60-year-old woman robbed, assaulted on West Side

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating the assault and robbery of a 60-year-old woman on the city’s West Side.

According to police, the Lakeview Avenue woman was walking along Mahoning

Avenue near Evanston Avenue heading to a local bar just before midnight Monday when a group of young men knocked her to one knee, took a $5 bill from her hand and attempted to steal her purse.