Pedestrian killed

Pedestrian killed

BOARDMAN

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said 84-year-old Dolores Snyder of Boardman was killed Monday morning after she was struck by a van while walking on Market Street.

A news release from the patrol said Snyder was walking south on Market Street near Forest Lake Drive when she was struck by a van driven by 65-year-old William Heckman, also of Boardman, which was northbound on Market Street in the right lane near Forest Lake Drive.

The patrol said Snyder had no identification and she was identified after a picture of her was distributed to the media.

The van driver remained at the accident scene and is not being held on charges. Anyone who may have seen Snyder walking is asked to call the Canfield Post of the patrol at 330-533-6866.

Toy giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

Nevels Temple Church, 939 Elm St., will host a toy giveaway from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

There will be items for infants to age 17. People who are interested cannot be signed up at the Salvation Army. They must bring a current ID and show proof of the whole family income.

If participants have custody of children, they must show proof of legal guardianship. Social Security cards or medical cards for each child must be presented, or bring a printout from Mahoning County Job and Family Services showing all the required information.

Robbery charge

BOARDMAN

Jillian Russell, 34, of Youngstown faces a robbery charge after township police reported finding a gun on her during a shoplifting incident at Macy’s.

Officers were called to the store Thursday night for a report that a woman had selected $700 worth of merchandise, then gone to a register where a store employee pretended to scan the item.

Charged with theft in the incident is Macy’s employee Shelby Storey, 22, of Youngstown.

Police reported discovering Russell had a concealed-carry permit, and then finding a gun in her purse. She was arrested on charges of robbery and a concealed- weapon offense for “failing to promptly notify a law-enforcement officer that she was in possession of her concealed weapon,” according to the report.

Miss. man arrested

AUSTINTOWN

State troopers early Sunday found a loaded .357-Magnum revolver in the car of a Mississippi man they pulled over for failing to dim his headlights for oncoming traffic.

Tanner Coleman, 29, of French Camp, Miss., was booked into the Mahoning County jail on charges of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Coleman was pulled over just after midnight at state Route 46 and Norquest Boulevard and appeared to be drunk, a spokesman for the Canfield Post of the patrol said. He was asked to take a field sobriety test, and when he got out of the car he told police he had a loaded gun in a pouch behind the front seat, which is where troopers found the gun.

Coleman flunked the field sobriety test and refused to take a breath test, the spokesman said.

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