Group reviewing death in Liberty
POSTED: May 15, 2008
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‘‘We are looking to have an independent review of everything surrounding the case, including the 911 calls, what the police officers did when they arrived at the scene, and every other factor surrounding the case,’’ Liberty Township Administrator Pat Ungaro said recently.
‘‘When I was mayor (of Youngstown), we had a civilian police review board that would look at situations. This is something similar to what we did then,’’ he said.
Township trustees would determine what actions should be taken based on the findings of the review committee.
‘‘There could be some policy changes, disciplinary actions, or, based on determining nothing was done outside accepted police procedures, no actions taken at all,’’ Ungaro said.
Mary Rush was found bloody on her porch at 229 Mansell Drive shortly after 7 a.m. April 28. She died later that morning in a hospital from hypothermia.
A neighbor called the township’s 911 Center at least twice, at 3:12 a.m. and at 3:53 a.m., because she heard screams and cries. The caller did not identify from where the noises were coming.
Officers drove through the neighborhood both times, listening and using searchlights. Officers did not get out of their cruisers to search the area on foot, according to police.
Rush is believed to have locked herself outside of her home, possibly while taking out some trash. She is believed to have severely cut her arms and legs while trying to climb into two windows, police said.
Neighbors said this was not the first time that Rush had locked herself outside of her home. However, in the past, she went to one of their homes to ask for help.
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Billdog
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05-15-08 1:39 PM
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I'm shocked that the nieghbors didn't go look. I live in Warren and would go look if I heard someone crying for help in the middle of night. I think that the people that called 911 are cowards. Maybe they should look at their own behavior and quit blaming it all on the police. That being said the police should have looked also. They just drove by. Know wonder crime is out of contral everywhere. Nieghbors don't want to get involved, and are scared, and police don't do anything.
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sportguy
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05-15-08 1:05 PM
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This is so lame, how come its own department chief can not determine that it was the 911 operator and the street officers who when the 2nd call came in should have reacted more as an upgrade to the report and stopped got out and looked, at the same time advised 911 to return the call and tell them officers are on scene and let them know more. period. It doesn't take anyone to figure it out, its a neighborhood street in liberty twp, you do not have someone reporting screaming and crying coming from a small town street unless something is WRONG. I can agree that bogus calls come in and the first call could have been a cat but as soon as the 2nd call was received the officers should have reacted far different.
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