Man charged in pizzeria robbery wants ID evidence thrown out as evidence

YOUNGSTOWN — A man accused of robbing a North Side pizzeria at gunpoint wants the photo lineup that identified him thrown out of court, but a municipal court judge says there is nothing wrong with the procedure used.

Stanley Croom, 44, of Plazaview Court, appeared before Judge Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court today for a suppression hearing. He is charged with aggravated robbery and being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm.

Croom and Jeffrey Shorter, 41, of Orange Avenue, are charged in the reported armed robbery of Belleria Pizzeria on Wick Avenue two days after Christmas in 2009.

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