Youngstown man faces charges for robbery and assaulting Boardman detective

BOARDMAN — A Youngstown man faces felony charges of robbery and assault on a police officer and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and theft.

Police say that Michael Herman, 35, took items from Dollar General, 859 E. Midlothian Blvd., earlier this month, and then in an incident a few days later assaulted a police officer while he was trying to flee the same store.

A Boardman detective reported that while he was in the store Jan. 7 investigating two theft cases, he observed Herman attempting to take items from the store. When the detective confronted Herman, Herman reportedly pushed the detective as he fled.

Boardman police found Herman in Niles on Wednesday and arrested him on four warrants. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail, pending an appearance in Mahoning County Area Court here.