Ruling in man’s death

Ruling in man’s death

WARREN

The Trumbull County coroner has ruled that Robert Spencer’s death Monday afternoon after a single-car crash on Tod Avenue Northwest was from multiple blunt traumatic injuries and was accidental.

Toxicology results to determine whether alcohol or drugs were involved will not be available for about eight weeks.

Spencer, 52, of Champion, was driving south in the 1600 block of Tod Avenue near Moncrest Drive when his vehicle went off the right side of the road and hit a tree, Warren police said.

He was not wearing a seat belt, the coroner’s office said. He was pronounced dead at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Homeless vet robbed

WARREN

A homeless military veteran was robbed Tuesday evening while he sat near the Veterans Memorial on Courthouse Square.

The man, 50, of Warren, said he was in the grassy area behind the memorial drinking a beer when a female started talking to him, then a male walked up and started choking him, and they rolled down the hill toward the river.

While this was happening, the female went through the victim’s pockets, taking his wallet and cash. The pair also took his bicycle.

Police were able to see the area where the robbery took place and found a $10 bill nearby, but they did not locate the suspects.

Grief camp for kids

YOUNGSTOWN

“Stepping Stones to a Better Tomorrow,” a free grief camp for children age 6 to 12, is planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Thursday and June 17 at Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road, in the city’s Cornersburg area, with a family fun day from noon to 4 p.m. June 18.

Sister Pat Fesler, grief support coordinator at Zion Lutheran Church and Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home with chapels in Austintown, Boardman-Canfield, Poland and North Jackson, leads the camp and other sessions. She works out of the Austintown funeral-home site. Donations and Higgins-Reardon underwrite the program; the church provides the meeting space.

Register by calling Higgins-Reardon at 330-792-2353 or Zion Lutheran Church at 330-792-4046.

Block watch to meet

YOUNGSTOWN

The Powerstown Neighbors Block Watch will meet at 7 p.m. today at Faith Community Church, 1919 Midlothian Blvd. Councilwoman Basia Adamczak, D-7th, will attend to discuss neighborhood issues.

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