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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U DAILY BRIEFING, A2 • TRIBUTES, A6 • WORLD, A8 • CLASSIFIEDS, B5 • BUSINESS, B6 • PUZZLES, C3 BOARDMAN DEFEATS 224 RIVAL CHALK THE WALKS MCGUFFEY EVENT 50% Spartans shut out Poland 2-0 YSU students draw on creativity Pianist Nichols set to perform OFF SPORTS | B1 LOCAL | A3 VALLEY LIFE | C1 vouchers. DETAILS, A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2017 U 75¢ Harvey fl oods keep Houston paralyzed Associated Press People push a INSIDE no relief in sight from the storm that spun HOUSTON into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane, then stalled pickup U Charities are step- Floodwaters reached the roofl ines of parked over the Gulf Coast. With nearly 2 through a ping up their donation single-story homes Monday and people more feet of rain expected on top of the fl ooded street requests in the wake in Houston could be heard pleading for help from in- 30-plus inches in some places, authori- after Tropical of Harvey. A8 side as Harvey poured rain on the Hous- ties worried that the worst might be yet Storm Harvey U How to help. A8 ton area for a fourth-consecutive day to come. dumped heavy U after a chaotic weekend of rising water Harvey has been blamed for at least rains. Flood damage and rescues. from Harvey is likely three confirmed deaths, including a The nation’s fourth-largest city was still woman killed Monday in the town of to reach into the tens mostly paralyzed by one of the largest of billions. B6 downpours in U.S. history. And there was See HARVEY, A2 ASSOCIATED PRESS TRUMBULL COUNTY CAMPBELL Prosecutors’ DRIVER GETS SIX MONTHS FOR MALL PARKING LOT DEATH Ex-police chief fi l i n g s h e d s ‘We got pleads guilty, new light on agrees not to Hamad case justice 1 of the 5 in dispute with be a cop again suspect reportedly had knife By SARAH LEHR [email protected] By ED RUNYAN [email protected] Matthew Wilson is handcuff ed by Deputy Ray Nemeth CAMPBELL after he was sentenced for the traffi c accident that killed Andrew Rauzan, a former Campbell WARREN today’ Judy Dailey of Berlin Center at Southern Park Mall. Assistant prosecutors police chief, pleaded guilty Monday to handling the Nasser Hamad four misdemeanor counts of unauthor- aggravated-murder case re- ized use of property and agreed to never vealed in a recent court fi ling again work as a police offi cer. that one of the five people Judge Lou D’Apolito who went to Hamad’s house of Mahoning County in a dispute that turned Common Pleas Court deadly had a knife – and so sentenced Rauzan, 43, to did Hamad. one year’s probation and Two of the fi ve died from a $1,000 fi ne. gunfi re that police said came The charges, filed by from Hamad. The three oth- Daniel Kasaris, a special ers were injured by gunfi re prosecutor with the Ohio Rauzan but survived. Attorney General’s Of- Hamad, 48, fi ce, and Paul Gains, Mahoning County of state Route prosecutor, pertain to unauthorized use 46 in How- of the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway land, goes database. OHLEG is a system that al- on trial Oct. lows law-enforcement agencies to share 11 in Trum- data. bull County Rauzan admitted he improperly used the database on four occasions between Hamad Common Pleas Court May 2013 and July 2015, according to a on charges of aggravated bill of information fi led Aug. 8. murder and attempted ag- As part of the plea deal, Rauzan agreed gravated murder, which to forfeit his Ohio Peace Offi cer Train- could produce the death See RAUZAN, A5 penalty if he’s convicted. The filing, by assistant prosecutors Chris Becker WARREN and Mike Burnett, gives new details of the events after a fistfight in the front yard Testimony to begin of Hamad’s home between Hamad and John Shively, 17. Shively and the four others in trial of man charged who were with him walked from the front of Hamad’s in 3-year-old boy’s death house after the fi stfi ght and returned to their van near Staff report Route 46. ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR WARREN The filing says Hamad Kim Harvey addresses Judge John Durkin on Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Matthew Wilson, who can be seen behind her, fatally struck her mother with his vehicle in the parking lot of Southern Park Mall in Jury selection will wrap up this morn- went into the house, got a November. She is showing the cross her mother, Judy Dailey, wore the day she was killed. ing, and testimony in the Arthur Harp- handgun and went back out- er murder trial will begin in Trumbull side. Hamad told police he By JOE GORMAN “I know you’re busy, honey,” Judy Dailey County Common Pleas Court. did this with the intention to [email protected] said after thanking her daughter for a nice Before the attorneys “hold [the fi ve] because they YOUNGSTOWN evening at a family gathering a few nights in Judge Peter Kontos’ needed to pay.” IM HARVEY DIDN’T FINISH before. “I’ll talk to you later. Love you. Bye.” courtroom questioned Hamad “began aggres- her victim impact statement ONLINE Wilson, who has a Florida address, was potential jurors Monday sively shooting as he left his Monday in Mahoning County VIDEO sentenced to six months in the Mahoning afternoon, the judge had house and approached the Common Pleas Court. See video for County jail, the maximum sentence he offi cials indicate for the van that now was clearly at- Instead, she let her mother – this story at could receive for the misdemeanor count record that prosecutors vindy.com tempting to leave his proper- KJudy Dailey, who was killed last November of vehicular homicide, to which he pleaded had offered Harper, 45, of ty and backing up onto state after she was run down in the parking lot of guilty in June. High Street Northeast, a Harper Route 46,” the fi ling says. Southern Park Mall – fi nish it. Harvey had saved Wilson struck Dailey on Nov. 29 in the park- plea bargain in the case. “He admits that he was her fi nal voicemail message and played it for the ing lot near J.C. Penney while he was having a Harper was offered to plead guilty to shooting coming out of court just before the man who pleaded guilty, seizure. The case was presented to a grand jury all charges – murder, child endangering his house because ‘they’re Matthew Wilson, 24, was to be sentenced by and felonious assault – and get a prison Judge John Durkin. See WILSON, A4 See HAMAD, A5 See HARPER, A5 YOUNGSTOWN STATE Sophomore inside Allandra Klein INDEX of Cleveland Business . B6 today Paws in the action: Students makes friends Classifi eds . B5 with four- Comics . C4 WOMAN, 68, ARRAIGNED de-stress at Puppy Palooza legged friend Crossword . C3 ON BURGLARY CHARGES Holly, a guest Daily Briefi ng . A2 By AMANDA TONOLI ing students to de-stress, from the A 68-year-old Warren woman is Editorial . A9 [email protected] fi nd community-service op- Animal Charity charged with breaking into her neigh- Humane Legal ads. A7 bor’s house and stealing thousands YOUNGSTOWN portunities and spread the Society, as Lotteries . A2 of dollars’ worth of televisions, tools, Welcome Week continued word about adoption of the part of Puppy Society. C2 clothes and boxes of ceramic tiles. spreading good vibes for the furry guests of honor. Palooza, a Sports. .B1-5 LOCAL, A3 second week of school, with Jessica MacMurchy, Ani- Youngstown Tributes. A6 four-legged friends scam- mal Charity Humane Soci- State University TV Grid . C3 TRIBE BEATS YANKEES pering back and forth out- ety humane agent, said she Valley Life. C1 Welcome Jose Ramirez side of Youngstown State really enjoys that Puppy Weather. A2 recorded his fourth Week activity. University’s Andrews Stu- Palooza is a twofold experi- PLEASE RECYCLE multi-home-run game as the Indians dent Recreation and Well- ence. defeated the Yankees ness Center. “We’re finding that a lot 6-2 Monday night. Monday afternoon’s Pup- of students want to volun- py Palooza was the host to SPORTS, B1 ROBERT K. YOSAY several adoptable dogs help- See PUPPIES, A5 THE VINDICATOR A1 - 08/29/17 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK TODAY ON VINDY.COM Find a job or vehicle on: 107 Vindicator Square, DAILY BRIEFING Youngstown, OH 44503 U vindyJOBS.com: 409 openings U Published daily. 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