METRO DIGEST || Canfield council continues arguing over one resident’s late fee

Council tables motion

CANFIELD

After a nearly two-hour meeting Wednesday, city council members tabled a motion to waive a resident’s $46 late fee on a late water-bill payment until the first meeting in December.

City Manager Joe Warino said Edward Stefanides of Briarcliff Drive merely missed a payment by mistake. “He has been a customer for nine years, never had any problems, late payments or anything.” He postdated his check for September instead of August, and “immediately came in the next day and paid,” he said.

Council members debated the issue – whether to waive the late fee for Stefanides – to no avail. Council agreed to rewrite the motion with more specific language.

Disorderly conduct

AUSTINTOWN

David Black, a man facing his 16th charge of operating a vehicle while impaired, was issued a summons for disorderly conduct Tuesday afternoon.

According to the police report, Black, 56, of Youngstown, was wandering from Farmer’s National Bank, 22 N. Canfield-Niles Road, to Talmer Bank, 101 S. Canfield Niles Road, causing traffic disturbances just after noon. Reports said Black told officers they could not arrest him because he was not driving.

Black was ordered to pay a $100 fine and has a pre-trial hearing at Campbell Municipal Court at 9 a.m. Friday for his OVI charge.

School open house

YOUNGSTOWN

Stambaugh Charter Academy, 2420 Donald Ave., invites interested families to attend an open house from 6 to 7 p.m. today.

Families can take a school tour, meet school leadership, and learn more about the educational benefits of the school. Operated by National Heritage Academies, the academy is a free public charter school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

2 men sentenced

YOUNGSTOWN

Judge Elizabeth Kobly of municipal court handed down sentences Wednesday to two men who said they are addicted to heroin.

The judge found John Allen, 40, guilty after he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drug charge.

Allen was sentenced to 60 days in Mahoning County jail with credit for four days served on charges of criminal trespass and possession of dangerous drugs. He was caught Sept. 16 hiding in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital by hospital police and he had drugs and a needle with him.

The judge found Charles Muir, 34, guilty after he pleaded no contest to charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The judge gave him a suspended sentence with credit for 14 days served. He was caught with a needle and spoon after a car he was a passenger in was pulled over Aug. 19 by Youngstown police.

Both men were also given two years’ probation. Muir is attending a rehabilitation program through Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Cited at bus station

YOUNGSTOWN

Police cited a man at about 2:55 p.m. Tuesday outside the Western Reserve Transit Authority bus station, 310 W. Federal St., after reports said he had 30 pills on him.

Officers were watching the station because of complaints of drug sales when they spotted three people who stayed there for several minutes and would talk to passers-by but never move.

Reports said officers went over to the three and asked if they could search them. They gave their consent, and the pills and a marijuana pipe were found on Lynn Robert Frisbee, 34, of Brookfield Road, Hubbard.

Police issued citations to Frisbee for possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia and released him with a court date. Nothing was found on the other two people, reports said.

2 court summonses

AUSTINTOWN

Officers issued a Youngstown man two court summonses after they found suspected drugs in his vehicle after a traffic stop.

According to the report, officers stopped Cory Wright, 22, of East LaClede Avenue, after Wright made in improper turn Tuesday night at the intersection of Mahoning Avenue and Meridian Road.

Officers found Wright had a clear plastic bag of suspected marijuana in his wallet, reports said.

Wright was issued a summons for charges of drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has a hearing date at 6 p.m. Oct. 31 in Mahoning County Area Court here.

Drug Take Back Day

YOUNGSTOWN

Various Mahoning County police departments will participate in National Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, the county board of health has announced.

Unused and expired medications will be accepted at the Austintown, Beaver, Boardman and Springfield township police departments and at the New Middletown and Youngstown State University police departments.

The service, designed to reduce the risk of drug theft and abuse, is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.