Parma Heights man arrested for entering federal courthouse downtown

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who told a city police officer that he walked through the unlocked doors of the federal bankruptcy court building at 1:36 a.m. today because he wanted to ask for directions from a security guard, was arrested outside the courthouse, charged with breaking and entering and taken to Mahoning County Jail.

Responding to a burglar alarm, city Patrolman William Bailey arrested Gary J. Tigges, 24, of Parma Heights, after finding him lying on the ground outside the main entrance to the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 10 E. Commerce St.

An employee of the General Services Administration, which operates federal buildings, secured the building at 3 a.m. after the arrest. The police report did not mention any property having been taken from the building.