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Mother wants Sharon teacher charged with assault
It was Wednesday, May 15th when Marquee Lampkins was called to the school after being told her son had violated the technology policy, by having his phone out in the hallway during school hours. The mom tells us after she got there the principal showed her video. She claims in...
Youngstown police find battered SUV off I-680, driver found in hospital
The suspected driver of an SUV heavily damaged in a crash off Interstate 680 in Youngstown is expected to face charges once he gets out of the hospital. The SUV veered off the ramp from Shirley Road to southbound I-680 at 11:30 p.m. Monday, knocking down a utility pole. First...
Second suspect wanted in connection to deadly 2022 shooting at Youngstown gas station
Youngstown Police have issued a warrant for a second suspect in the deadly shooting of a 26-year-old male at a gas station on the city's south side back in 2022. According to court records, 33-year-old Zachary Bair is currently wanted on a warrant for one count of murder. Youngstown Police...
VIDEO: Youngstown Police escort buses of schoolchildren for fishing trip
Some students at Paul C. Bunn Elementary School will be spending the day learning to fish with officers from the Youngstown Police Department. This trip is part of the Cops and Kids Foundation's Cops and Bobbers initiative, which not only helps children learn how to fish, but connects them with their local police department as well.
Lake Milton man enters not guilty plea in child sex case
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A Lake Milton man Tuesday pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on charges that he sexually abused a child. Dakota Cardona, 27, entered his pleas to two counts of gross sexual imposition, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and sexual battery, all third-degree felonies, at his arraignment before Magistrate Tim Welsh.
Hubbard driver jailed, charged with aggravated vehicular homicide
The driver charged in connection with a deadly one-car crash in Liberty is out of the hospital and now in jail. Twenty-five-year-old Dylan Vranchich of Hubbard was transferred to the Trumbull County jail on Sunday, nearly three days after he was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries he received when his car struck a utility pole and caught fire along Colonial Drive in Liberty Township.
Police say man’s fentanyl bag rips apart when he was trying to hide it in squad car
A man was arrested and charged with possession of fentanyl on Sunday and was later charged with tampering with evidence after being accused of attempting to discard it. Youngstown police said the accused offender, Chantelle Scott Jr., who has several prior drug offenses, attempted to hide fentanyl inside the seat of a police car while he was detained.
'All available' Austintown police officers sent to stabbing at motel
Austintown Police say a stabbing victim lost so much blood she was unable to tell officers what happened to her. However, another woman told police she was in the Super 8 Motel room when a fight broke out between the victim and 25-year-old Israel Agosto Monday evening. The witness told...
Fire heavily damages Bloomfield barn
Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a barn in northern Trumbull County. Dispatchers were told that a barn on Creaser Road in Bloomfield Township was on fire just after 6 a.m. Tuesday. Fire departments from several communities went to the property where they found...
Lightning, fire hinder sobriety checkpoints in Youngstown
Ambitious plans by the Mahoning County OVI Task Force to hold two sobriety checkpoints in Youngstown late Friday were dashed by lightning and fire. The Task Force announced late Friday that it planned to conduct a Westside checkpoint from 11 p.m. until midnight on Mahoning Avenue, and a second Southside checkpoint from 12:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday on Playhouse Lane.
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