Defendant pleads guilty

Defendant pleads guilty

YOUNGSTOWN

The last of three adult defendants in the robbery of the Poland Burger King in April pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court just before jury selection for his trial was to begin.

Prosecutors are recommending a term of two years for Jonathon Daviduk, 20, who pleaded guilty before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum to a felony charge of robbery along with a felony charge of attempted kidnapping.

Daviduk and three others were accused of showing up at the restaurant shortly after midnight April 3. They reportedly came through the drive-thru brandishing what appeared to be guns, then ordered the employees to the ground and tied up two of them in a cooler.

The suspects then had one employee unlock a safe, from which they stole cash.

Dominic Depaul, 18, of Lake Milton, and Angelle Schneider, 20, have also pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Jeremy Britton, 17, faces charges in juvenile court in connection with his role in the robbery and escaping the juvenile justice center in April.

Bullet holes in house

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said no one was injured after police answered a gunfire call about 11:55 p.m. Monday at a home in the 100 block of East Avondale Avenue.

A man and woman in the house said they and their four children were asleep when they heard gunfire. Police found six bullet holes in the South Side house and found six .40-caliber and eight 10mm shell casings in the street.

Donation of pet food

YOUNGSTOWN

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley has received nearly 40,000 pounds of donated pet food from PetSmart, equaling more than 187,000 meals for pets in need.

Pet food is a rare offering at food banks, causing those who struggle financially to sometimes give up their own food to feed their pets. The food donation will help several families care for their pets.

The donation is one of three benefiting the central Ohio area as part of massive pet food donations taking place across North America, thanks to PetSmart’s philanthropic Buy a Bag, Give a Meal program. For every bag of dog or cat food purchased online or in-store through Dec. 31, Pet-Smart will donate a meal to a pet in need with the goal of donating 60 million meals – nearly 13 million pounds of food.