Police standoff

Police standoff

BOARDMAN

A suicide threat turned into a police standoff Monday night at Southwoods Apartments.

Police said they received a call from the wife of a 45-year-old man who lives there and was threatening suicide. When police arrived around 9:30 p.m., the wife gave officers keys to the apartment. The man repeatedly said he was going to shoot the officers if they entered, police said.

Police evacuated residents. A negotiator was called, and the man came out of the apartment with his hands in the air, asking police to shoot him, officers said. The man refused to obey police orders to get on the ground and was verbally hostile, so police used a stun gun on him. Police said they did not find any weapons.

He was taken to a hospital and released Tuesday morning, then taken to Mahoning County jail, charged with intimidation, aggravated menacing and resisting arrest.

Shots fired into home

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are trying to determine who fired several shots into a Manhattan Avenue home Monday.

According to police reports, residents of the West Side home awoke to loud noises outside the house at 1:30 a.m. and found that the front of the house had been hit by two bullets. Police collected a spent bullet that landed in a living- room chair.

A vehicle parked outside the house also was hit by two bullets.

3 teens accused in shoplifting case

BOARDMAN

Three teenage girls are accused of stealing more than $1,200 worth of merchandise from a local department store.

The girls, age 13, 15 and 17, all who listed Youngstown addresses, are accused of shoplifting clothing and jewelry from Kohl’s in the Shops at Boardman Park around 2 p.m. Monday.

The store’s security officer told police the girls entered the store with plastic bags and purses, ripped tags and the packing off clothes and jewelry, and left the store, according to reports.

Police stopped girls who matched the suspects’ description in the Southern Park Mall parking lot and found the merchandise in their possession.

Police said the girls were charged with theft and released to their parents and guardians.

Community Day

YOUNGSTOWN

Dandridge’s Burgundi Manor, 31 Maranatha Drive, will host Lincoln Knolls Community Day from 3 to 7 p.m. today. In cooperation with the city, the free event will feature a health fair, petting zoo, bounce-a-round, dunking tank, vendors, food and drinks, live music and entertainment.

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