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Card skimmer found at local grocery store: Report
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – A customer shopping at a local grocery store reported finding a card skimming device at one of the registers. The manager of the store called police around 6:30 p.m. Monday to report the incident, handing over a black plastic keypad cover that was found attached to the credit card processing terminal. A police report redacted the name of the store, but the address was listed at 4121 South Ave.
UPDATE: Victim identified in late Tuesday-night crash in Champion
One person died late Tuesday in a single-car crash in Champion Township. Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) have identified the victim as Scott P. Bellknapp, 58, of Decatur, Georgia. Dispatchers got a call just after 10 pm that a small car had hit a utility pole along North Leavitt Road,...
Man found shot along Southern Boulevard
A wounded man is hospitalized following an overnight shooting on Youngstown’s Southside. Police say they found the victim along Southern Boulevard near East Philadelphia Avenue at around 1 a.m. Friday. The hospital’s trauma team went to work on the victim who was last reported to be in stable condition....
Man blames popular flea and tick medication for his beloved dog’s death
WINDHAM, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - An Ohio man blames a flea and tick medication for the death of his dog, saying his veterinarian didn’t warn him about the possible side effects. Ted DeSalvo’s dog, 3-year-old Greta, was euthanized last month. He blames her death on Simparica Trio, a chewable...
Youngstown woman faces up to 18 months in prison after being sentenced for firearm charge
Judge Andrew D. Logan of the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court sentenced a woman to prison for firearm-related charges. Naquonda K. Holly, 37, of Salt Springs Road, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to an amended indictment charging her with fourth-degree improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. Holly, who could...
Trumbull County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit assisting security at RNC
The Trumbull County Sheriff's Office Mounted Unit is assisting with the Republican National Conference going on right now in Milwaukee. They are working to secure the perimeter of the convention, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Deputy Ty Kata and his horse Titus are among others from...
Hubbard man accused of shoplifting nearly $2,000 in goods from Boardman stores
If you wonder if police ever arrest any of those shoplifters who brazenly walk out of a store with a buggy full of stolen merchandise. Here’s an instance where a suspect was tracked down. Three months after a cashier told police that a man left a Southern Boulevard hardware...
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