Monroeville is hoping for a fresh approach at its second town hall meeting next week focusing on substance abuse. Mayor Jim Lomeo said because the issue of substance abuse has been debated so extensively, he asked the speakers to come with one new idea to approach the prevention issue. "It's not an easy thing to solve," Lomeo said. "But if we can save one person, the effort is worth it." Lomeo, in conjunction with the Coalition for Human Dignity, is conducting a town hall meeting, "Working Together in an Effort to Combat Substance Abuse in Children and Young Adults," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Monroeville Municipal Building, 2700 Monroeville Blvd. A similar session was held last year. [continues 267 words]
PLUM: The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, which has been absent in the Plum School District for nearly two years, is scheduled to return next month. Plum School Board's education committee has signed off on the 10-week program, which will be taught by Plum Police Officer Mark Kost, who serves as the district's school resource officer, and Ed Kruse, the department's juvenile-crime detective. The program will be presented to the district's 10 classes of sixth-graders. [continues 274 words]
Federal authorities are investigating the disappearance of an unspecified amount of marijuana from the Plum police department, police said Tuesday. Plum police Sgt. Matthew Feldmeier, the department's acting supervisor in charge, said the marijuana was seized in an "old case" but would not say how much of the drug is missing. "The federal (authorities) are looking into it," Feldmeier said. "They are handling it." This is the third case of missing evidence brought to light this year. Previously, police discovered that a .38-caliber revolver and a .45- caliber handgun were missing. Plum police Sgt. Andrew McNelis is accused of receiving stolen property in relation to the .45-caliber handgun. The .38-caliber revolver is still missing. [continues 302 words]
