Suspected Army deserter nabbed in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — An alleged Army deserter was arrested after a routine traffic stop on the South Side turned up a warrant. Andrew D. Thomas, 25, of Datson Avenue will be held in the Mahoning County jail until the military sends instructions for his transport, the jail said. Thomas was driving east on West Warren Avenue around 9 p.m. Thursday and was pulled over when he failed to signal a turn onto Market Street, police said. When his name was run through the Law Enforcement Automated Data System, the Army desertion warrant showed up. No information about when he was reported as a deserter or where he had been stationed was immediately available.