Papa Johns in Austintown hit with robbery

AUSTINTOWN — Papa John’s pizza lost hundreds of dollars in an overnight robbery.

Township police were called to 1502 S. Raccoon Road at 9:45 a.m. today after the manager found the front door unlocked and the alarm turned off. From the register and a drop box, $760.57 was taken sometime between 12:30 and 9:15 a.m. today.

According to a police report, the manager had fired an employee two days before for theft and that person still had a key and an alarm pass code. The manager told police he was contacting the alarm company to see if the alarm was turned off overnight.