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Suspect in jail

NILES

Craig R. Honkonen, 35, of South Cleveland Avenue, is in the Trumbull County jail in lieu of $500,000 bond, charged with the Dec. 22 robbery of the Farmer’s National Bank in downtown Niles.

If convicted, Honkonen could get up to eight years in prison. Kara Stanford served as acting judge for Honkonen’s arraignment Wednesday in Niles Municipal Court.

Honkonen surrendered to police Tuesday after the Niles Police Department posted his name and photo on its Facebook page.

Gun-theft charges

BOARDMAN

Township police arrested a Youngstown woman on a felony warrant related to a gun theft.

Charged with theft is Jennifer Al-Taweel Ribarich, 37, of Lowell Avenue. Police served the warrants at a Belmont Avenue counseling center Wednesday, according to a police report.

The charges stem from a report filed in September, in which a Jaguar Place resident – a family member of Ribarich’s – reported eight handguns were taken from his house. The victim later recovered some of his property from an area shop where they had been pawned, according to the report.

The report states Ribarich also was arrested on a bench warrant out of Mahoning County Area Court here. Court records indicate she previously was charged with receiving stolen property.

She was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Bogus call to 911

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a Sunshine Avenue man Wednesday after reports said he called 911 and told dispatchers there was a homicide at his home.

Police were called about 9:05 p.m. to the home of Franklin Herns, 23, after someone called 911 and said there was a homicide and hung up.

When police arrived, Herns’ mother gave them permission to come inside and found Herns underneath a pile of clothes. Reports said police asked dispatchers to call back the number and a phone that Herns had with him was ringing.

Herns was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Shots fired at home

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said someone shot at a home Wednesday in the 500 block of West Princeton Avenue.

Police were called about 7:15 p.m. to the South Side home, where a woman inside told police she heard three shots and saw a car speed away.

Police found a bullet hole in the door and a spent bullet in the living room. No one was injured.

Food giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

A food giveaway will be from 9 to 11 a.m. today at Price Memorial AME Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave. Recipients must bring bags and proper ID.

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