Girl, 17, faces felony assault charge

Girl, 17, faces felony assault charge

WARREN

A 17-year-old girl is charged in Trumbull County Juvenile Court with felony assault for head-butting and punching an investigator with the county’s Children Services agency, police said.

The investigator, Mark Massucci, 74, had a bloody face when a Warren police officer arrived at Woodbine Avenue Southeast at 1:58 p.m. Monday.

Massucci said he had gone to Woodbine to take Jasalyn R. Myers back to the agency after she had run away, but she resisted, then punched him in the face and head-butted him.

Myers, who lives at the agency, had become exhausted in the confrontation with Massucci and sat on the sidewalk on Woodbine, where she was taken into custody, police said.

As the officer tried to lead Myers to his cruiser, she pulled away and then spit in his face. The girl then began to slam her head against the plastic-glass divider between the car’s front and back seats, police said. The officer said he ran his lights and siren on the way to the juvenile justice center to minimize the injuries she was causing to herself.

Man run over, dies

LOWELLVILLE

A Lowellville man, who was seriously injured when he was run over by his 1948 Willy’s Sedan delivery truck in his driveway Monday, died late Monday night, reported the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident at the request of the Lowellville Police Department.

Dead is Charles Jones, 67, who was in his Quiesner Avenue driveway about 7:15 p.m. when the accident occurred. Jones was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he died.

Domestic violence

BOARDMAN

A township man was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Mahoning County Area Court before Judge Joseph M. Houser on a domestic-violence charge Saturday.

Evan Stevens, 41, of Pine Tree Lane, was arrested after attacking his wife Saturday morning with a rifle, according to a police report.

During an argument between the two, Stevens physically attacked and chased her out of the Pine Tree house with the rifle, police said.

Police found her about 6 a.m. in the area of Glenwood Avenue and Cranberry Run. Officers returned to the home later the same day and arrested Stevens. They also charged him with misdemeanor counts of aggravated menacing and obstructing official business.

Road closed today

STRUTHERS

Wetmore Drive in Struthers will be closed to all traffic except for school buses and emergency vehicles from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and Thursday. A city official said the closure is due to guardrail replacement and painting line markers on the road.

Remove flowers

EAST PALESTINE

All flowers and decorations at Glenview Cemetery must be removed by Oct. 15 or they will be discarded. Fall and winter decorations may be put on the graves as of Nov. 1. Call 330-426-4367, ext. 19, for information.

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