Warrant issued for man accused of breaking into Stone Fruit Coffee

YOUNGSTOWN — Warrants were issued today for a man accused of breaking into a Canfield Road coffee shop early Sunday morning and Aug. 19.

Nicholas Kovacs, 35, on two counts of breaking and entering, a felony, for getting inside the Stone Fruit Coffee Co., the second time early Sunday morning.

In the latter incident, reports said video shows a person break a drive-thru window, dive inside and come out with the cash box. Police were called there after an alarm went off.

Several social media users Monday reacted to a post the business placed online with the video, saying they knew the person on the video was Kovacs and that they were going to notify police who he was. Detective Sgt. Michael Cox, lead investigator on the case, said he received tips from several people who know Kovacs.

Cox said Kovacs will probably face and additional break-and-entering charge for a recent break-in at a neighboring laundromat.