Ohio GOP to meet

Ohio GOP to meet

HOWLAND

The Ohio Republican Party’s State Central Committee is expected to meet Friday to determine which of two factions will head the divided Trumbull County GOP.

At a meeting Wednesday at Howland Community Church, Kevin Wyndham was elected chairman by a 44-9 vote by a group that earlier ousted Trumbull GOP chairman Randy Law. Law, however, says the action was illegal, and he is the legitimate leader.

Wyndham, of Howland, said the results of the election were sent after the 90-minute meeting to the state GOP Central Committee which will decide between him and Law and make its recommendation to the Secretary of State.

Sidewalk funds sought

STRUTHERS

The city hopes to put in a sidewalk on the west side of Garfield Street from Manor Avenue to Wilson Street.

Mayor Terry Stocker will apply for up to $400,000 from the Safe Routes to School program, which is federal money funneled through the Ohio Department of Transportation with the purpose of making it safer for children to walk to school.

Struthers has been denied three times previously when applying for a Safe Routes to School grant. However, Stockers said he is hopeful this time around because the city is using state Transportation Alternatives Program funding to put in a sidewalk on the east side of Garfield Street.

Facing drug charges

WARREN

Jail inmate Jacari J. White, 24, of North Park Avenue, is facing a felony charge of illegal conveyance of drugs into a detention facility after officers at the Trumbull County Jail found pills in his clothing Jan. 18.

Officers found nine pills and white powder in clear bags in White’s sock, according to a report.

A judge entered a not-guilty plea for him Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court, and ordered him to jail without eligibility to make bond.

Assault-charge hearing

WARREN

Kashaun R. Williams, 23, of Brighton Street Northeast is in the Trumbull County Jail awaiting a second hearing today in Warren Municipal Court on a felonious-assault charge, accused of causing severe facial injuries to a woman.

Police spoke to the victim, 22, of the Brighton address, at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital, on Friday. She couldn’t move her lips because of swelling, and one eye was swollen shut.

She said she was trying to move out of their home because of relationship issues when Williams repeatedly punched her in the face. Williams drove her to the hospital afterward.

Police arrested Williams in an exam room. A judge entered a not-guilty plea for him during his arraignment Tuesday.

Sentenced in break-in

WARREN

Ricky Mohn, 19, of Lancer Court, sentenced to six months in jail last month for a Niles arson, is also going to prison for six months for a Weathersfield Township break-in.

Mohn received the sentence Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for breaking into Southside Landscaping on Warren Avenue on June 25 and damaging a front loader, two pickup trucks and an outbuilding.

Mohn pleaded guilty to vandalism and burglary. Police collected blood evidence at the crime scene, and it came back as a match for Mohn.

He got six months in the county jail Jan. 19 for being one of four teens who broke into a building at the Niles Middle School late Aug. 18 then, a short time later, burned down a building at the football stadium.

Probation in stabbing

WARREN

Larry Patterson, 70, of Euclid Boulevard in Liberty was sentenced Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to five years probation and no prison time for stabbing a woman, 29, in the abdomen at his home in March 2015.

The woman called 911, and police found her bleeding from at least one stab or puncture wound. Patterson pleaded guilty in October to a reduced charge of aggravated assault, which could have produced a prison sentence of up to 18 months.