Saturday, July 16, 2016
AUSTINTOWN
A man who tried to buy car tires and rims through Craigslist told police he was robbed of $1,100 at gunpoint in the 1000 block of North Meridian Road, where he was to make the purchase.
After the robbery Friday morning, the victim chased the alleged thief through parts of Weathersfield Township and Liberty, into Youngstown, where the suspect was apprehended by Youngstown police at the corner of Granada and Coronado avenues.
A police dog from the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force located a weapon believed thrown from the suspect’s car.
Jeremiah Marcus Allen, 23, of Warren, was charged with aggravated robbery and traffic violations and taken to Mahoning County jail.
Another man and a woman in the car were not jailed, but may be charged, police said.