2 men indicted in robbery of pizzeria near YSU

Twenty-five other people were indicted on a variety of charges.

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury indicted two men accused of robbing a pizzeria near Youngstown State University.

Jeffrey T. Shorter, 41, of Orange Avenue, and Stanley Croom, 44, of Plazaview Court, were indicted on charges of aggravated robbery and being convicted felons in illegal possession of a firearm.

They are charged in the armed robbery of the Belleria Pizzeria on Wick Avenue two days after Christmas.

According to police, one of the men went into the pizzeria just before 7:30 p.m., grabbed an employee over the counter and pointed a handgun at the woman. The man ordered the employee to open the cash register and not to press any alarm buttons.

The man ran out of the store when the employee was unable to open the cash register.

After an investigation and witness statements, police arrested the two men.

Others indicted by the grand jury are:

UJoseph Faunda, 19, Gladstone, Campbell; Joseph Frampton, 20, Forest Ridge Court, Mineral Ridge; Maria Cruz, 21, Gladstone, Campbell; Justin Nisevich, 21, Gladstone, Campbell and Kevin Michaels, 19, Lourdes Avenue, Campbell, four counts of theft, burglary, complicity to theft, complicity to burglary, receiving stolen property and trafficking in marijuana.

UNikolas Chomyk, 20, Middleburg Heights, theft.

UDeQuan Fareed, 24, Glenwood Avenue, carrying concealed weapons.

UJoel Peterfish, 50, Marlane Street, Girard, aggravated burglary and abduction.

UEdward Hall, 65, Lansdowne Boulevard, retaliation.

UDavid D. Bell, 31, Aravesta Avenue, Boardman, breaking and entering.

URobert Petrovich, Jr., 37, Fifth Street, Struthers, theft.

UCory Campman, 26, Sussex Street, Warren, theft.

UAndrew Lavell Howard, 18, East Midlothian Boulevard, attempted theft.

UAllen Grier, 38, Akron, theft.

UMichael J. Rosa, 24, Saddlebrook Drive, Boardman, forgery and theft.

UAshley Miller, 22, West Judson Ave., menacing by stalking and violation of a protection order.

UJoseph Warrick, 30, West Oregon Street, Sebring, theft.

UHeather Gmucs, 24, Kenilworth Road, Warren, possession of heroin.

UWillis Barnhart, 74, state Route 14, Columbiana, receiving stolen property.

UQuentin J. Reynolds, 23, State Street, possession of cocaine.

UJessica Leedy, 29, Compass West, Austintown, and Christal M. Frye, 27, Joan Street, Girard, possession of heroin.

UJavon M. Sutton Elliot, 19, Cleveland Street, and Jarrell K. MIles, 21, Griffith Street, attempted burglary.

URudolph Eatmon, 45, Magnolia Avenue, breaking and entering.

UMichael Campy, 37, South Avenue, Boardman, theft.

UCornelius Harris, 27, Coitsville-Hubbard Road, felonious assault and illegal possession of a weapon.

USturgis Gatrell, 18, Ellsworth Road, Berlin Center, receiving stolen property and vandalism.

URonald J. Hasman, 35, Canton; Shane Mazon, 38, Canton; Amanda Wilhite, 26, Massillon; Sara L. Alton, 33, Massillon, burglary.

UDustin Martin, 23, Rochester Road, East Rochester; Glenn Fulton, Beard Road, East Palestine; Alan Jordan, 21, Tyrell Street, burglary, receiving stolen property and attempted burglary.