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Drug abuse

AUSTINTOWN

Officers issued two men court summonses for drug possession on Pine Trace Street.

According to the police report, on Thursday night officers approached a vehicle sitting for an extended period of time to ensure everything was alright.

Two men inside the vehicle said they had car trouble and were fixing it, reports said. One suspect told officers he had marijuana hidden on him. Officers issued Daniel Majirsky, 24, and Alan Direnzo, 19, both of Pine Trace, court summonses for drug abuse. They have a hearing at 6 p.m. May 9 in Mahoning County Area Court.

Child sex plea

WARREN

Michael A. Bailey, 28, of Trumbull County was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison after pleading guilty in common pleas court to two counts of importuning and 13 counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

The investigation began when a 10-year-old girl from Nashville, Tenn., told her mother a male was sending her nude photos of himself and trying to persuade her to have sex with him.

Police were able to track down the identity of the phone through the text messages, said Gabriel Wildman, assistant county prosecutor.

Child sex charges

WARREN

Gilbert E. Skeins Jr., 21, of Warren Avenue in Niles, pleaded not guilty Friday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to rape and gross sexual imposition of a 5-year-old girl in February.

Judge W. Wyatt McKay set bond at $500,000.

I-80 crash

HUBBARD

A crash in the westbound lane of Interstate 80 in Hubbard Township at 2:20 p.m. Friday caused minor injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.