Bash with baseball bat doesn’t stop gun-toting condom thief

YOUNGSTOWN — A gunman escaped with two condoms but not before a North Side convenience store owner hit him in the mouth with a baseball bat. The 24-year-old owner of the Belmont Food Mart, 911 Belmont Ave., told police he saw the robber, who appeared to be about 30 years old, put the condoms in his pocket without paying for them and ordered him to put the condoms back and leave the store at 10:20 p.m. Saturday. A struggle ensued; the robber threw hot coffee on the store owner and drew a handgun; the storekeeper responded with the bat; and the robber fled by car, the storekeeper told police.