Man beaten, robbed

Man beaten, robbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Benita Avenue man told police that he was beaten and robbed Sunday afternoon on the city's East Side.
The victim said he was knocking on a door at a house in the 800 block of Sunshine Avenue when three men approached.
He said two of the men held him while the other punched and kicked him.
Police said the victim had a swollen lip and was coughing up blood when they found him at 3:47 p.m. in a driveway on McGuffey Road, where he'd run.
The victim said the robbers took his coat, which contained car keys and $800.
He was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center.
$1,000 go-cart stolen
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are investigating a report that someone stole a $1,000 go-cart last week from Wal-Mart on Mahoning Avenue.
A Wal-Mart representative called police over the weekend and said a man and a woman wrote a check to buy the go-cart the morning of Dec. 22.
They later told a store employee that they decided not to buy the go-cart, and the employee canceled the sale, reports state.
The man and the woman still had the receipt for the sale, however. Later that day, someone used the receipt to pick up the go-cart from the store, the Wal-Mart representative said.
Machete, suspected drugs
CANFIELD -- Police said they found a machete and suspected cocaine and marijuana in a van driven by a Gibson Road man early Sunday.
Police charged Phillip Saadey, 38, with driving under the influence, speeding, failing to stay within marked lanes, possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon.
His arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday in Mahoning County Court in Canfield.
Police said Saadey was driving the van at 40 mph in a 25-mph zone at about 2 a.m. Saturday on Herbert Road near Saw Mill Run Road.
The van wove into the wrong lane and was stopped by police near South Turner Road, reports state.
Police said Saadey told them he had a few drinks at a bar. He had a 0.156 blood-alcohol level, reports state. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08.
Police said they searched the van and found two plastic viles and a plastic bag, each containing suspected cocaine, in an eyeglass case. Police also said the van's center console contained several straws containing suspected cocaine residue, as well as a suspected marijuana pipe and marijuana buds.
Police also found a machete between the driver's seat and door.
Blaze being investigated
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Firefighters are trying to find out what caused a fire this morning at 903 N. Liberty St.
Fire Chief James Donston said the fire was contained in the living room, but there was smoke, heat and water damage throughout the house. Damage was estimated at $20,000.
The occupants and their three children are away on vacation, Donston said.
Salem house fire
SALEM -- A Perry Township man escaped serious injury when firefighters woke him and helped him escape his burning home.
Perry police responded with Perry firefighters to a house fire at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday at 1822 South Lincoln Avenue.
Police said the second floor of the two-story house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
The occupant of the home was asleep on the couch downstairs and unaware of the fire, police said.
The man was treated at Salem Community Hospital.