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‘48 Hours’ filming

WARREN

Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” spent three hours interviewing Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins on Tuesday about the Claudia Hoerig case.

“48 Hours” is filming an episode that will air this fall on Hoerig, the former Newton Falls woman who fled to her native Brazil after the murder of her husband, Air Force Maj. Karl Hoerig, in 2007.

Hoerig is charged with aggravated murder and was stripped of her Brazilian citizenship in April 2016 but remains in Brazil.

In March, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that she was subject to extradition to the United States.

Watkins has been in communication with U.S. officials in recent weeks on returning her to Trumbull County to face trial.

Presidential returns

COLUMBUS

Presidential candidates would be required to disclose recent tax filings in order to appear on the Ohio ballot, under legislation being considered in the Ohio House.

Backers are calling HB 93 the Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public, or TRUMP Act, with Democrats in Ohio and lawmakers in more than two dozen other states offering the proposal in response to the president’s refusal to disclose his returns.

Under HB 93, candidates for president and vice president would have to disclose income-tax returns for the five most recent years. The requirement would cover major party, third party, write-in and other candidates, and submitted returns would be published on the secretary of state’s website, with Social Security numbers and other private information redacted.

Run with the Deputies

WARREN

The fifth annual Trumbull County Fraternal Order of Police 137 Run with the Deputies 5K Dash will be at 9 a.m. May 20 at 150 High St.

Race-day registration is 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. The 1-mile walk begins at 8:45., the run begins at 9, and the Kids Fun Run (no cost) will begin at the conclusion of the run.

Awards will be presented to the overall male and female winners, along with age-category winners and special-category winners. All children will receive an award.

Pre-registration is available online at www.gopherarun.com. Pre-race day entry fees are $17 for the 5K and $10 for the walk. Race-day fees are $20 for the 5K and $10 for the walk.

Proceeds support the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 606.

Chase by paramedics

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said a man who crashed a car into a South Side fence at about 12:45 p.m. Monday had to be chased by paramedics before officers found him in possession of suspected heroin and cocaine.

Police were called to a vacant lot at Glenwood and West LaClede avenues for a report of a car that hit a fence there and a man slumped over. They found paramedics on foot chasing the driver, Keith Crockett, 32, of Hilton Avenue, on Glenwood Avenue.

When officers caught up with Crockett, he said he was about to have a seizure. He then began writhing and shouting. Reports said when officers stood him up, they found on him two doses of suspected heroin and a dose of suspected crack cocaine.

Crockett was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital to be examined before he was booked into the Mahoning County jail on charges of possession of heroin and possession of crack cocaine.

Break-in by ladder

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a Coitsville-Hubbard Road man Monday morning after reports said neighbors called 911 while seeing him climb a ladder at a Birch Street home and break a window with a shovel to get inside.

Police were called about 9:15 a.m. and found the window broke and surrounded the home before going inside after hearing voices, reports said. Reports said they found Trevor Weaver, 24, in the home.

Weaver refused to say why he was in the home but he does not live there, reports said.

He was arrested on a burglary charge and taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Infant mortality

YOUNGSTOWN

Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, 2821 Hillman St., will host the “Public Square” discussion about infant morality beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Guests will include: Dr. Rodney Hill, OB-GYN; Michelle Edison, Mahoning County District Board of Health Pathways HUB coordinator; and Leigh Greene, director of the Youngstown Office on Minority Health.

The event is open to the public and expected to last until 8 p.m.

Library panel OK’d

YOUNGSTOWN

The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County board of trustees Tuesday authorized David Ritchie, its president, to establish a search committee to find a new executive director. Ritchie will determine who will be on the committee. The library has advertised for candidates for the job.

Heidi M. Daniel, the current executive director, is leaving July 21 to run the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

Block Watch meeting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Powerstown Block Watch monthly meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Faith Community Covenant Church, 1919 E. Midlothian Blvd. It will be preceded by the quarterly Powerstown Action Group meeting at 5:30 p.m.

Help Hotline grant

YOUNGSTOWN

Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc. has received a $43,955, one-year grant from the Hine Memorial Fund of the Youngstown Foundation.

The grant will support Help Hotline’s Mahoning County Special Navigator for Special Needs Families project.

The project creates a central information and referral source for parents and caregivers of children with special needs and provides personal contact. The project is overseen by Pamela Petras, a parent and family specialist.

Having served the Mahoning Valley since 1971, Help Hotline is known for providing round-the-clock crisis intervention, suicide prevention and intervention, referrals, support services and counseling to people experiencing mental-health or situational problems.

Girard patrolman

GIRARD

J.J. Silverman was sworn in as part-time patrolman for the Girard Police Department Tuesday at Girard City Hall.