Warren man indicted on multiple charges

The accused is a former employee of one of his victims, police said.

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WARREN — A city man is indicted on four counts of aggravated robbery, three of aggravated kidnapping, two of aggravated burglary and two of felonious assault that could carry a penalty of more than 100 years in prison.

Donald J. Fisher, 37, of Niles-Cortland Road, will be arraigned Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on 11 felony charges stemming from two robberies at Oven Fresh Pizza on Vienna Avenue, one at the Paperback Shack on Youngstown Road and an alleged assault of a former girlfriend on Mason Street.

Reports from the Niles Police Department say Fisher walked into Oven Fresh Pizza, 401 Vienna Ave., about 3:30 p.m. May 18 wearing a scarf over his face and a stocking cap on his head. He demanded money while brandishing a box cutter, the employee said. He obtained money from the cash register and safe.

He also reportedly escorted a female employee into the cooler at the back of the restaurant before leaving, police said.

He is accused of going to a former girlfriend’s home on Mason Street about 9 a.m. June 15, beating her up and taking her bank card and vehicle.

Fisher is accused of robbing the Paperback Shack, a used-book store, at 1:30 that afternoon. The clerk said the thief had something black in his hand by his waist but she didn’t know what it was.

Fisher also is accused of returning to the Oven Fresh Pizza at about 5 p.m. June 15, where he reportedly used a box cutter to threaten a different female employee and take cash.

Again, the robber put the clerk in the cooler before fleeing, police said.

Capt. Chuck Wilson of the Niles Police Department said an employee at Oven Fresh Pizza recognized Fisher during the second robbery, as Fisher had at one time worked there.

Fisher was arrested on a warrant in Barberton on June 19.

The robbery, kidnapping and burglary charges are first-degree felonies, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The felonious assault carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison.