Board of elections reaches 2-2 tie

Board of elections reaches 2-2 tie

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Board of Elections was tied 2-2 Monday on whether the board should recommend the county sheriff’s office investigate a pair of affidavits made alleging wrongdoing by Struthers judicial candidate Dominic Leone.

The affidavits were reviewed by the county prosecutor’s office, where it was decided there wasn’t enough evidence to warrant an investigation. Mark Munroe, board chairman and also chairman of the county’s Republican Party, disagreed and suggested the board formally ask for an investigation.

Due to the tie – with votes split between Democrats and Republicans – each of the board members will have to send a letter to the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted explaining their decision. Husted will break the tie.

Report: Drugs found in bag of peanuts

YOUNGSTOWN

A 57-year-old city man was booked into the Mahoning County jail Saturday on a possession-of-cocaine charge after reports said police found a rock of crack cocaine in a bag of peanuts he was eating.

Reports said William Robinson was a passenger in a car pulled over about 9:30 p.m. at West Earle Avenue and Hillman Street on the South Side for an improper turn. Officers said they saw Robinson toss a plastic bag out the window.

Reports said Robinson told police he threw a peanut shell out of the window. Robinson was eating out of a bag of peanuts, reports said.

Inside the peanut bag, however, police round a rock of suspected crack cocaine.

The driver was cited for driving under suspension, reports said.

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