Homeless man cited

Homeless man cited

YOUNGSTOWN

Police Wednesday cited a man for sleeping in a vacant South Side home that was in such bad shape the officers would not enter. Police were called about 7:30 p.m. to a vacant 38 W. Evergreen Ave. house for a report of a man who was inside. When they arrived, they knocked on the door and a homeless man, John Tatar, 54, answered.

Reports said Tatar told police he was sleeping in an upstairs room. He was given a citation for criminal trespassing and released with a court date.

The house was so unsound that reports said officers did not go inside to look for anyone else because it was deemed unsafe.

City drug sweep

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found 237 painkillers on one man and more than $200 cash on another while conducting a drug sweep Wednesday in the 2600 block of Tyrell Avenue.

Reports said officers from the vice squad and Community Police Unit were there about 6:20 p.m. because of several complaints of drug dealing and other crimes. Reports said two men, DesDamon Lake, 20, of Oakwood Avenue, and Jaraylen Calhoun, 23, of North Maryland Avenue, ran into a West Side apartment when they spotted police. Reports said when officers searched Calhoun, he had the money and Lake had the pills.

Lake is charged with possession of drugs and obstructing official business and was taken to the Mahoning County jail. Calhoun was charged with obstruction of official business and criminal trespass and taken to the jail, then released on summons with a court date.

Assault at bus station

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said a Campbell man Wednesday punched a police officer at the Western Reserve Transit Authority bus station at 340 W. Federal St. and then lost his colostomy bag as officers struggled to take him into custody.

Reports said officers were first called about 2 p.m. to a 116 W. Federal St. store where employees said Aaron Jones, 22, was there even though he had a criminal trespass warning to stay away from the store.

When Jones saw the officers, he ran to the bus station, reports said; then when the officers caught up with him, he punched one of them in the face before being tackled and handcuffed.

Jones is in Mahoning County jail on a charge of assault on a police officer and criminal trespass.

I-80 ramp reopens

WEATHERSFIELD

The entrance ramp from Salt Springs Road to Interstate 80 eastbound has reopened, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.

The ramp from state Route 11 northbound to Interstate 80 westbound remains closed through early August for bridge construction. The detour is Mahoning Avenue to state Route 46 north to Interstate 80 westbound.

Interstate 80 eastbound and westbound between state Route 193 and U.S. Route 422 has various nightly lane restrictions between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. for road widening.

This work is part of the $91.5 million project to widen Interstate 80 between state Routes 11 and 193, which is scheduled for completion by late July 2018.

YWCA gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN

YWCA of Youngstown received a grant for $50,000 from The Youngstown Foundation.

The grant will be used for building renovations at YWCA’s Kensington Avenue property on the North Side. The five-unit property will address the need for affordable housing for low- to moderate-income families and veteran families at risk of homelessness. Additionally, the project will help to end blight and increase safety for neighborhood residents.

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