Robbery at restaurant

Robbery at restaurant
WARREN -- Police are searching for the man who robbed a Burger King manager.
Police reports state the robber entered the restaurant, 161 Main Avenue S.W., around 9 p.m. Thursday and asked the manager to put toilet paper in the men's restroom.
When the manager went into the bathroom, the robber pulled a gun and demanded money, reports state. Police said the manager had recently cashed his paycheck and turned over the cash.
The robber made the manager strip naked, then pushed him out a rear door and ordered him to run down the alley, reports state.
The robber fled in a black vehicle, reports state.
Police say they believe the crime might be tied to three other robberies that took place earlier in the week.
State OKs renovation
NEWTON FALLS -- The Ohio School Facilities Commission has given the village school district the OK for plans to renovate and construct additions to buildings.
Superintendent Linda J. Clapp said today that the OSFC has approved renovation plans submitted by the village board of education for the middle and high schools.
Additions and renovations to the middle school will provide for the housing of pupils in kindergarten through second grade.
New facilities will accommodate third through sixth grades and will be on the Milton Boulevard campus. Renovations will also be made at the junior/senior high school, which houses grades 7-12.
Kindergarten reminder
McDONALD -- Anthony Russo, principal of Roosevelt Elementary School, is reminding parents of kindergarten-age children that they should be registered for the start of school next fall.
Children who will enter kindergarten must be 5 by Sept. 30. Interested parents should contact the school at (330) 530-0226.
Appointments are being made for the first kindergarten screening, to be held Wednesday. A second screening date has been set for April 25.
Dog-attack lawsuits
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two people filed lawsuits Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court seeking damages for injuries they sustained in unrelated dog attacks.
John J. Mathews of Aldrich Avenue, Austintown, is seeking $35,000 in damages from Larry Lindolph and Tammy Yeager of Idlewood Avenue, Youngstown.
Andrea Harper of Reed Avenue, Campbell, is seeking unspecified damages from Richard Garcia, also of Reed Avenue.
Mathews is a postal carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, according to his complaint. It says he was attacked by a dog owned by Lindolph and Yeager while carrying the mail on their street in April 1999.
Harper, a minor, was attacked by Garcia's pit bull while she and a friend were walking down Reed Avenue in October 1998, her suit says. Because Harper is a minor, the suit was filed by her mother, Charice King, who is also seeking damages for loss of consortium.
Threatened to jump
YOUNGSTOWN -- City police talked a Phelps Street man down from the Market Street bridge Thursday, where he was threatening to jump to avoid facing felony charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Jeffrey Nelson, 23, was admitted to St. Elizabeth Health Center after he was removed from the bridge.
He was indicted Feb. 3 on allegations that he sent an e-mail message to Louisiana Gov. Michael Foster, threatening to harm Foster if the New Orleans Saints professional football team moves to another city. Nelson is free on a $5,000 bond awaiting trial in common pleas court.
Body found in field
YOUNGSTOWN -- The body of a woman found shot to death on Cloister Avenue on Thursday morning has been identified as Alison Buckner, 29, no address given. A passer-by who saw the body in the remote East Side area called police at 7:11 a.m. Officers at the scene said she had been shot in the chest. Because of the frost on her purse, she could have been in the field near Augustine Avenue for several hours before being discovered, police said.
Parole violation
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said an Orangeville Road man on parole for intimidating a witness was arrested Thursday for illegal possession of a firearm. Anthony M. Kuchmak Jr., 21, was picked up at Mercer County Jail at 10:30 a.m. as he was being released on a parole violation charge. Police said Kuchmak pleaded guilty in 1998 to intimidation of a witness and was on parole in that case, making it illegal for him to possess a firearm. Parole agents made a surprise inspection of his home Feb. 14 and found a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, police said. He was arraigned before District Justice Henry Russo who freed him on his own recognizance.