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Credit card skimmer found at Boardman grocery store check-out line
Boardman Police are trying to find out who attached a skimmer to a credit card reader at the checkout line of a township grocery store. A police report doesn’t name the store but gives its address as 4121 South Avenue. When a customer noticed that the cover on the...
Alliance man dies, woman in critical condition after being struck by train in Sebring
Troopers from the Canfield post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal train-versus-pedestrian crash early Monday morning. The crash occurred at 1:59 a.m. on the Norfolk Southern line near Pennsylvania Avenue between the cross streets of 16th and 17th streets in the village of Sebring in southwest Mahoning County.
Youngstown man’s eyewitness account of Trump shooting
CLEVELAND — A moment that captured the nation's attention, an assignation attempt on former president Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which is only about an hour and some change away from Youngstown, Ohio. Several Ohioans crossed the border to attend the Pennsylvania rally, including Mahoning County...
Suspect arrested for alleged street sign theft after Boardman police manhunt
People living in a usually quiet, upscale Boardman residential area may have wondered why police converged on their neighborhood during the wee hours of the weekend. One of the residents faces criminal charges after township police say he admitted stealing a street sign from his neighborhood because he thought it would be “cool” to have it.
Coroner IDs man found shot to death on Youngstown driveway
The Mahoning County Coroner has released the name of a man who was shot to death on Youngstown's Southside last week. Fifty-one-year-old Jermaine Tillis was shot along East Judson Avenue near Rush Blvd. just after 5 a.m. Tuesday. Officers found the victim lying in a driveway. Police have not said...
Youngstown Police say mom was at bar, leaving six-year-old alone at 1 a.m.
A Youngstown woman is charged with child endangering after police say she left her six-year-old daughter home alone while she went to a bar after midnight. Police went to an Eddie Street home after 1 a.m. Monday to investigate a tip that a child was there unattended. Finding the front...
Girard man pleads guilty to drug possession after officers found him with meth
A man received a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to a bill of information charging him with aggravated possession of drugs and violation of a protection order. The case involved Anthony Rice, 30, of East Kline Street, Girard, at an incident on March 8. Rice was found at his mother’s house where he was not allowed. Officers located plastic bags of a substance that later tested out to be 0.12 grams of methamphetamine.
U.S. Marshals offer reward for Ohio fugitive wanted for violating federal parole
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The U.S. Marshals are searching for a fugitive convicted on federal charges of having a gun and selling cocaine. According to the U.S. Marshals, Antwon Dawson, 33, has now violated his federal parole. Dawson is known to frequent Youngstown, OH and New Castle, PA, said the...
State Patrol Lisbon Post announces plans for OVI checkpoint
The Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint this week. The patrol says the county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint.
Jackson Township police looking for man who robbed bank
JACKSON TWP. ‒ Police are asking the public to help identify a man who robbed a bank late Tuesday morning. Police Maj. Jim Monigold said the thief took an unknown amount of currency from Citizens, 2200 Wales Ave. NW, at 11:51 a.m. It was believed that he had a weapon. Plain Township: Stark County...
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