CRIME & SAFETY
Police release name of victim, suspect in homicide at Warren bar
Police in Warren have released the name of the man who was shot and killed at a Warren bar early Monday, as well as the man suspected of shooting him. Officers went to the Park Place 24 tavern at 2185 Parkman Road at 2 a.m. to investigate a shooting. Police...
Teen hospitalized after Austintown shooting
Austintown police are investigating after a shooting late Friday. APD says it happened shortly before 6pm along Nantucket Drive off Burkey Road. Police tell us an 18 year old man suffered a single gunshot wound. He is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition as of this entry.
UPDATE: More details revealed in Friday night shooting in Austintown
Austintown police are investigating after a shooting late Friday. APD says it happened shortly before 6pm along Nantucket Drive off Burkey Road. Police tell us an 18 year old man suffered a single gunshot wound. He is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition as of this entry.
Boardman man reports drive-by shooting with toy gun in restaurant parking lot
A Boardman man has reported being the target of a drive-by shooting involving a toy gun in the Raising Canes parking lot on Boardman Poland Rd. According to the police report, the man was walking from his car to the restaurant when a Black SUV drove past and he was struck in the arm by what the man believed were "Orbeez gun" pellets by the passenger side occupant. The man also reported hearing laughter from the SUV before it drove away.
UPDATE: 19-year-old arrested for shooting death of man whose body was found in a Youngstown cemetery
A third person has been arrested for his alleged role in the 2022 shooting death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in a Youngstown cemetery. Nineteen-year-old Jacoby Maurice Walker was booked into the Mahoning County Jail late Sunday on a charge of aggravated murder. Police were able to...
Poland man accused of sending email smearing competitor for teaching job
A veteran math and science teacher is in trouble with the law for allegedly sending an email trying to smear the reputation of another teacher competing for a job with the Poland Local School District. Charges of telecommunication harassment and obstructing official business were filed in Struthers Municipal Court against...
Appeal denied for Youngstown man convicted in murder of Warren man
The appeal of a Youngstown man convicted of the murder of a man during a home invasion in Warren back in 2023 has been denied. According to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, the appeal for 27-year-old Ronique Requel has been denied by the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals on Monday.
Youngstown man gets 24 months in state prison on assault, weapons charges
A Youngstown man was sentenced to 24 months in state prison after he had pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and having weapons while under disability felonies. Travon M. Badie, 32, of North Hazelwood Avenue, was not eligible for probation, according to Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia Rice, because of his previous prison sentence in 2009 for a manslaughter conviction while he was a juvenile.
Monday court hearing set for Goshen dog breeder facing 32 criminal charges
A Monday court hearing is scheduled for a Goshen Township woman indicted on 32 counts of theft for allegedly taking payments for puppies that she never provided. A 9 a.m. pre-trial is set in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for April Waidman, a breeder of English Bulldogs and Dachshunds. A...
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