Burglary suspects captured, charged
AUSTINTOWN -- Two men accused of burglary were arrested here Wednesday evening after a chase with police.
One of the men, 22, of Wildwood Drive, Boardman, is charged with burglary, attempted burglary and resisting arrest. The other man, 24, of Liberty Road, Youngstown, is charged with burglary, complicity to burglary and resisting arrest.
Reports state that evidence found on the men links them to one burglary and one attempted burglary in the Compass West area.
Police were called to a Rosemont Avenue home at about 8 p.m. to investigate a report that two men were trying to break into a home. When police arrived, the two men ran to a car and drove away.
Police chased the men on Compass Drive, Burkey Road and Orkney Street before the suspects stopped the car in a Cannon Road driveway. The two men then ran.
One of the men was arrested while trying to enter a Compass West apartment building. The other was arrested in a yard near Burkey Road.