Man accosted

Man accosted

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said a 25-year-old man going through an Oak Street drive-thru about 11:30 p.m. Monday was accosted by three men, one of whom fired two shots at him.

A police officer driving a person to the Mahoning County jail was at a red light at McCartney Road where it turns into Oak Street when he heard two shots and saw an SUV pull out of a nearby drive-thru. The officer followed the SUV to North Jackson Street, where the driver got out and told him that when he pulled into the drive-thru, three people were outside waiting for him. The men surrounded his car, and one reached inside and hit him in the face with a gun and tried to pull him out before he drove away while two shots were fired. The man was not injured. Police could find no sign of the three men.

Money taken

AUSTINTOWN

An undetermined amount of money was taken from a township hotel. A police report said the cash was taken from an office at the Clarkins Drive Comfort Inn sometime between 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Monday. Deposit slips were found without their cash. There was no sign of forced entry. A window was cracked open, and a security camera was unplugged.

Menacing charge

WARREN

Lonnie D. Watson, 57, of Euclid Place Northeast, is in the Trumbull County jail without eligibility to make bond after his arraignment Tuesday morning on a charge of menacing by stalking.

Police arrested him Friday after he purportedly tried to entice a girl, 14, into his vehicle Friday morning on Waverly Avenue Northeast near his home. Judge Terry Ivanchak also ordered Watson to receive a psychiatric evaluation.

The girl’s mother reported the incident at 7:47 a.m. Friday, saying a man pulled up in his vehicle and made inappropriate comments to the girl and tried to entice her to get into his vehicle. The girl’s mother said she also took photos of the man and posted them on a social media website.

The same woman also reported a man was following her daughter in his vehicle at 2 p.m. May 13 on the same street. The mother said she got the license plate on the man’s vehicle and took a picture of him that day also, according to a police report. Watson was arrested at 12:27 p.m. Friday.

School board

BELOIT

The West Branch school board will meet to discuss personnel matters at 3 p.m. today in the high school cafeteria, 14277 Main St.

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