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Police seek suspects in beating of man

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for the three men who beat and shot an 82-year-old city man.

The man was shot next to the Pit-Stop Lounge on Logan Avenue around 11:50 p.m. Monday, and when officers arrived, the man was bleeding from his head and face and had a gunshot wound in his thigh, according to reports. The man told police that he closed the Pit-Stop Lounge, drove his car next door and exited the vehicle when three men dressed in black and holding firearms demanded cash.

Police said the man handed over $500 and two of the men began to punch and kick him in the head and torso. When the man tried to fight back, one of the men fired two shots, according to reports. Officers said they recovered a .38-caliber shell casing.

The man was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center and was listed in stable condition.

3 to be arraigned

BOARDMAN

Three people accused of stealing steel from a local business will be arraigned tonight.

Yvette Mendez, 39, Rodney A. Phillips, 42, and Stephen Charles Phillips, 31, all of Youngstown, are each facing a felony charge of theft and possession of criminal tools, records state.

A township officer on patrol observed three people stealing steel from Peskin Sign, 3991 Simon Road, around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Police said they were using a cutting torch to divide pieces of steel before loading it into a pickup truck. When the officer confronted the trio, they claimed they were hired to remove the steel, but when police called the business owner he said no one had permission to take the steel, reports state. Police said the 10 tubes of steel were valued at $1,575.

Gunshots reported

WARREN

A resident of Saratoga Avenue Southwest reported that gunshots were fired into her house about 3 a.m. Tuesday, and she could hear a car speed away.

Officers found shell casings near the street in front of the house and eight bullet holes in the house.

Two spent bullets were recovered from the house — one on the floor in a hallway and the other in a bedroom. Two other bullets were lodged in a closet. All of the bullets were near where a 9-year-old boy was sleeping.

No injuries were reported.

Banquet planned

WARREN

The Effective Schools/Renaissance Committee of Warren G. Harding High School will have its 20th annual Renaissance Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Demetrios Community Center, 3223 Atlantic Street NE. All students who have received a Renaissance card for honor roll during the 2010-11 school year will be honored.

The Renaissance Program, created by the Warren G. Harding High School Improvement Committee in 1991, is available to Warren G. Harding and Warren city schools’ TCTC students who maintain a 3.2 grade-point average or higher. Students may apply each nine weeks for a Renaissance card, which rewards students with a variety of incentives donated by local businesses and sponsors.

More than 300 Renaissance cards, representing student achievement, have been issued for the 2010-11 school year.

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