Sharon man charged after last of 3 incidents

SHARON — A Sharon man faces charges after he threatened a hospital security guard and used racial slurs against him early Sunday morning, police said.

Sean P. Bennett, 24, of 621 S. Irvine Ave., was charged with ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats, harassment and disorderly conduct after the last of three incidents police were called for Sunday morning involving him, police said.

Police were called at 1:50 a.m. for a fight inside the Maennerchor Club on South Dock Street, where they found Bennett outside, police said.

Police let Bennett walk home, since he was close by, but were called at 2:17 a.m. for a man about a block away with a possible broken leg, police said.

When they arrived, they found Bennett, who was belligerent and aggressive with police. He was taken to the hospital at Sharon Regional Health System by ambulance, police said.

At 3:06 a.m. police were called to the hospital, where an unruly Bennett had been discharged. A security guard said they’d told Bennett to leave and Bennett yelled obscenities at the guard in the parking lot, police said.

Police said Bennett repeatedly used a racial slur against the security guard, threatened to assault him and said that he knew where the man’s family was and “they’d be dead.”

When police arrived, Bennett was again uncooperative and police had to electronically shock him to subdue him, police said. For that, Bennett threatened to sue police, police said.

Robbers hit McQuaid’s, a frequent target, again

FARRELL — Two men wearing ski masks, one of whom had a gun, robbed McQuaid’s Sunoco, 1050 Sharon-New Castle Road, Farrell, at 10:41 p.m. Sunday.

Southwest Mercer County Regional Police said the men entered the store and ordered the clerk to empty the cash register. One of the men was holding a small semi-automatic pistol, police said.

The men ran to a parked vehicle on Norris Avenue and sped away, police said.

One of the men is black, 6-feet tall, with a stocky build who wore a red shirt and a black nylon under the ski mask. The other is a white male, 6-feet tall, who wore dark clothing, police said.

The store has been robbed cat least a half dozen times over the last two years, according to Herald files.