Saturday, April 16, 2016
Armed robbery
YOUNGSTOWN
Reports said a gunman got away with cash about 4:40 p.m. Thursday from a Dollar General store, 2981 McGuffey Road, on the city’s East Side.
Reports said a man came up to the counter and placed an item on the counter as though he was going to buy it, but instead demanded money, then pulled a gun.
The clerk grabbed some bills out of the cash register but dropped them. The gunman reached over the counter to grab them, then ran outside to a car that drove away.
Drug charges
AUSTINTOWN
Officers found drug-abuse instruments on a Youngstown woman after a traffic stop Friday on Mahoning Avenue.
Officer Todd Schuller said while performing the traffic stop for a marked-lanes violation, he learned the passenger in the vehicle had a warrant for her arrest on a charge of receiving stolen property from Columbiana County.
When Schuller arrested Aleah Good, 24, of Idlewood Road, Good offered to the officer a hypodermic needle and a charred spoon, both items consistent with processing heroin, which were in her pockets at the time of the traffic stop, according to a police report.
Good is charged with possessing drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia. She has a hearing Monday in Mahoning County Area Court.
Charter review panel to have 1st meeting
YOUNGSTOWN
The city’s newly formed Charter Review Commission will have its first meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the city council caucus room, on the sixth floor of city hall, 26. S. Phelps St.
The seven-member committee will recommend changes to the city charter. It will be up to city council to decide which proposals will be put in front of voters to consider on the November election ballot.
Cinema Drive event
STRUTHERS
Mahoning Safe Communities received a traffic-safety grant that will be used to sponsor a Cinema Drive event at Struthers High School on Monday. Two shows will be offered – for seniors from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and for juniors from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m.
Cinema Drive is a program targeted toward high- schoolers who are learning to drive. The program includes segments that focus on behaviors critical to driving, including speeding, distracted driving/texting, driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, peer pressure, seat-belt usage and fatigue.
Struthers was chosen for the program to recognize its proactive efforts to promote student safety. This grant is funded by Mahoning Safe Communities, through the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
District meeting
YOUNGSTOWN
The Garden District Neighborhood Association will have its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Colonial Hall of St. John Lutheran Church, 1429 Mahoning Ave.
President Jerry O’Hara will officiate. The speaker will be Sean T. McKinney, the city’s building and grounds commissioner. He will give an overview of the responsibilities and duties of Green Youngstown and the street department. There will be a question-and-answer session after his talk.
Information concerning the Summer Youth Garden program also will be provided.
Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th, will give updates concerning the city, particularly the West Side.
A meeting of the Neighborhood Action Team will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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