McDonald’s robbed

McDonald’s robbed

YOUNGSTOWN

Three men walked into a McDonald’s restaurant on Mahoning Avenue on Friday afternoon with bandannas covering their faces, two of them armed with guns, and demanded money, police said.

The men are still being sought by police.

Just after 4 p.m., the three men entered the fast-food restaurant with a black revolver out. One of the suspects placed the handgun against the manager’s head and demanded she open the safe. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register, then fled in a vehicle on North Bon Air Avenue, according to a police report.

Man hit by car

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A man is in serious condition after he was struck by a vehicle on state Route 169 and Deforest Road, according to Vindicator broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV.

Just before 8 p.m. Friday, the man was crossing the street and was struck by a car. He was transported to St. Elizabeth Health Center. The accident remains under investigation.

Fire ruled accidental

YOUNGSTOWN

Careless smoking is the cause of a fatal fire Oct. 5 that killed 77-year-old Kathleen Pasco of Homewood Avenue, said fire investigator Capt. Alvin Ware.

Ware said today the fire has been ruled accidental.

Crews were called to Pasco’s home in the 1600 block of Homewood Avenue at about 3:30 a.m. Oct. 5 and found Pasco inside, but she could not be revived.

Her death is the second fire death in the city this year.

Route 11 truck crash

FOWLER

A 6:15 a.m. single-vehicle tractor-trailer crash on state Route 11 just north of King-Graves Road caused southbound traffic on Route 11 to be diverted Friday morning.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the truck driver, Thomas J. Durkin, 42, of Erie, Pa., was taken to St. Joseph Health Center in Warren for treatment of minor injuries.

He traveled off the left side of the road and into the center median, then overturned while trying to get back on the roadway, the patrol said. The truck completely blocked both southbound lanes. Traffic was re-routed onto state Route 305.

Durkin was hauling General Motors parts for Falcon Transport of Youngstown.

One lane of the highway was reopened at 9:45 a.m., and the second lane reopened by early afternoon.

Converters stolen

WARREN

The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of 23 catalytic converters valued at about $20,000 from vehicles kept at a storage area used by county agencies at 605 Panther Drive next to Warren G. Harding High School.

The area also is used by the county’s vehicle maintenance department.

An investigator with the county fire investigative unit first discovered the theft of a catalytic converter on a vehicle the unit stores at the site. Further investigation Oct. 12 revealed the theft of 22 others.

Twelve of the catalytic converters were on Ford buses formerly used by the county’s Office of Elderly Affairs. Other vehicles were pickup trucks and vans.

Man shot in arm

WARREN

Police received little cooperation from a 30-year-old Hamilton Street Northwest man who suffered a gunshot wound to the arm Wednesday afternoon on Hamilton Street.

Police were called to the 2400 block of Hamilton for shots fired and found four shell casings near a house and talked to the victim, who said he was not injured.

But two hours later, the man arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm. The shooting was at 3:33 p.m.

Man reports stabbing

WARREN

A 37-year-old Champion man reported Thursday that he was stabbed in the arm by a friend while working Monday afternoon at an unidentified business in the 2800 block of Parkman Road NW.

The victim said the friend was playing with a pocket knife and then “without warning, ran at him, stabbing him in the arm” and that the incident is captured on store video.

The victim said he went to a minor-emergency clinic and received three stitches.