Indicted Mob Figures Face Arraignment in Federal Case
A 30 member racketeering group including Lenny Strollo and Lawrence Garono faced arraignment after a long running federal probe. The defendants target illegal gambling operations across Youngstown and surrounding areas, with prosecutors seeking detention for key figures while others were released on bonds. Witness and wiretap evidence, including some 2000 audio recordings, are set to be disclosed as the case moves forward.
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Strollo
Lawrence “Jeep” Garono
Hubbard
Bernard “Bernie the Jew” Altshuler
Liberty
Jeff Riddle
Sawanace Turnage
Michael
Mike Cyrak
Serrecchio
Joseph
Joey Cyrak” Serrecchio
Youngstown
Dante
Danny” Strollo
Canfield
Mid
Altshuler
Riddle
Turnage
Organized Crime
Biondillo
Thomas
U.S
Craig Morford
Garono
Morfo
Morford
Lenny Strollo
Orville Stifel II
Cleveland
Rees L. Greenman
Buffalo
Green
Debra Hughes
Union Township taxes keep steady in 1998 budget
Union Township supervisors adopted a 1998 budget of 2,487,350 with no tax increase. Property tax remains 13 mills and fire hydrant tax 1.5 mills. The spending plan covers general government 1,813,050, sewer 1,642,800, public safety 94,550, highway and park funds 386,600 and debt service 14,900.
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Union Township
General Township
Scotland Meadows Park
New Castle
Morrison
Hill’s
Sears
Peebles
Stavich
Lowellville
Township to promote from within for new full time police chief
Union supervisors plan to promote one of four part time officers to full time chief beginning in January. The position will be posted today for bids by noon December 30 with the winner chosen by seniority. The appointee will earn 11.02 per hour and work 9 to 5 Monday through Friday with existing benefits. The new chief will be approved at the January 5 reorganization meeting and take effect mid January. Current officers in seniority order are Mark Pelto Mark Julian Clint Garver and Alfred DeCarbo.
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Pnes
Ralph Nuzzo
Nuzzo
Mark Pelto
Mark Julian
Clint Garver
Alfred DeCarbo
Tve Licen Ee
New Castle High Students Urged to Register and Vote
New Castle area students urged to register vote and engage in civic life as City Council meets at the high school auditorium. Mayor Tim Fulkerson, officials, and school leaders encouraged youth involvement, noting local leadership impacts on community rebuilding and future opportunities.
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New Castle High
New Castle Area
New Castle
DeBlasio
Jopek
Mark Elisco
Russo
Fulkerson
Eliseo
Elisco
Lawrence County
Perry OKs 98 budget with steady taxes and new officer
The Perry township board approved the 1998 budget of 252000 with seven mills property tax, up from 1997, and outlined expenses for road work, administration, social security and insurances, police and fire protection, and other items. The board appointed police officer David Hooker as officer in charge and set meetings to wrap 1997 business and start 1998 reorganizations.
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Perry
David Hooker
Jack Bowers
Hooker
Lookout Avenue
Hillcrest Avenue
Roy Magee
Bowers
Janice Marshall
Community Holiday Events and Charity Drives Listed
Today and Saturday events include a Salvation Army food drive at multiple locations in Butler and nearby towns, public mailbox donations accepted, and musical performances of I'll be Home for Christmas at First Baptist Church. Also featuring Swift singles Christmas dinner, Appalachian Christmas at Hoyt Institute, public skating at Hess Ice Rink, and an all you can eat breakfast at Savannah United Methodist Church with child and adult pricing.
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Salvation Army
Kennedy Square
Butler Road
Decker Drive
Shirley Crowe
Marti Bogdon
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
E. Leasure Ave
Hess Ice Rink
Pearson Park
First Baptist Church
West Maitland Lane
Lexington Square
Highland Ave
McGill Community Center
Albert St
Savannah
Man falsely claims Vietnam Medal of Honor in Pittsburgh fraud case
John Iannone, 53, removed from Pittsburgh Vietnam veterans memorial for lying about military service. He faces December guilty pleas on mail and wire fraud tied to Horizon Nat Resources and a fake Nebraskan oil venture, after staging a 1994 disappearance. He allegedly defrauded investors of $470,000.
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Pittsburgh
John Iannone
Three Rivers Stadium
Iannone
Pittsburgh Veterans
Marshall Township
William Cammarata
Sewickley
Horizon Nat Resources
Police charge man in nursing home molestations in Indiana
Ronald Lee Dickie of Indiana was charged with two counts of indecent assault after visiting Beacon Manor and Scenery Hill nursing homes under his own name. He allegedly kissed hugged and grabbed the breast of a 69 year old wheelchair resident and later grabbed the breast of an 84 year old unable to talk while posing as a church volunteer.
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Indiana
Ronald Lee Dickie
Dickie
Beacon Manor
Scenery Hill
Hunter 65 Dies of Heart Attack in Somerset Deer Hunt
A 65 year old Hollsopple man died of a heart attack while deer hunting in Shade Township Somerset County. Coroner Wilbur Miller said William Sullivan suffered the fatal attack yesterday. Sullivan was retired from Bethlehem Steel Corp and known as an avid hunter and fisherman.
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Somerset County
William Sullivan
Hollsopple
Shade Township
Wilbur Miller
Sullivan
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lotteries Pennsylvania Daily Number and Pick 3 4
Pennsylvania lottery results show daily number 945 and pick 3 and pick 4 draws. Buckeye 5 appears in superseded text with unclear trailing letters.
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Pennsylvania
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