Youngstown police seeking 2 robbers

Youngstown police seeking 2 robbers

Youngstown

City police are looking for two men accused of aggravated robbery.

The victim, a 40-year-old Youngstown man, said he was walking south on Husdon Avenue near Princeton Avenue about 1:30 p.m. Friday when he passed two men walking in the opposite direction, according to a police report.

The two men allegedly fired gunshots into the air then approached the victim, the report said. The victim said the men pointed a semi-automatic handgun at his head and said, “Give me everything you got.”

He handed over about $330, and the suspects ran away north on Hudson. The victim said he went straight to a pay phone on Market Street and called police.

Police are searching for the suspects.

Charged after crash

farrell, pa.

A man was charged with driving under the influence and careless driving after an accident that injured another driver.

Southwest Mercer County Regional Police said Dennis Swogger, 29, of Bend Road in Mercer, Pa., rear-ended acar in the 400 block of Sharon- New Castle Road in Farrell at 6:19 p.m. Wednesday.

The driver of the other car, Frances Gregoroff of Farrell, was treated at Sharon Regional Hospital, police said.

Swogger was released to a family member, police said.

Alcohol to minors

new wilmington, pa.

A woman is facing charges of furnishing alcohol to minors after police found six Amish teens drinking beer in her garage, police said.

Janet D. Whiting, 47, of Auction Road in New Wilmington, was away at a football game in Pittsburgh on Nov. 14 when police found the boys and girls ages 16 to 18, police said.

Whiting was charged Tuesday.

The teens told police Whiting provided the beer and left her garage door unlocked for them.

Whiting told police the teens were allowed in her garage but she did not know they were drinking beer. The six teens were cited for underage possession and consumption of alcohol.

Whiting is also charged with four counts of corruption of minors because four of the teens were under 18.

RR flea markets

NILES

Youngstown Model Railroad Association will present toy- train and model-railroad flea markets from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 9 and March 13 at McMenamy’s Banquet Hall, 325 Warren-Youngstown Road.

Featured will be all gauges of model-railroad equipment, memorabilia and railroad-related items from leading dealers, estate sales and private collections. Admission is $5; children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Eight-foot rental tables are available for $20. For reservations, call Jim Pope at 330-547-3614 or Ed Williams at 330-539-4786, or visit www.ymra.org.

Police: Man robbed bank, fled in cab

LONDON, Ohio

Authorities say a man robbed a bank in central Ohio, hopped into a taxi and paid for the ride even after the cabbie cut the trip short. Police and the FBI are looking for the suspect who robbed a London bank on Thursday.

Investigators say he handed a note to the teller that read he had a gun and wanted money. After getting the cash, the man got into a taxi to head toward Columbus — about 30 miles away.

Authorities say they contacted the cab company, which tracked down the driver on a cell phone. The cabbie pulled over in a store parking lot and asked the man to get out. Police say the man obliged and paid the fare.

Vindicator staff and wire reports