Call about fight at motel leads to charges

LIBERTY

A Youngstown man, Marquise Thomas, 23, is in Trumbull County jail charged with child endangering, resisting arrest and a weapons violation stemming from an incident at 1 a.m. Sunday at a Liberty motel.

According to Trumbull County 911, a woman called to report a fight and hung up. Another call was received from the same motel saying a man had a gun and was threatening to shoot the female.

Police searched several motel rooms and located a weapon, and two children were found at a nearby restaurant after which Thomas was arrested, according to the 911 log.