New Waterford man indicted on federal damaging charge

New Waterford man indicted on federal damaging charge

PITTSBURGH

A federal grand jury has indicted a New Waterford man on a charge of willfully damaging federal property, a U.S. attorney announced this week.

The single-count indictment named Thomas Ross as the defendant.

Ross, 48, drove a speeding dump truck through the gate of the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office on July 26, the indictment said.

Ross rammed through the security barriers, sending the truck airborne and inflicting extensive damage to the barriers, the attorney said. Upon hitting the ground, the truck toppled a light post in the FBI parking lot.

The law provides for a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both, upon conviction.

City man charged with drug possession

YOUNGSTOWN

A Pointview Avenue man is in the Mahoning County jail on a felony possession of drugs charge after reports said police found 20 painkillers on him.

Reports said officers stopped James Fabian III, 35, about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday at West Warren Avenue and Summer Street because he was walking in the street instead of the sidewalk. Fabian had two needles and a burnt spoon, reports said.

Man gets probation in forgery conviction

WARREN

Mohamed A. Mahamoud, 26, of Columbus, one of the five men arrested during a traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike in Braceville Township Nov. 12, 2015, has been sentenced.

Mahamoud was sentenced to five years of probation Wednesday by Judge W. Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty earlier to forgery, complicity to identity fraud and receiving stolen property.

He is ordered to stay out of all bars, taverns, liquor establishments and casinos.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol made the traffic stop because of driving violations. The officer smelled marijuana, which led to a search of the car, the OSHP said.

The search turned up a scanner, embosser and other tools used to make fake identification and credit cards.

Motorcycle exhibition

WARREN

The National Packard Museum’s 17th Annual Antique Motorcycle Exhibit, “British Invasion,” opens Saturday and runs through May 27.

The “British Invasion” exhibit features 30 motorcycles manufactured by British companies as early as 1913 and as recently as 2006, from both well-known motorcycle brands like Triumph, Norton, and BSA, to lesser-known makes like Abington.

The motorcycles on display at the museum, 1899 Mahoning Ave. NW, illustrate how British motorcycles reshaped and challenged the American motorcycle scene in the 1960s, said Mary Ann Porinchak, the museum’s executive director.

The museum is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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