he went to the residence to get arrested because he had nowhere else to go.

While officers processed Giles at Mahoning County jail, reports said Giles said in six months, when he gets out of jail, he planned to violate the order again because he “has nothing else left.”

Free meal today

NEW SPRINGFIELD

Trinity United Methodist Church, 2427 Columbiana Road, will offer a free meal from 5 to 6 p.m. today.