METRO DIGEST || Crash, possible shooting in Warren

Possible shooting

WARREN

Warren city police were investigating a crash Wednesday, with a possible shooting involved, on the city’s West Side at 999 Mahoning Ave., near the intersection with Summit Street.

According to the Trumbull County 911 Center, the incident was reported at 8:50 p.m. Officials said a person was pinned inside the vehicle, which had several bullet holes on the passenger side.

How many people were involved and whether any were seriously injured was not immediately known. Police were still at the scene at 9:30 p.m.

Niles water meters

NILES

The Financial Planning and Supervision Commission overseeing the city’s finances received an update on the status of more than 6,000 electronic water meters, which have been housed in the vacant Waddell Park Swimming Pool for more than two years because the city could not afford to install them.

If city council approves an installation contract, the project should be completed by September 2018, Ed Stredney, service director, said.

Phone scams reported

BOARDMAN

Three township businesses reported to police Tuesday that they were the victims of phone scams, according to police reports.

Businesses on Maple Avenue, Western Reserve Road and Trailwood Drive reported similar incidents, in which they received calls from someone claiming to work for Ohio Edison who told them they owed money they needed to pay immediately or their electric would be shut off.

In two cases, employees followed the caller’s instructions to buy prepaid debit cards and give the card numbers over the phone. Each business lost about $700.

Menacing charge

WARREN

Aaron P. Krotzer, 40, of Iowa Avenue Northwest, was arraigned Wednesday in Warren Municipal Court on an aggravated-menacing charge after police said he threatened to kill a boy Monday afternoon on Ohio Avenue Northwest.

Police were called to the 400 block at 6:57 p.m. for a report by a 10-year-old boy who told his brother he had been threatened by a neighbor, possibly with a gun.

When police arrived, they spoke with the boy and three other children, who said the man had yelled at them and said he was going to get a gun. The man came out with a laser that they believed was attached to a gun, the children told police.

No one would answer the door at the home. Despite the efforts of a negotiator with the Warren Police Department, Krotzer wouldn’t come out, so police forcibly entered the home, found Krotzer in the attic, and took him to the hospital for an evaluation and later to the Trumbull County jail.