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Three arrested on felony drug charges
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
Police arrested three people over the weekend on felony drug charges.
John Walsh, 29, of South Belle Vista Avenue, was arrested about 1:45 a.m. Sunday at Hillman Street and Kenmore Avenue after a car he was driving ran a stop sign, reports said. Reports said when he got out of his car a bag fell onto the ground that contained suspected crack cocaine. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail on a charge of possession of cocaine.
His bond was set at $7,500 Monday at his arraignment by Magistrate Anthony Sertick.
About 10:30 p.m. Friday, Noah Howley, 21, of Struthers, was arrested on a charge of possession of cocaine after officers found suspected crack cocaine on him during a traffic stop at Kenmore and Oak Hill avenues. A passenger, Eric Moore, 33, no address listed, was arrested on a warrant from Columbiana County.
City Prosecutor Dana Lantz told Magistrate Sertick that Howley has no criminal record. His bond was set at 10 percent of $5,000.
About 5:30 p.m. Friday, John Hovanec, 34, of Campbell, was arrested on Oak Street after a car he was driving was pulled over because the passenger was a wanted person. Reports said Hovanec dropped a bag on the ground that had suspected heroin inside and he also had Suboxone in his wallet. He was jailed on charges of heroin and possession of drugs.
Lantz said Hovanec’s record is a dozen pages long, mostly drug offenses between Ohio and Pennsylvania, and he is on probation in municipal court to Judge Robert Milich in a driving under suspension case.
His bond is set at $10,000.