Break-ins at 2 stores

Break-ins at 2 stores

BOARDMAN

Police are investigating two break-ins that happened at township businesses this week.

The owner of Pet Cuts, 4927 Market St., told police the store was broken into between 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday where a rock was used to smash out the front door’s glass. Police said about $900 was stolen from the business.

Detectives also are investing a break-in at Cyril Roberts Jewelry, 7687 South Ave., that happened between 5 p.m. Monday and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. In that case, two bricks were thrown through the store’s front window and about $30,000 worth of jewelry was stolen, reports state.

CAP endorsements

LORDSTOWN

United Auto Workers Community Action Program has endorsed challengers James Phillips for Trumbull County sheriff, Jay Macejko for Mahoning County prosecutor and David Ditzler for Mahoning County commissioner.

The CAP Council consists of members of four UAW locals in a seven-county area. They are Local 1714 at the GM Lordstown fabrication plant, Local 1112 at the assembly plant, 2901 at the Kmart warehouse in Bazetta Township and Local 4199 at Colfor plants in Malvern and Minerva.

A committee interviewed candidates Jan. 21 and presented its recommendations to about 75 members, who made their endorsement by a voice vote Jan. 23. Phillips is challenging incumbent sheriff Thomas Altiere, while Macejko is challenging incumbent Paul J. Gains. Ditzler is running for the seat being vacated by Commissioner John A. McNally IV.

Man hurt in wreck

clark, pa.

A man was injured in a one-car accident near Pymatuning Township, Hermitage police report.

Police responded at 9:51 a.m. Friday after Charles McGonagle, 29, of Greenville, Pa., lost control of his car on Route 18 in Clark.

A witness told police McGonagle was driving south when he hit the center concrete barrier with his left front wheel. The vehicle went across the road, hit the guardrail and flipped over it. He also hit a utility pole. The car rolled down an embankment.

McGonagle was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. The extent of his injuries were unknown.

Robbery charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Police charged a 17-year-old boy on four robbery counts in a series of drug- and discount-store robberies in recent weeks.

Police said their canine unit found the suspect, Naquel Gadson of Youngstown, hiding behind a vacant Market Street building in the Uptown area Thursday evening, shortly after he reportedly robbed the Rite Aid drugstore, 2701 Market St., at 9:15 p.m.

Police said their investigation also linked Gadson to a Dec. 21 robbery at CVS, 311 Park Ave.; a Dec. 30 robbery at Walgreen’s, 2560 Belmont Ave.; and a New Year’s Day robbery at Dollar General, 2023 Market St.

In the robberies, Gadson would attempt to disguise his identity by various means, hand a note demanding money to a store employee and flee on foot after receiving the money, police said.

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