YPD vice unit serves two warrants resulting in three arrests

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department’s vice unit went out Thursday and arrested three men.

At 5:45 p.m., officers forced open a door at 448 Ferndale Ave. on the South Side after occupants did not respond to a knock.

Inside, police found Tramadol and hydrocodone pills, a bag of suspected crack cocaine, a bag of suspected marijuana, two digital scales and a .40-caliber handgun, according to a report.

Police arrested David Bebbs Jr., 25, who lives at the home. Bebbs had $2,112 in cash in his pocket, which police also seized.

Police also arrested Abbot Collins, 62, who was present in the home, for a warrant on an operating a vehicle impaired charge.

At 4:40 p.m., officers served a warrant at 30 South Evanston Ave. on the West Side turning up a digital scale and a single Topiramate pill, according to a report. Topiramate is an antiepilepsy drug.

Police arrested Jovan Simmons, 33, on charges of possession of dangerous drugs and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Several children were also in the home. Police left them with their mother, who returned after police arrived, the report said.