‘Collector’ for Fat Man’s Auto Sales in custody

YOUNGSTOWN — A Rush Boulevard man, charged in connection with the ongoing investigation of a Canfield Road auto dealership, is being held on $750,000 bond.

Paul Lacey, 51, turned himself in to city police Wednesday night, said Boardman detective Glenn Patton. Patton is leading the investigation of Fat Man’s Auto Sales. The investigation includes agents and officers from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Ohio State Highway Patrol.

“He was the collector” for Fat Man’s, Patton said of Lacey.

Lacey faces charges of tampering with evidence, illegal weapons possession and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.

He appeared Thursday morning in Youngstown Municipal Court via video arraignment and Judge Robert Douglas set Lacey’s bond at $250,000 on each count.

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