Youngstown police looking for armed robber

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are looking for the man who robbed a a South Side resident of $349 during what was intended to be a friendly visit.

A 36-year-old East Philadelphia Avenue man told police he was at home with friends at about 7:41 p.m. Wednesday when two men, one of whom he is acquainted, stopped by to visit.

The man he didn’t know used his telephone, shook his hand and left with the other man.

The Philadelphia resident and several others in the apartment told police the man they just met returned a short time later with a revolver and took money from the resident. The robber also demanded money from another man in the house, but that man refused to give him any money.