Stabbing victim in critical condition

Stabbing victim in critical condition
YOUNGSTOWN -- Darlene Robinson, 42, of West Warren Avenue remained in critical condition today in St. Elizabeth Health Center with a stab wound to her chest. Robinson was stabbed about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at a house on West Evergreen Avenue. Police found Linda L. Green, 37, of Regent Street walking away from the crime scene and arrested her on a charge of felonious assault. Green admitted stabbing Robinson, police said. Green said she went to the house on Evergreen to use the phone and, while there, got into an argument with Robinson. Green told police that she was punched in the mouth by Robinson and defended herself with the knife, which she carried for protection. Police reports don't indicate why the women argued.
Motorist, 19, facesmultiple charges
AUSTINTOWN -- Michal A. Stanke, 19, of Ellsworth Road, Lake Milton, faces multiple charges after being accused of leading police on a chase early Sunday. Police said they began pursuing Stanke after he was speeding on North Meridian Road shortly after midnight. Stanke turned onto Oakwood Avenue and accelerated, hitting a car driven by Wessam Zarour of Campbell at North Four Mile Run Road, police said. Stanke was arrested a short time later after his car broke down near Kenmar Court. He faces charges of fleeing and eluding, driving under the influence, hit-skip and speeding. No serious injuries were reported.
Drug-selling probe
HUBBARD -- Police are investigating complaints of two men selling marijuana outside the Haunted House. According to reports, a father called to say two men had offered his son drugs about 8:30 p.m. Friday in front of the building on South Main Street. Police were unable to find the men, who were described as a white man wearing a white hat and a black and red top and a black man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.
Nude-photos scam
GIRARD -- An Elruth Court woman told police a man asked to take nude photos of her and wanted her to make a video he could put on the Internet. The woman told police she answered a newspaper classified employment ad and spoke with a man named Nick, who told her to come to a Trumbull Court address Friday afternoon. When the woman arrived, Nick spoke to her for about 40 minutes about a receptionist and a telemarketing job, before suggesting they go to the office so he could show her around, reports said. The woman drove, but Nick refused to tell her where they were going, instead telling her the "real job" was posing for nude photos and making a video with him, she told police. The woman took him back to the Trumbull Court address and left. She called police when he called her at home about 7:30 p.m. and apologized.
Prostitution citations
YOUNGSTOWN -- Members of the vice squad stopped a car early Saturday driven by Frank Myers, 27, of Green Acres Drive, Liberty, after seeing him cruising an area of Market Street known for prostitution and picking up a woman who flagged him down. The officers issued Myers and Tamara J. Stewart, 29, of West Glenaven Avenue citations charging them with loitering to engage in prostitution.