Teen struck by car

Teen struck by car

BOARDMAN — A 17-year-old boy was struck by a car early Monday and may have been sleepwalking when the accident occurred.

The boy, Ryan Marshall of Truesdale Road, was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. No information about his condition was available from the hospital although police said his injuries didn’t appear serious.

A Youngstown man was driving on Truesdale about 5:15 a.m. when he struck the boy. The man told police that he didn’t see Ryan until the boy crashed into his windshield.

People at the scene told police that Ryan was sleepwalking, but police haven’t substantiated that. No citations have been issued, and the accident remains under investigation.

Fugitives surrender

YOUNGSTOWN — Two men who saw themselves featured in Monday’s Vindicator as the U.S. Marshals Service most wanted fugitives called and surrendered, said Dean Michael, deputy U.S. marshal. Stephen D. Hogan and Joseph M. Frampton, both 19, said they’d be at a pay phone in Girard — and they were.

“They said they saw their pictures in the paper and figured they better turn themselves in,” Michael said. The men were arrested around 11 a.m. Monday on a robbery warrant.

Robbed at gas station

BOARDMAN — A 17-year-old Poland boy told police he was robbed at gunpoint at a Midlothian Boulevard gas station.

The boy told police that he stopped for gasoline about 9:15 p.m. Friday at Speedway. As he walked around the front of his car, a man wearing a ski mask who was holding a gun approached and told him to empty his pockets.

The boy gave the gunman his wallet and phone, and the gunman ran around the building.

The boy waited more than an hour before reporting the crime. He told police that he didn’t know what to do, so he called a friend after the robbery and the friend met him at Southern Park Mall to provide advice. The boy then went to the police station.

Firefighter injured

YOUNGSTOWN — A firefighter whose coat and pants were exposed to a fire at 30 Hanley Ave. on the North Side suffered a slight burn on his buttocks. A child with a lighter is listed as the cause of the bedroom fire, reports show. Firefighters’ access to the attic was slowed around 10 a.m. Saturday because the door had been covered with drywall.

The Red Cross was called to provide temporary housing for the occupant and her three children. Damage to the property and contents was set at $11,000, a total loss.

On the South Side, no one was home when a fire started in the kitchen area at 1222 Hillman St. at 2 a.m. Saturday. A firefighter suffered a strained hip at the scene. Damage was set at $20,000 to the property and contents, a total loss. The cause is under investigation.