Inmate hospitalized

Inmate hospitalized

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating after an inmate at the private prison on the East Side was hospitalized Sunday morning.

Reports said officers were called about 3:55 a.m. to the prison on Youngstown- Hubbard Road, where they were told the inmate was beaten in a cell by another inmate. The victim, a 31-year-old man, is being treated at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Ruling on death

WARREN

The Trumbull County coroner has ruled the May 5 death of an inmate at the county jail as natural, probably as a result of a heart attack connected to high blood pressure and multiple heart problems.

Dr. Humphrey Germaniuk ruled Gregory Wright, 60, of Sheridan Avenue Northeast, also tested positive for fentanyl in his blood but not in the lethal range, “thus making this a drug-related death unlikely.”

Wright had been in the county jail two days when he was found unresponsive in his cell at 12:01 p.m. May 5. He was sentenced April 26 in common pleas court to 18 months in prison on convictions for drug possession and failure to comply with the orders of a police officer.

Pleading guilty

YOUNGSTOWN

A man pleaded guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday to one count of trafficking in cocaine.

Rickie Pinkins, 57, of Youngstown, was indicted on six counts of trafficking in cocaine in June 2016. Prosecutors recommended a 30-month prison sentence. Pinkins will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Oct. 19 in Judge Lou A. D’Apolito’s courtroom.

Bystander training

YOUNGSTOWN

YWCA Youngstown, in conjunction with YWCA Warren, will have bystander intervention training from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at YWCA Youngstown, 25 W. Rayen Ave.

Bystander intervention is a practice rooted in nonviolence and encourages people witnessing harassment to take action safely and swiftly. The training will help participants understand identity-based violence – Islamophobia, racism and gender-based harassment, for example – and take ownership and responsibility when a situation arises; learn skills to safely diffuse a tense situation; and support victims of harassment, abuse and violence.

The event is free. To register, contact Elise Skolnick at eskolnick@ywcaofyoungstown.org or 330-746-6361, ext. 109.

Training at school

NORTH JACKSON

Noncertified Jackson-Milton school staff went through training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation. Training was for bus drivers, bus aides, cafe personnel, paraprofessionals, secretaries and maintenance personnel.

University Hospitals Portage Medical Center provided the training. About 50 noncertified employees earned a certification that is valid for two years.

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