Witnesses threatened in two incidents Thursday

YOUNGSTOWN

Witnesses were threatened in two incidents Thursday, police say.

Fred Hardy, 27, was arraigned Friday in municipal court on charges of assault, intimidation of a victim or witness in a crime and vandalism. He was arrested about 7:15 p.m. Thursday at an apartment complex in the 2600 block of Tyrell Avenue.

Police were called there for a report of two men fighting and found Hardy and another man fighting, reports said.

Reports said a woman told police Hardy was fighting with her brother,

and the brother was trying to stop Hardy from beating the woman. Earlier in the day about 10:45 a.m., police arrested Joseph Lumsden, 31, of North Osborn Avenue, on charges of criminal damaging and aggravated menacing. Reports said police were called to Lumsden’s home in the first block of North Osborn for a fight and when officers arrived, they saw a man in the street holding a shotgun.

Read more about the incidents in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.