Crime commission announces arrests in burglaries

YOUNGSTOWN — Three area men have been arrested and now face charges in connection with a string of area burglaries that took place over the last two years.

Attorney General Marc Dann’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission announced the arrest of Jason Kirkpatrick, 28, and Aaron Toole, 28, both of Warren; and James Hunsbarger, 27, of Campbell.

Kirkpatrick was indicted Oct. 30 by a Trumbull County grand jury for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, 19 counts of breaking and entering, nine counts of grand theft and five counts of felony vandalism.

Toole, indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury Sept. 20 for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, is charged with 15 counts of breaking and entering, seven counts of grand theft, one count of receiving stolen property and three counts of felony vandalism.

Hunsbarger pleaded in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Oct. 10 to two counts of breaking and entering and is scheduled to be sentenced in December.

Police suspect all three men are responsible for about 30 commercial business burglaries occurring throughout the Mahoning Valley during 2006 and in the early months of 2007.

For more, see Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com