AKRONMurder suspect heldAKRON: The suspected triggerman in last week’s shooting death of an Akron man has been arrested.Robert Anthony Davis, 20, of Akron, is being held in the Summit County Jail. He is charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery.Davis is accused of shooting and killing Phillip Anderson, 24, outside a Princeton Street home Jan. 10.Neighbors reported hearing gunshots and responding officers found Anderson wounded and slumped over the steering wheel of a car. He died a short time later at Akron General Medical Center.Last week, detectives arrested Demarcus Lee Williams, 20, of Akron, on charges of complicity to commit aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and drug abuse. Police said he was Davis’ accomplice.Warrants were filed Tuesday. Detectives sought the public’s help in locating Davis.According to jail records, Davis was booked into the jail about 3 a.m. Wednesday after he turned himself in to police Tuesday night.He is being held pending an initial appearance in Akron Municipal Court.Police have not released a motive for the shooting. City to remove signsAKRON: The city can remove three billboards along the Ohio and Erie Canalway.Akron will negotiate agreements with Clear Channel and the owners of the property where the billboards are located. The city received a $240,000 federal grant and has committed another $60,000 to the effort. The billboards are near the Howard and Cuyahoga streets intersection, on Howard Street just south of Furnace Street, and on West North Street just west of the Mustill Store.The city picked billboards whose removal would have “a great visual impact,” said Mark Moore with the city’s planning and urban development office.Mentors soughtAKRON: Mentors for children will be recruited at a noon meeting Saturday at the Helen Arnold Community Learning Center, 450 Vernon Odom Blvd.The sponsors, the 100 Black Men of America, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club, say mentors fill “the need for every child to have a caring adult in his or her life.”Food, displays and guest speakers will be presented. For more information, call 330-329-8042.BRIMFIELD TOWNSHIPBurglar on test driveBRIMFIELD TWP.: Police say a man took a detour while test-driving a car and burglarized at least four homes.Christopher Tackett, 28, of Ravenna, was caught Tuesday afternoon by a Sandy Lake Road resident who came home and found Tackett inside, officers said. Police say Tackett was holding a safe and had other items lined up near a door.The resident held Tackett until police arrived.Brimfield police determined the man had used a car from a local dealership to burglarize another township residence as well as homes in Ravenna and Shalersville.Tackett was being held in the Portage County Jail on burglary charges. Additional charges could be added after a review by prosecutors, police said.COVENTRY TOWNSHIPTrustees to meetCOVENTRY TWP.: Trustees will meet at 2 p.m. today to go into executive session to discuss finding a replacement for former trustee Brenda Patterson, 61, who died Friday from complications of multiple system atrophy, a degenerative neurological disorder.Trustee David Calderone said he does not expect the board to take action on Patterson’s replacement at the meeting.He said he will suggest before the closed-door session that trustees set a time period for applications to be accepted from township residents interested in filling Patterson’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2013.HARTVILLEReward for serviceHARTVILLE: The Village Council has approved a new pay ordinance that includes longevity pay for employees with seven or more years’ seniority.Council members Thomas Hough and Edsel Tucker voted against the measure Tuesday.“In our current situation, I don’t know that we have to pay people extra to stay,” Hough said. “We pay 100 percent of hospitalization for all [full-time] employees. That’s huge.”The extra pay is $30 per month for employees of seven to 10 years, $50 per month for 11 to 16 years and $75 per month for 17 or more years.“Longevity pay is not intended just to give money away,” said Mayor Richard Currie. “It is intended to reward people for their service to the village and the work that they do.”The additional pay will costs the village about $5,000 a year, according to Fiscal Officer Scott Varney.NORTH CANTONBell ringer arrestedNORTH CANTON: A Salvation Army bell ringer who told police he was robbed in November has been charged with taking the money in the collection bucket and with falsifying a report of the alleged theft.Kevin J. Weitzel, 24, of Canton, was arrested Tuesday after police said he was the person who actually took the missing money Nov. 19 while he worked as a bell ringer in front of the North Canton Kmart, 1447 N. Main St.Weitzel told police at the time he had been robbed by four subjects. He said one of the men raised his shirt to show he had a knife when he demanded about $235 in the collection bucket, authorities said.Weitzel was booked into the Stark County Jail.The State Highway Patrol assisted North Canton police with the investigation.. NORTONPost office is topicNORTON: Postal officials will meet with residents from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the Norton branch of the Akron-Summit Public Library, 3930 South Cleveland-Massillon Road to discuss the proposed closing of the Norton post office.The post office, built in 1968 at 3200 Greenwich Road, is the only post office in Norton. It is on a postal service list of locations being considered for closure because of a decline in the amount of walk-in revenue generated.SUMMIT COUNTYBlock club to meetAKRON: Residents are invited to attend a block club session from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. Paul AME Church at 1250 S. Hawkins Ave. The NAACP is holding the event and will honor block clubs throughout the city. Police officers and council members will be on hand to answer questions on how to get a block club started or how to revive one. Ophelia Averitt, president of the Akron chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said block clubs are a way to keep down crime in neighborhoods.WADSWORTHInsurance cost risesWADSWORTH: The City Council has adopted legislation that will require full-time city employees to pay more for health insurance.Employees now pay $15 biweekly for single coverage and $30 for family coverage, according to personnel director Jim Kovacs. The new legislation will double those premiums to $30 and $60.Council also agreed to provide funds to Menwa Apartments for elevator repairs. The 70-unit complex, at 531 High St., provides housing to elderly, low and moderate income persons. Through Community Development Block Grant funds, the city will cover 70 percent of the repair cost up to $50,000.WADSWORTH SCHOOLSBomb threat madeWADSWORTH: Wadsworth High School students returned to class Wednesday morning following the investigation of a bomb threat at the school.Early Wednesday, a school official received an anonymous email with a bomb threat. According to a news release from Sandy Hall, administrative assistant to Superintendent Jerry Parsons, administrators “immediately enacted the district’s safety plan and evacuated students and staff to the next closest building, which is Wadsworth Middle School.”City safety forces searched the Broad Street building and surrounding areas, Hall said. K-9 units from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office also were involved.Hall said the building was cleared and students returned to the school to continue with their classes by midmorning.Parsons earlier had alerted parents to the threat through an email and with a posting on the district’s website.“We will continue to monitor the situation throughout the day to assure the safety of our students and staff,” he wrote.