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Donate to feed area hungry at Sparkle
YOUNGSTOWN
Now through April 30, customers of Sparkle Markets will have the opportunity to Check Out Hunger and feed hungry families in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Customers may tear off a $1, $5 or $10 coupon available at the register that will be added to their grocery bill. Customers also may donate nonperishable food items by placing them in the collection bin at the front of the stores.
Last year, Sparkle Markets raised $10,872 through the donation coupons, which enabled the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley to distribute $119,592 worth of food to area people. For information on the food bank, visit www.mahoningvalleysecondharvest.org or call 330-792-5522.
Man who took money, cookies pleads guilty
WARREN
Timothy D. Clinkscale, 57, of North Heights Avenue in Youngstown, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to felony robbery and will be sentenced later. He could get up to eight years in prison.
He robbed the Dollar General store on Logan Way in Liberty Aug. 24, getting $178 in cash and cookies while wielding a knife, prosecutors said.
Clinkscale will be sentenced after the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department conducts a presentence investigation of his background and other factors.
2 indicted after raid face 20-plus years
WARREN
Two men arrested in October in a Lener Avenue Southwest drug raid have been indicted on charges that could produce prison terms of more than 20 years.
Aaron L. Davis, 30, of Woodview Drive Northwest, was indicted on charges of heroin trafficking, heroin possession, cocaine trafficking, cocaine possession, drug possession and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Robert A. McKinney, 29, of Wick Street Southeast, was indicted on charges of heroin possession, cocaine possession, heroin trafficking, cocaine trafficking and drug possession.
Warren police said they recovered high-powered weapons, including a pistol and an assault rifle, both capable of penetrating a bullet-proof vest, during the raid. It followed a five-month investigation by the Warren Street Crimes Unit.
Police said they seized 35 grams of suspected heroin, 10 grams of suspected crack cocaine, oxycodone, digital scales, packaging material and a hydraulic press.
4-year-old removed after drugs found
WARREN
Matthew R. Henderson, 29, of Robert Street in Vienna, was indicted Tuesday on drug charges that could produce a prison sentence of more than 20 years after his December arrest at his home, where police smelled ether, a chemical used in the manufacture of drugs.
Henderson is indicted on charges of illegal manufacture of drugs, illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, tampering with evidence, child endangering and aggravated drug possession.
Police were called to his home at 5 a.m. Dec. 13 because of concerns that a child, 4, was living in a home where drugs were being manufactured. The girl, Henderson and two other males were removed from the home.
The Trumbull County HazMat team arrived and decontaminated all of them.
Pi Day challenge: Raise funds, get pie
CANFIELD
A 3.14 mile Pi Day Trail Run Challenge is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road.
The race was organized by the students in the Culinary, Cosmetology and Creative Arts programs at MCCTC to raise money for the clients at the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley. The course will cover pavement, grassy fields and muddy trails on the MCCTC campus. Shirts are guaranteed to all pre-registered participants.
Those who finish the race will receive a pie, and there will be winners in all age groups. Proceeds — $25 for pre-registration/$30 the day of event— will go to fund the filling of the food pantry at MCCTC. For advance registration and information visit http://www.runsignup.com.
Same-day registration will take place at 9 a.m.
Food access, hunger focus of meetings
WARREN
Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership will have a series of community meetings to identify gaps in the local food system as part of the greater Community Food Security Assessment Project for the city of Warren. TNP will have five meetings, with three on “Food Access and Hunger” and two on “Shopping Patterns.”
The “Access and Hunger” meetings are scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the TNP office, 170 N. Park Ave.; 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 23 at White Hall, 4126 Youngstown Road SE; and 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 28 at New Vision CCC, 2219 Tod Ave. NW. The “Shopping Pattern” meetings are scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. next Monday at Highland Terrace Community Room, 377 Lane Drive SW; and 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 22 at SCOPE Warren, 220 W. Market St. For questions, contact Cassandra Clevenger, 330-774-8896.
Masury man charged in shooting of teen
WARREN
Samual Sanford, 25, of Syme Street in Masury, has been indicted on charges of misdemeanor assault after police said he fired a gun at a boy, 14, hitting him.
Sanford told police he didn’t think the gun was loaded.
Sanford is accused of firing at the teen in a Nellie Street, Brookfield, apartment Feb. 9. Police said Sanford, the boy and another teen, 18, were in the home at the time. The boy suffered serious injuries.
The grand jury refused to indict on the more serious charge of felonious assault.
Undercover cop mistaken for dealer
EAST LIVERPOOL
Police say a man thought an undercover officer in his neighborhood was a drug dealer and attacked the detective after yelling at him to leave the area.
Don Talbert, 45, appeared Monday in East Liverpool Municipal Court, where he’s charged with assault, resisting arrest and drunken driving.
Police said Talbert stopped his pickup truck Saturday next to a detective sitting in an unmarked car and screamed that he should leave the neighborhood. Police say Talbert punched the detective in the face as he tried to get out of his car and continued struggling after being told he’d “just punched a cop.” Police say a uniformed officer used a stun gun to subdue Talbert.
Purple paint to mark no trespassing areas
COLUMBUS
Property owners could spread purple paint on fence posts or trees to warn people not to trespass, under legislation being considered in the Ohio Senate.
Senate Bill 76 is similar to laws in place in Texas and a handful of other states, which have opted to allow purple paint instead of signs marking property lines.
The legislation stipulates how the purple paint should be applied – “a vertical line at least 8 inches long’ with the bottom point ‘3 to 5 feet from the base of the tree or post upon which it is painted,’” according to an analysis by the state’s Legislative Service Commission.
The paint would have to be “readily visible and placed no more than 25 yards from the next paint mark.” Those caught trespassing on properties with such marks could face misdemeanor charges.
Domestic violence, weapons charges
BOARDMAN
A Youngstown man appeared in Mahoning County Area Court here Tuesday for arraignment on charges of domestic violence, obstructing official business, being a felon in possession of a firearm and intimidation.
Quintin Gilbert, 26, of Judson Avenue remains in the Mahoning County jail.
The charges stem from a March 8 report to township police in which a woman reported that Gilbert assaulted her, pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her.
Gilbert was picked up Friday. Police said he refused to comply during the stop, leading to additional charges.
He is scheduled to be back in court April 11.