East Side couple terrorized in home

East Side couple terrorized in home

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for three men who kicked in the door to an East Side home then robbed and terrorized the couple living there.

According to police, the men, all described as black males in their 20s with “doo rags” over their faces, kicked in the side door to the North Garland Avenue home late Wednesday night. The 38-year-old man and 29-year-old woman living at the house tried to hide in an upstairs bedroom.

Reports say the men forced their way into the bedroom, knocked the man to the floor, then struck the female several times forcing her to the floor. One man held the couple at gunpoint demanding marijuana and money while the other two men searched the house. Reports say the man handed over a lock box containing $3,500 he received from a student loan check to attend Youngstown State University.

Embezzlement case

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A woman who worked for Wigton Eye Care in Pine Township, Pa., is accused of embezzling and stealing items from the business, Pennsylvania State Police report.

Sharon Ruth Leone, 63, of Slippery Rock, Pa., faces charges of theft by unlawful taking or disposition, receiving stolen property, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received, and tampering with records or identification. A warrant is issued for her arrest, police said.

Police said that from 2006 to Dec. 31, 2010, Leone was supposed to make the business deposits but did not deposit more than $82,000. She also falsified, changed and concealed records of her theft in business records, police said.

Attack and car theft

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A woman told police her ex-boyfriend attacked her and stole her car. Police found the 31-year-old Youngstown woman at the Lucky Rooster bar on Wilson Avenue.

She told them she was at a bar on 14th Street on Tuesday evening, and when she tried to leave at 8:55 p.m., her ex-boyfriend got into her car. She has a protection order against him.

She told police he had a knife and ordered her to drive to the Lucky Rooster so they could talk. He took her keys, went into the bar then came out and got in the back seat, she said.

He told her to drive up Ninth Street, where he tried to strangle her with a rope, she told police. He punched her, too, she said, then let her run away, saying he would kill himself and her if he caught her. She hid in a wooded area as he stole her car. She went back to the Lucky Rooster and called police.

Niles safety day

NILES

The city’s first-ever Community Safety Day will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Niles Wellness Center, Sharkey Drive, Waddell Park. The free event, put together by The Avenue and Main, affiliated with Niles Community Enhancement, starts with a ceremony honoring city safety forces.

Booths will be set up to provide information about available safety and community services. The police and fire departments will perform demonstrations. Vendors will sell food and beverages, and there will be giveaways and goodies for the children. Participants also can give monetary donation for Niles Community Services and personal-care products for Hygiene for the Homeless.

Cleanup in Campbell

CAMPBELL

The city administration is seeking volunteers to clean up Wilson Avenue, a main city thoroughfare, on Saturday. Those interested are to meet at 8:30 a.m. in Roosevelt Park. Cleanup crews will get to Wilson to begin the job at 9 a.m.

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