Police seek suspect in bank robbery

Police seek suspect in bank robbery

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for a man who robbed an East Side bank Friday morning.

Reports said a man walked into the McCartney Road branch of the Home Savings & Loan in the Lincoln Knolls Plaza with a bandanna over his face about 11 a.m.

A spokesman said the man demanded money and threatened that he had a gun, but no gun was seen. A teller gave the man some money, and he ran out the door.

Annual luncheon

BOARDMAN

The Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc.’s Victims’ Assistance Program is presenting its Annual Luncheon in Honor of Victims of Crime from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn, 7410 South Ave.

The speakers will be Lt. Brian Flynn of the Youngstown Police Department’s Family Service Unit and Mark Barden, advocacy director for Sandy Hook Promise.

For information or questions, contact Brenda L. Gray-Morgan at Help Hotline Crisis Center, 330-747-5111.

Fire’s cause ruled as undetermined

YOUNGSTOWN

The cause of a March 19 fire that destroyed a Market Street business will officially be undetermined.

Fire Department Capt. Alvin Ware, head of the Fire Investigation Unit, said investigators cannot determine the cause of a fire that destroyed Asphalt Solutions because of the extensive amount of damage done to the business and a vacant home that abuts it.

Ware said the blaze started in the vacant home, but the fire was so intense there that a cause cannot be determined.

The blaze destroyed the business and the vehicles inside. The owner has said he plans to stay in business.

Shot in both legs

WARREN

A 19-year-old city man was treated at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital after being shot in both legs below the knee at a house on Hamilton Street Southwest early Tuesday.

The victim said he was playing a video game inside a house in the 2100 block when he heard a gunshot and realized he’d been shot in the legs. Three males took him to the hospital and dropped him off without identifying themselves, police said.

Road closed

HUBBARD

The Trumbull County Engineer’s Office says that Pothour-Wheeler Road between Schotten and Hubbard Bedford Roads in Hubbard will be closed for a culvert replacement from Monday through April 24.

The recommended detour route is southwest of state Route 304; south on Creed Avenue; southeast on Hubbard-Bedford Road; or north on Pothour-Wheeler Road.

Drug charges

BOARDMAN

A township man faces multiple drug-related charges after police stopped him on Southern Boulevard at Meadowbrook Avenue earlier this week.

Richard Cummings, 42, of Firnley Avenue is charged with felony drug possession and misdemeanor counts of possession of drug-abuse instruments and paraphernalia. He also had warrants out of Youngstown Municipal Court for failure to appear on drug and traffic charges.

Police stopped him Monday, according to a report, after they saw him get out of a vehicle police know to be used for drug deals and then found heroin plus a needle, spoon, residue and a crack pipe on him. Cummings was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

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