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Sentenced again

WARREN

James Patterson, 27, of Division Street, Youngstown, was re-sentenced Thursday in the 2012 death of Christine Sheesley, 17, to whom he sold a fatal dose of heroin.

Judge Ronald Rice again gave him 20 years. The Warren-based 11th District Court of Appeals sent the case back to Judge Rice, saying he erred in his 2013 sentencing, counting two counts of heroin trafficking as if they were the same offense. It meant the judge could have added additional time to Patterson’s sentence.

Patterson sold heroin to Tyler Stevens, 20, of Girard on April 6, 2012, at an apartment in Girard, and Stevens injected it into Sheesley.

Bogus bomb threat

BOARDMAN

Three businesses at Shops at Boardman Park were back in business at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after being evacuated around 3 p.m. because of a bomb threat, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner. Employees of Best Buy, Dollar Tree and Chuck E. Cheese were sent to the parking lot while police inspected the building and determined the threat was not credible.

The threat came in the form of a letter addressed to Chuck E. Cheese saying there were bombs in the building and children would get hurt. Police say the writer of the letter claimed to be an inmate in the Mahoning County jail.

Art in the Park

SALEM

Art in the Park is set to begin at 10 a.m. May 14 at Centennial Park, Pavilion One. Musicians, actors, singers, dancers and more will share their talents. The event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. For seating, take lawn chairs. For information, call the library at 330-332-0042 or the Memorial Building, 330-332-5512.

Pot found in pants

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found 95 pills and six bags of suspected marijuana at about 11:55 p.m. Wednesday in the pants of Deshawn Williams, 27, of Liberty, reports said, while she was booked into the Mahoning County jail on a warrant.

Williams was taken into custody after a car she was driving was pulled over in the 500 block of East Philadelphia Avenue for having only one headlight. A records check found she had a warrant and three open suspensions on her license. She is expected to be arraigned in municipal court on drug charges.

Kidnapped, robbed

WARREN

A man, 26, of Hubbard, and a woman, 32, of Liberty reported being kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint while stopped in front of a house on Kenilworth Avenue Southeast at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday.

They called police from the Big Apple Supermarket on Youngstown Road, where they told an officer that a man forced his way into their car and drove it to the supermarket, then robbed them of money, credit cards and clothing and fled.

Golf Course closed

BOARDMAN

The Mill Creek Park Golf Course will be closed to the public until 1:30 p.m. today due to a scheduled private event. Both the north and south courses will be closed.