Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Mom dies of injuries
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office said Monday that the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was killed in an accident on Interstate 80 also has died. Monica A. Griffin, 35, of Woodland Place in Sharon, Pa., died at 4:50 p.m. Sunday in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
The release said an autopsy determined that Griffin, who was not wearing a seat belt, died of head injuries. Her daughter, Elyssa Griffin, 15, died at the scene. Reports said a van Monica Griffin was driving collided with a truck about 6 p.m. Friday on I-80. A second passenger in the van suffered minor injuries.
Water break fixed
YOUNGSTOWN
It took city water department workers about six hours to fix a major break that left residents along a section of Southern Boulevard, between Lucy Street and Beechwood Drive, without water. The break occurred about 12:30 p.m. Monday on Southern at Maple Drive.
“It was wear and tear on old pipes that caused the break,” said Lou Zorella, a water department foreman.
Shot fired in the air
YOUNGSTOWN
A woman was arrested Sunday afternoon after reports said she fired a shot in the air while arguing with her boyfriend.
Lasara Jones, 30, of North Whitney Avenue, was booked into the Mahoning County jail on charges of domestic violence and discharging a firearm within city limits.
Officers were called to Jones’ home about 5:15 p.m., where both Jones and her boyfriend had argued. When she tried to leave, she fired a shot in the air.
Jones told police she has a valid concealed-carry permit, and a records check found the permit. Police found one spent .40-caliber shell casing in the driveway and took Jones’ .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun.
Punched police officer
YOUNGSTOWN
A Crandall Avenue man is in the Mahoning County jail after reports said he punched a police officer downtown early Sunday.
Reports said officers were trying to clear crowds about 2:20 a.m. Sunday on West Federal Street when a car in the middle of the street with two people inside was not moving. Reports said when the officer went to ask the car to move one of the two people, Kintrell Disher, 23, punched the officer in the shoulder.
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