Suspected robber with record stretching back 42 years arraigned


By Joe Gorman

jgorman@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

A man arraigned in municipal court Wednesday, accused of an attempted robbery in a North Side parking lot, has a criminal record dating to 1973.

Judge Robert Milich set bond at $250,000 for Kenneth Favors, 61, of West Delason Avenue. Favors was arrested Monday at a home in the 600 block of Foster Street on a warrant for aggravated robbery.

He is accused of trying to rob a couple in the parking lot of a West Rayen Avenue restaurant Friday evening. Reports at first said one of the victims thought that Favors was using a pellet gun during the robbery, and he and his wife refused to give the man anything.

However, City Prosecutor Dana Lantz told the judge that the gun was real. She said after the couple refused his demands, Favors pointed the gun at them and pulled the trigger but nothing happened. He then racked the chamber of the gun to try to get a round so he could fire.

The couple were not injured, and Favors ran away. He was identified by restaurant employees, and Lantz said there also is video available of the robbery attempt.

Lantz said Favors’ record dates back to 1973 and shows arrests for such offenses as breaking and entering, felonious assault, assault, burglary, intimidation and retaliation.

She rattled off 22 convictions just in Ohio and added that he has warrants from Pennsylvania and Texas as well.

“Obviously, Mr. Favors is a risk to the community, and we view him as a flight risk,” Lantz said.

In April 2005, Favors was charged with calling the home of a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge and threatening the judge and his family. He served seven months in prison before being released early on judicial release.

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