Thieves hit North Side man, steal items from his home

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are looking for the men who broke into a North Side man’s home and assaulted him while searching for valuables.

The 19-year-old Rhoda Avenue man said he was sleeping on a couch just after 5 a.m. Thursday when he was awakened by three men, all dressed in black and wearing masks, standing over him, according to a police report. One of the men punched him in the face as he tried to get off the couch.

The man told police the burglars grabbed a video game system and several games before running out of a living room door. The man told police the incident marks the second time unidentified men entered his home to steal items.