Power restored in city

Power restored in city

YOUNGSTOWN

Power was restored in certain parts of the city late Wednesday afternoon.

FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said the outage was caused by a problem in one of the substations that provides power to certain parts of Youngstown.

Outages were reported near West Federal Street and off Belmont Avenue on the North Side, according to FirstEnergy.

The website indicated seven outages, several affecting between 21 and 100 customers, and another affecting between 101 and 500 customers, were reported.

Warren man sentenced to four years in prison

WARREN

Cedis R. Martin, 30, of Perkinswood Boulevard Southeast was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in the April 25 armed robbery of Direct Jewelry on state Route 46 in Niles.

Martin pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated robbery and three counts of kidnapping for the robbery.

Police said three people walked into the store wearing masks with semi-automatic firearms.

Police arrested Martin later that day during a chase involving several police departments who fanned out across Warren and other jurisdictions.

A witness gave police a license plate for a rented maroon minivan the three people used to leave the scene, police said. They converged on the Perkinswood address and found Martin under a porch.

Police found items stolen from the store at the Perkinswood home.

Facing 27 charges

WARREN

A Trumbull County grand jury this week indicted Keion L. Stella, 35, of Dunstan Drive Northwest, on 27 felony charges including rape, kidnapping, felonious assault and aggravated burglary against two females, one a juvenile.

If convicted on all counts, Stella could get more than 200 years in prison.

The charges are 12 counts of rape, six counts of kidnapping, six counts of felonious assault and three counts of aggravated burglary.

Police said all the Oct. 4 and Oct. 7 offenses involved the use of a gun. Police were called to a local hospital Oct. 8 where the females reported the assaults.

Stella, who is in the county jail, will be arraigned Tuesday before Judge Andrew Logan of common pleas court.

Fire investigation

STRUTHERS

The Struthers Fire Department is investigating a fire that severely damaged a home on Sexton Street about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV, reported a man living in the house said he was sitting in his living room when he heard a large thump on the second floor, and then something hit his car. He went outside and saw flames coming from the second floor.

A passer-by saw the fire and called 911 and then entered the home thinking that someone was trapped on the second floor.