METRO DIGEST || Hearing open for girl accused of killing dad

Juvy hearing public

WARREN

A plea hearing for Bresha Meadows, 14, of Hunter Street Northwest, will take place at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Trumbull County Juvenile Court, and the hearing will be open to the press, a court magistrate says. Magistrate Scott Bombeck said a bailiff for the juvenile court was incorrect in saying that Tuesday’s hearing would be closed and in giving the wrong time. Meadows is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of her father, Jonathan R. Meadows Sr., 41, early Thursday.

Cannon explosion

YOUNGSTOWN

A man charged with operating a homemade cannon last summer during the Mount Carmel Festival in Lowellville was sentenced Friday to probation and 500 hours of community service. Judge Maureen Sweeney sentenced Michael Lysowski, 48, of Youngstown Poland Road, Poland, after he pleaded guilty to possession of a dangerous ordnance. The cannon exploded July 18, 2015, in the backyard of a home on East Grant Street, Lowellville, during the festival. Two people were hurt, two cars were destroyed and two houses were damaged. The plea agreement also calls for Lysowski to pay restitution.

Dunkin Donuts robber sought

STRUTHERS

Police are searching for a man who witnesses said robbed a Dunkin’ Donuts at gunpoint. Employees told police a man brandished a silver revolver-style handgun and ordered them to the floor at 2:35 a.m. Thursday before ordering one employee to give him all the bills out of a cash register. The man took about $200 before running eastbound toward Crescent Drive, according to a police report. Witnesses said the suspect is a thin, black male, about 6 feet tall, in his late teens or early 20s, with a black mask over his nose and eyes, a white cloth over his mouth, and wearing tennis shoes, shorts and a black, red and white shirt. Youngstown police also responded. A police dog tracked the suspect to the area of Pointview and Irma Streets, but then lost the track, police reported.

Truck clips pole

BOARDMAN

A truck clipped a traffic pole on the corner of Southern Boulevard and Meadowbrook Avenue, causing a brief traffic jam at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Fire Chief Mike Pitzer said no injuries or damage were reported and the pole is still operating, only tilted. Officials will correct the pole in the next day or two.

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