Man arrested in Feb. 21 robbery at Gypsy Lane Family Dollar

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a man at a Robinwood Avenue home at about 2:20 p.m. Monday on a warrant in the robbery of a North Side Family Dollar Feb. 21.

Rupert Jones, 56, was taken into custody on a charge of robbery and transported to the Mahoning County jail.

Reports said Jones is a suspect in the robbery at the store, 667 Gypsy Lane, which happened at about 11:20 a.m. Reports said a clerk saw him put a CD in his coat and when she confronted him, he punched her in the face. Three customers tried to hold him for police but he managed to slip out of their grasp and run away, reports said.