Police are looking at death and robbery



Three men followed a victim to a Market Street business and robbed both.
NORTH LIMA -- Beaver Township police are investigating a suspicious death and a robbery.
Early Sunday, a farmer called police to report a vehicle burning in his cornfield on Germantown Road.
Firefighters and police found a body in the vehicle. An investigation has tentatively identified the body, but the identity won't be released until a forensic dentist matches dental records.
Investigators have interviewed several people and haven't ruled anything out, but police don't believe that it was a homicide.
The car was a white 2002 Ford Taurus with Pennsylvania license plates.
The robbery
Police also are investigating a robbery that occurred Saturday afternoon at a Market Street business.
A motorist told police that three black men in a silver Pontiac Bonneville followed him from Youngstown to Dickey Electric Supply, 11757 Market.
One of the robbers waited in the vehicle while the other two went inside the business, brandished handguns and robbed the person they had followed, as well as the business, an employee and two customers. Both men pulled stocking hats down over their faces; one hat was black and the other was white.
An undetermined amount of cash and the victims' wallets were taken.
Witnesses described one of the robbers as a younger black male, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall with a medium build.
The second robber also was described as a young black male who is shorter than the other robber.
One was wearing a black jacket and the other wore a brown one.
The third man was older and didn't get out of the car.
Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact detective Lt. Kenneth P. Frost at (330) 549-5338.