YOUNGSTOWN Geraldine DeWitt, 62, was sentenced to 30 days in jail today for assaulting a student at McGuffey Elementary School in April 2019. She is sched
Feb 14, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN Harding Elementary educators are exposing students to the accomplishments of African-Americans including some close to home as part of Black History Month.
Principal Teri Coward said black history is American history, and school staff want to provide information to student about the many African Americans throughout history who blazed trails for those who came after them.
Students choose someone to research, and they email Coward a paragraph they write from their research. She reads the information during each day’s morning announcements to share it with the school.
“The depiction of blacks in American history impacts the character of black children who don’t get to see positive images of black Americans,” Coward said. “Teaching black history gives scholars many options towards success they may not know exist.”
Jan 28, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN The sentencing date for former Youngstown teacher Geraldine DeWitt, 62, has been reset to 9 a.m. Feb. 18 after being postponed Tuesday.
DeWitt pleaded guilty last week in Youngstown Municipal Court to negligent assault, a third-degree misdemeanor, for an assault on a student at McGuffey Elementary School last April.
Youngstown prosecutors are recommending that she be sentenced to one year of probation, fined $100 and ordered to have no contact with the victim, a boy she taught in Youngstown City Schools as a special education teacher.
She surrendered her teaching license, and the Ohio Department of Education has ordered that her license be permanently revoked.
Jan 26, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that would lead to the capture of Abdul Muhammad, 29, of Youngstown, who is wanted for a Nov. 19 murder.
Muhammad is charged in Youngstown Municipal Court with aggravated murder in the shooting death of Marquis Bebbs, 35.
Police found Bebbs just before 2 a.m. Nov. 19, 2020, at South and East Lucius avenues while responding to a ShotSpotter notification, which alerts the Youngstown Police Department of gunfire on the city’s South Side.
Youngstown police Detective Sgt. Chad Zubal said the two men were involved in an altercation before the shooting. Police think the altercation took place in the parking lot of the Coconut Grove tavern, 3229 South Ave., which is near the location where Bebbs was found.
Jan 25, 2021
U.S. marshals are offering a reward to assist in the capture of Abdul Muhammad, who is charged in a November homicide.
YOUNGSTOWN The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of Abdul Muhammad, 29, of Youngstown, who is wanted for a Nov. 19 murder.
Muhammad is charged in Youngstown Municipal Court with aggravated murder in the shooting death of Marquis Bebbs, 35.
Police found Bebbs just before 2 a.m. Nov. 19 at South and East Lucius Avenues while responding to a ShotSpotter notification, which alerts the Youngstown Police Department of gunfire on the city’s South Side.