Grand jury indicts man in store robbery

The grand jury also indicted an Alliance teen on a charge of inducing panic.
By HAROLD GWIN
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted Shane Tisdale, 32, of Roslyn Drive on four counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated robbery in the robbery of a market on U.S. Route 422 in Coitsville.
Police have accused Tisdale of taking money at gunpoint from the cash register at Tic Toc Food Mart on Nov. 22. He also is accused of taking cash and a cell phone from a purse at the store.
Police said he bound the legs of two clerks and two customers before fleeing. He was arrested in Youngstown the next day on an unrelated matter, and police found evidence in the car he was driving that linked him to the Tic Toc robbery, authorities said.
The indictment was handed up Thursday. Tisdale remains in Mahoning County jail on 500,000 bond.
Inducing-panic charge
In another case, an Alliance teen accused of phoning in a fake gun threat to the Mahoning County Career & amp; Technical Center was indicted on a charge of inducing panic.
Police said Brandon J. Musser-Durm, 18, of Center Avenue, Alliance, called a school violence tip line Oct. 11 claiming he had overheard a threat that a gun would be taken to the school the next day. The career center closed for the day Oct. 12 while the report was being investigated.
Musser-Durm was arrested about a week later. Police said the motive appeared to be that Musser-Durm, a student at the center, wanted a day off from school.
Other indictments
Others indicted were:
Maurice Christian, 19, of East Lucius Avenue, Youngstown, felonious assault with a firearm specification.
Ryan Cunningham, 25, of Penny Lane, Austintown, trafficking in marijuana and possession of marijuana with forfeiture specifications.
Joseph Direnzo, 37, of Richland Avenue, Youngstown, two counts of possession of drugs.
Arkisha Pearce, 27, of West Ravenwood Avenue, Youngstown, possession of drugs.
Tammy Rhodes, 32, of Walter Street, Campbell, three counts of aggravated menacing.
Antwan Stanley, 19, of South Lakeview Avenue, Youngstown, possession of cocaine.
Esperanza Tillery, also known as Esperanza Jamison, 32, of Sycamore Street, Youngstown, theft and forgery.
John Mark Simonds, 44, of Main Street, Leetonia, possession of cocaine with a forfeiture specification.
William J. Sullivan, 24, of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Youngstown, forgery.
John M. Malcolm, 40, of Irma Avenue, Youngstown, felonious assault and domestic violence.
Willie Hill Jr., 42, of Alameda Avenue, Youngstown, possession of cocaine.
Timothy Bowman, 40, of North Raccoon Road, Austintown, theft.
Spiro Frangos, 39, of Kennedy Road, Lowellville, possession of cocaine with a forfeiture specification.
Roy D. Williams, 20, of Manhattan Avenue, Youngstown, theft.
Jessie North Jr., 35, of East Lucius Avenue, Youngstown, aggravated trafficking in marijuana with a forfeiture specification.
Joshua B. Profanchik, 27, of West State Street, Niles, theft.
Meghan M. Jaeger, 20, of Tippecanoe Road, Boardman, trafficking in marijuana.
The grand jury declined to indict William Hutchko on a charge of possession of drugs and Jawan Knox on a charge of possession of cocaine.
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