2 arrested in Youngstown on gun charges

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Two men were booked into the Mahoning County jail on weapons charges after police found guns on them while answering a fight call on the East Side.

Dairyon Mitchell, 20, and Lakeelan Brown, 18, both of West Evergreen Avenue, are both expected to be arraigned today in municipal court.

The pair were arrested after police were called about 3:35 p.m. Saturday to a fight in the 500 block of Cassius Avenue. Reports said witnesses told police Mitchell was threatening someone with a gun.

When officers arrived they found Mitchell and Brown sitting in an SUV. When they questioned Mitchell, they found a handgun with an extended magazine on the seat of the SUV where he was sitting. Mitchell is charged with improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Reports said police could see the butt end of a handgun sticking out of Brown’s pants, which was a .38-caliber revolver that had been reported stolen, police said. Brown is charged with carrying a concealed weapon and receiving stolen property.