METRO DIGEST || Equipment stolen after shown online

Stolen equipment

YOUNGSTOWN

A police report said equipment stolen from a Salt Springs Road business early Tuesday was just advertised online the day before.

Officers were called about 1:45 a.m. to ST Sales Inc., a 1195 Salt Springs painting and surface-treatment business, where a witness told police they saw someone load two machines onto a truck and then drive away. Officers discovered a garage door smashed in.

An employee of the business was called, and reports said she told police that the equipment had arrived Monday, and pictures of the equipment were placed online to promote their acquisition.

Sentenced in girl’s rape

WARREN

William H. Frye Jr., 36, of Blossom Lane in Warren Township was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for raping a girl, 11, during summer 2016.

Frye, who was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, instead pleaded guilty to rape and illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance. Judge Andrew Logan gave Frye the agreed-upon sentence.

The plea avoided Frye potentially getting a life prison sentence.

Audit award for WRTA

YOUNGSTOWN

Western Reserve Transit Authority received an Auditor of State award for its clean audit report.

Local governments and school districts receive the awards upon the completion of a financial audit.

To receive the award, entities must file a timely audit without significant deficiencies that include ethics referrals, questioned costs and other concerns.

Fuel spill on Ohio River

WELLSVILLE

Someone working on a barge Tuesday morning noticed a sheen on the Ohio River about 9 a.m. and alerted emergency management officials to a spill of about 300 gallons of diesel fuel.

Peggy Clark, EMA director for Columbiana County, said the spill originated at Anchor Drilling Fluids on Clark Avenue.

She said the spill is under control and Anchor Drilling called in an outside contractor for cleanup.

While officials do not believe a significant amount of diesel fuel reached the Ohio River, containment booms have been set up to prevent it from spreading.

Charged after ATV crash

WARREN

A man who crashed his all-terrain vehicle at high speed into concrete barriers on Dana Street Northeast late Sept. 16 is charged with several offenses through Warren Municipal Court.

Theotis M. Sanders Jr., 39, of Warren and Rome, Ohio, is charged with drunken driving, reckless operation, driving an off-road vehicle on city streets and ignoring a sign warning that the road was closed.

Police said his vehicle was traveling about 50 miles per hour when it struck the barriers in front of the former Delphi Packard Electric buildings, causing him to be thrown about 100 feet down the road.

Police say they believe he is still in the hospital, and no court date has been set for him to answer to the misdemeanor charges. After the crash, Sanders was flown by helicopter to a hospital for treatment of a serious head injury.

Not-guilty plea in crash

WARREN

Robert E. Terbovich, 47, of Parkwood Avenue NW, is free on $2,500 personal-recognizance bond after pleading not guilty last week to operating a motor vehicle impaired, reckless operation and having no driver’s license in an early Sept. 17 crash on Parkman Road at Clemmens Avenue Northwest.

Warren police said his car was traveling west on Riverview Street when it went through the intersection at Clemmens, traveling through part of a garage at 1706 Parkman Road, then hitting a car parked in the driveway there, then coming to rest at 1708 Parkman Road, damaging the house.

Witnesses said a female fled from the vehicle.

Terbovich was taken to Trumbull Memorial Hospital for treatment.

2 report being raped

WARREN

A city woman and her teenage daughter reported being raped Saturday evening by a man they know while he was holding a gun. Police spoke to the two women early Sunday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Zoning board to meet

MCDONALD

The McDonald Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 7 tonight in council chambers at the municipal building, 451 Ohio Ave.

Meeting rescheduled

LOWELLVILLE

The Lowellville Village Council meeting scheduled for today has been canceled. The meeting has been rescheduled for 6:45 p.m. Oct. 18 in village hall, 140 E. Liberty St.

School board meeting

NEWTON FALLS

The Newton Falls school board has a special board meeting at 4:45 p.m. today to consider the employment or dismissal of a public employee. The meeting will take place in the board room at the junior high school, 907 Milton Blvd.