City man robbed after shoe sale goes bad


YOUNGSTOWN — A 21-year-old North Side man told police he was robbed Friday evening while trying sell a pair of shoes on Facebook.

Reports said the man put a pair of shoes for sale on Facebook and Instagram and a person wanted to buy the shoes and agreed to meet him at a West Side apartment in the 2600 block of Tyrell Avenue.

Reports said when the man arrived, he was led to an upstairs apartment where a man pulled a revolver and took $4, his cell phone and bank card.