Youngstown man faces domestic-violence charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Police took a Fairmont Avenue man to Mahoning County jail Thursday afternoon after they say he refused to let a woman in his home leave.

Police were called to the man’s home in the 700 block of Fairmont on the North Side about 4:15 p.m., and the first officer there could hear a man and woman arguing. When the officer went inside, he saw Roy Donaldson, 23, holding a pair of scissors and keeping a woman from leaving.

The officer ordered Donaldson to drop the scissors and he refused. The officer then drew his stun weapon and ordered him to drop them again, which he did when another officer arrived. Donaldson refused a request to go into another room so police could talk to the woman. He was arrested and is charged with domestic violence.