CRIME & SAFETY
Sharon Police report infant's skull fractured, ribs broken. Mother charged
Sharon Police have charged the mother of a three-month-old boy after doctors say he was the victim of shaken baby syndrome, allegedly causing broken ribs, a fractured skull, cardiac arrest, and a brain bleed. Twenty-five-year-old Brittany Arnold has been charged with child endangering and aggravated assault. Arnold told police she...
Boardman couple going to prison after toddler ate THC laced brownie
A Boardman couple, convicted of child endangering after her daughter ate a THC-laced brownie, is going to prison. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Krichbaum Wednesday handed down a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence to 21-year-old Shawna McCurdy and 25-year-old Randi Green. They pleaded guilty earlier to one felony count of...
Teen indicted in connection to fatal shooting at Austintown apartment complex
An 18-year-old has been indicted and will be tried as an adult in connection with a shooting at an Austintown back in September when he was still a juvenile. According to a grand jury report 18-year-old Ethan Richmond was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday on one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of felonious assault, both with three-year firearm specifications.
Retired Pa. police officer gets at least 7 years for fatal crash that killed Warren man
A Sharpsville, Pa., man on Tuesday was given a seven to 10½-year prison sentence and a lifetime driver’s license suspension after being convicted of charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and OVI for a fatal traffic crash that occurred late on Nov. 17, 2023, at the intersection of U.S. 422 and Ohio 305 in Southington.
Warrant issued for former caretaker accused of stealing from 99-year-old Brookfield man
A warrant has been issued for the former caretaker of a 99-year-old Brookfield man after she failed to appear for her scheduled court hearing on Tuesday. According to court records, 35-year-old Felicia Splitstone was scheduled to appear in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, April 23 for a pretrial hearing.
UPDATE: Youngstown police locate 14-year-old girl missing since Saturday
Police in Youngstown have located a 14-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday. According to a Facebook post from YPD, 14-year-old Stella Mahan, who had last been seen in Youngstown on Saturday, April 20 has been located as of 8:14 a.m. Thursday.
News photographers remember the crowds and heat of the Idora Park fire
Two of the Mahoning Valley's preeminent news photographers, they have taken pictures of everything from presidential visits to multiple homicides and everything in between. Working as competitors April 26, 1984, the two also shot one of Youngstown's watershed moments -- the fire that was the death knell of Idora Park.
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