Agreement reached on boarding up suspected North Side drug houses

YOUNGSTOWN — City prosecutors have reached an agreement with the property owners of two houses police call a menace and sought to have boarded up permanently.

City officials have been seeking an order stating that the properties at 135 and 131 Tod Lane be closed because of illegal use. A temporary order closing the properties was granted June 22, and the property has been boarded up and unoccupied since then.

The court order mentions the Akise Corporation as owner of the properties and Victor Nixon, who lives at 135 Tod, as principle stakeholder in the Akise Corporation.

Prosecutor Jay Macejko said Mary Sadler, no address given, who is another partner in the Akise Corporation, has come forward and vowed to clean up any illegal dealings on the property.

“She has come forward saying she is an innocent owner,” Macejko said. “The property at 135 Tod will be turned over to Mary Sadler who will begin eviction procedures and 131 Tod will remain boarded up.”

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