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Police probe 3 armed robberies
By John W. GOODWIN JR.
YOUNGSTOWN
City police are investigating three armed robberies that took place across the city in little more than a 24-hour period.
According to police, a 56-year-old Fairgreen Avenue man was attacked by two men wearing ski masks as he pulled into his driveway just before 2 a.m. Friday. The man was pistol-whipped as the masked men attempted to get him back in his car or into his home.
The man told police the robbers eventually took $200 from his pockets and ripped a gold chain from his neck before running off through nearby yards.
The man was treated for cuts to his face.
Police were sent to the area of Brentwood and Glenwood avenues to investigate a robbery in progress. Once at the scene, officers did not find a victim but did find a purse and other items belonging to a Brentwood woman.
Police went to the woman’s home and learned that she had been robbed at gunpoint by three teenage boys while walking along Glenwood about 9:40 p.m. Thursday. The woman said she noticed the boys following her before one of the boys shoved her against a wall, pulled out a gun and demanded her purse.
Reports say costume jewelry and various other items were missing from the purse.
A cab driver was robbed at both knife and gunpoint at 9:40 p.m. Thursday on the city’s North Side.
The cab driver told police he was called to pick up a fare on Norwood Avenue. He said two men got into the back seat of the cab when he reached the address. One of the men placed a knife to his throat demanding money while the other man pulled out a handgun.
The driver told the men he had only $6 on him, but the man holding the knife said he did not believe the driver and cut him on the neck. The men went through the car and the driver’s pockets before running from the vehicle.
The driver was treated for a 2-inch cut to the neck.