Man passes out, hits restaurant, cruiser

Man passes out, hits restaurant, cruiser

BOARDMAN

Township police say a man who passed out, possibly from using drugs, crashed into a Burger King restaurant and then a township cruiser after being awakened by police who had received a call reporting an unresponsive male slumped over the steering wheel of a car in a parking lot near West Midlothian Boulevard and Hillman Street.

Officers say the man hit the gas pedal when they woke him up, drove across Hillman and crashed into the fast-food restaurant and then backed up and rammed a police vehicle while trying to escape, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

An officer smashed a window of the vehicle to pull the driver out after he failed to obey an order to get out of the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, police found a syringe filled with an unidentified substance. The driver is expected to face several charges today.

Man charged with DUI

girard

A man police stopped after he was reportedly vomiting while driving will appear June 23 in Girard Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing on a charge of driving under the influence.

A Hubbard officer stopped Peter Tedde, 25, of Warren about 1:45 a.m. Sunday near Henry and North Main Streets after observing him vomiting out the window of a moving car.

Police reported that Tedde, who smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech, declined medical attention. Tedde also declined to perform field-sobriety tests or submit a blood-alcohol content test.

Tedde entered a plea of not guilty during his arraignment Tuesday in Girard Municipal Court.

Scuffle with officers

LEAVITTSBURG

Raynard T. Parrack Jr., 23, of Dilley Road, was released from the Trumbull County Jail on Tuesday on bond after being arraigned Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court on assault on a police officer, domestic violence and resisting arrest from Monday night. Not-guilty pleas were entered.

Warren Township police went to Parrack’s house at 9:20 p.m. in regards to a domestic dispute involving Parrack and his girlfriend, 49.

The woman said Parrack had grabbed her around the neck and choked her. Officers saw red marks on her neck.

Parrack was near an unsheathed hunting knife and refused to come downstairs, so he was handcuffed against his will.

When officers took him to the police station, Parrack kicked one officer in the leg and tried to head-butt the other officer in the chest.

Fugitive arrested

BOARDMAN

A traffic stop on Overhill Road late Monday led township police to arrest a fugitive wanted in Virginia on drug-trafficking charges.

Ronald Smith Jr., 45, whose listed address is on Evergreen Avenue in Youngstown, is in the Mahoning County jail awaiting extradition to Virginia on multiple felony warrants related to the sale of cocaine, according to a police report.

Also arrested during the stop was Bruce Connelly, 36, of Youngstown, who was purportedly operating a motor vehicle while impaired and driving with a suspended license. He also was cited for failing to use a turn signal.

Bond set in assault case

GIRARD

Bond of $10,000 was set for Patrick S. McKelvey II, 23, of Cadwallader Sonk Road in Cortland and South Park Avenue in Brookfield, after he pleaded not guilty in Girard Municipal Court to domestic violence, assault and unlawful restraint in a Saturday-afternoon incident in Vienna Township.

A woman, 29, of Fowler Township, appeared to have broken bones, a severe cut and a possible internal injury after McKelvey is accused of assaulting her in the parking on Warren-Sharon Road at 12:40 p.m.

A witness told police he or she saw McKelvey assaulting the woman and then saw both get into the car and the woman falling out of the car and onto Warren-Sharon Road.

A Vienna police officer then went to a house in the 5300 block of Warren-Sharon and located McKelvey.

Block-watch meeting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Four Square Block Watch will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Greater Friendship Baptist Church, 646 Lakewood Ave. Youngstown water commissioner Harry Johnson III is set to speak.

West Branch meeting

BELOIT

The West Branch school board will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the media room at the high school, 14277 Main St., to consider the employment of a public official. Action will be taken.

Block watch to meet

YOUNGSTOWN

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

Firefighters battle 2 South Side blazes

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said firefighters Monday were called to two blazes at vacant homes on the South Side within 15 minutes of each other.

Crews were first called about 8:15 p.m. to a fire at a 421 E. Dewey Ave. home after reports of flames on the side of the home.

Reports said a firefighter injured his back and shoulder and was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment. Damage is listed at $10,000.

About 8:30 p.m., crews were called to a home at 244 E. Pasadena Ave. Reports said crews had to come from the North Side to help out because of the fire on East Dewey Avenue. The entire upper part of the house was engulfed in flames and crews had to protect homes next to it, reports said.

Damage is listed at $12,000, a complete loss, according to reports.