Youngstown cops investigating West Side assault, robbery

September 15, 2010 at 3:32p.m.

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.

Police did not find the group of young men in the area.