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 | Area firefighter called to duty to extinguish western blaze |
 A Meadville area man who recently left his wife, kids, business and the lazy days of summer behind has joined a massive effort in California to extinguish a wildfire that's been raging for more than a month.
Vince Viscuso, 37, owner of Vinnie's Heating and Cooling and a part-time fireman for Franklin Fire Department, left July 11, bound for Los Padres National Forest. There he converged with nearly 2,000 other specially-trained firemen to fight the Basin Complex fire that began June 21 and has consumed about 138,000 acres of forest.
According to his wife, Richelle Viscuso, after a little more than a week on the front lines, she said he's found the experience "very humbling."
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Posted on Monday, July 21
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| Area police now armed with Taser technology |
ERIE - One day earlier this year, Erie-area Pennsylvania State Police troopers were called when a man with documented mental health issues and a weapon in hand threatened to harm himself.
A situation that could have played out with a violent end for the man or one of the responding officers instead ended without incident when a trooper fired one non-lethal shot from his Taser, rendering the man disabled enough that he could be disarmed and taken into custody.
That's one example of how the recent deployment of Tasers to state police troopers for use in confrontational situations is helping to ensure the safety of the public and officers themselves, according to Cpl. Mark Zaleski, spokesperson for state police Troop E.
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Posted on Friday, July 18
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| 'Gang' activity quiet in wake of town meeting |
Only a week after members of the Conneaut Lake community met to discuss reports of a recent surge in juvenile problems in the borough, residents and law enforcement officials are already in the planning stages of developing a neighborhood watch program.
Chief Todd Pfeifer of the Conneaut Lake Regional Police Department said he was happy to report that it's back to "business as usual in the borough."
"It was just a typical Fourth of July weekend here," he said. "We had a retail theft incident and a few kids who were under 21 caught drinking at Fireman's Beach, but that's all normal stuff."
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Posted on Wednesday, July 09
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| Residents hope meeting will dissolve ‘Crips’ threat |
CONNEAUT LAKE - More than 100 people crowded into Conneaut Lake's Fifth Street Presbyterian Church Wednesday night to listen, learn and participate in a townhall-style meeting about rumors circulating about gang-type violence happening in the borough.
"Children are being approached and told that they can either join by getting 'beat-in' or they will be harassed on a daily basis," Rita Damratoski, a co-organizer for the meeting said. "This is all new to us and that's why we wanted the community to band together on this!"
Damratoski and her husband, Mark, are both residents of Conneaut Lake. Both said they decided to assemble the meeting after one of their sons narrowly escaped getting beat-up by a group of unruly teenagers.
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Posted on Thursday, July 03
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| Casey: Bill will help fire departments cope with rising gas prices |
CONNEAUT LAKE - Chief Michael Betts of Conneaut Lake Volunteer Fire Department knows that when the fire siren goes off, his department has to respond.
And he knows it's going to cost more money to respond than last year, because of the increased cost of gasoline needed for the fire trucks.
Betts isn't alone, according to U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who visited Conneaut Lake on Wednesday to discuss legislation that he plans to introduce to help volunteer fire departments recoup some of the increased gasoline costs. It was one of three stops that Casey made in northwestern Pennsylvania that day. He said the legislation would be formally introduced next week.
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Posted on Thursday, July 03
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| Conneaut Lake ‘gang’ meeting moving to bigger venue |
CONNEAUT LAKE - The back room of a downtown restaurant won't hold the number of people planning to attend a meeting today to discuss alleged "gang" activity at Conneaut Lake.
The 7 p.m. public meeting instead will be at Conneaut Lake Presbyterian Church, formerly Fifth Street Presbyterian Church, 145 S. Fifth St. It was originally to be at Conneaut Lake's Pizza Hut, but organizer Mark Damratoski said there's been an overwhelming response since a related story was recently published in the Tribune.
Conneaut Lake Regional Police Department has been receiving reports about the "gang," reportedly identifying itself as the "814 High Rollin' Crips," since around the end of the school year, department Sgt. Greg Nichols said recently. He said the group's most outright activities were the recent spray-painting of numerous downtown businesses with gang insignia and profanities.
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Posted on Wednesday, July 02
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| Conneaut Lake becoming ‘gang’ territory? |
CONNEAUT LAKE - It's a far cry from the mean streets of inner-city Los Angeles, but a group of young people in Conneaut Lake is apparently calling itself the Crips.
Conneaut Lake Regional Police Department has been receiving reports about the "gang," reportedly identifying itself as the "814 High Rollin' Crips," since around the end of the recent school year, according to department Sgt. Greg Nichols.
He said the group's most outright activity was the recent spray-painting of numerous downtown businesses with gang insignia and profanities. "We haven't come into contact with them," and "we haven't seen any (of the common blue) gang-related colors," Nichols said, but "we've received several phone calls" about the group's alleged activities.
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Posted on Sunday, June 29
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| Does Meadville need a summer curfew? |
When Vernon Township resident Cindy Allen went to a recent Meadville City Council study session, she was seeking help. She's owner of Hair Haven Salon, which opened in January at the corner of Water and North streets, and her shop's been vandalized twice recently - at night.
She wasn't happy when the front window was shot out, she explained, but when she was told that two young girls were responsible for the second incident - stealing her sign and pulling out all the flowers planted in front of the shop - she knew she had to take action.
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Posted on Sunday, June 29
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| New trailer offers realistic fire training |
Joe Hazlett, Blooming Valley Volunteer Fire Department chief, was among the first firefighters to enter a "structure fire" Wednesday evening - knowing he was safe from any harm.
The firefighters were trained in a new Mobile Fireflasher Trainer, a live-burn training trailer recently acquired through a grant from Federal Department of Home-land Security.
Dressed in his firefighter's bunker gear, Hazlett has been to many real fires in his five years of service and he knows exactly what it's like to be inside a burning building. "It's very realistic," he said of the conditions inside of the trailer, which measures 53 feet long and stands 13 feet, 6 inches high. Painted a bright fire-engine red, it resembles a huge railway car.
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Posted on Thursday, June 26
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| Young appeals weapons permit ruling |
A Guys Mills man has appealed an April court ruling which upheld a decision by Crawford County Sheriff Nick Hoke to revoke his permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Gary Young filed an appeal Tuesday to the Commonwealth Court, asking it to reverse the decision of Erie County Senior Judge Fred Anthony, who heard the case in Crawford County after the three local judges recused themselves from the case.
Hoke had revoked Young's permit earlier this year after receiving reports of statements made by Young. Hoke considered Young's conduct to be threatening and potentially dangerous.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 25
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