LIBERTY Police arrest fugitive after report at store

LIBERTY -- A man featured in Sunday's Vindicator as fugitive of the week was arrested after apparently trying to help police identify shoplifters.
The FBI and Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force had been looking for Robert W. Stanko, 30, Fairview Avenue, Youngstown, on a warrant charging him with robbery and receiving stolen property.
He had been indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury on the charges, according to a spokesman at the Mahoning County jail.
Stanko's description and picture were published in the newspaper, which features a fugitive each Sunday.
Stanko was arrested Sunday morning after a Northview Avenue woman reported to police he followed her home.
Wanted to see receipt
The 24-year-old woman said she was driving home from a store in the Liberty Plaza when she noticed a blue Blazer following her. When she stopped to let the Blazer pass, the man stopped, told her he was a security guard from the store and demanded to see her receipt.
A female passenger in the Blazer also identified herself as a security guard and asked for the receipt.
The Northview Avenue woman drove home, where the couple again asked to see her receipt and said they were leaving to get the police.
When police arrived at Liberty Plaza to investigate, they found the Blazer and discovered there was a warrant for Stanko's arrest. Store employees told police Stanko is not a security guard but twice that morning identified customers in the store he said were shoplifting.
Stanko was transferred to Mahoning County authorities. His female passenger was not charged.