Man reports robbery

Man reports robbery

WARREN

A 24-year-old Bazetta Township man reported that a male got into his car at the corner of Elm Road and Dana Street and robbed him at gunpoint.

The suspect grabbed the steering wheel at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and forced the driver to turn onto Elm Road and then into a driveway. Then the suspect pulled the gun and demanded money, he told police.

The two fought, resulting in the victim being hit in the head, leg and back with the gun. The victim said he ran and heard gunshots, but the suspect didn’t get his cash.

Police said the victim had scrapes and bruises, and police found a spent shell casing. A neighbor described seeing a man running behind a nearby house and jumping into a maroon sport-utility vehicle and driving away.

VNA ends screenings

YOUNGSTOWN

The Visiting Nurse Association of the Greater Youngstown Area has discontinued blood-pressure screenings at libraries in the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County system. Blood-pressure screenings at local libraries by the Mahoning County Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Salem Visiting Nurse Association are still in effect.

Blood-pressure screening events canceled by the VNA, which is closing as of Dec. 31, are: East Library, Jan. 3,; Main Library, Thursdays Dec. 15 and Jan. 26; and Newport Library, today and Jan. 10.

Still in effect are Red Cross blood pressure screenings at the Boardman Library, 12:30 to 3 p.m., Jan. 3; Poland Library, 1 to 4 p.m., Dec, 27 and Jan. 24; Struthers Library, 1 to 4 p.m., Dec. 20 and Jan. 17.

Also, a blood-pressure screening by the Salem Area Visiting Nurse Association still is planned at the Sebring Library from 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 3.