Neighbors team up to help cops arrest attempted burglar in Warren

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Jermaine Mobley

WARREN

A man coming home from work at 1:17 a.m. today spotted a man trying to break into the boarded up rear door of a neighbor’s vacant home and confronted the suspect with a gun.

The neighbor ordered the suspect to “freeze” and show his hands, but the suspect fled.

When police arrived, the neighbor gave them a description of the suspect and told them the direction he had gone.

A second neighbor told police the suspect had dropped a back pack in his back yard and jumped his fence.

An officer spotted the suspect, later identified as Jermaine L. Mobley, 46, of Fifth Avenue in Youngstown, and arrested him after a short foot chase.

Officers found several screws and a drill bit in his pocket, and the witness identified him as the suspect, police said.

Police said several of the screw holes on the plywood were missing their screws. The home owner said this is the second time in a week someone tried to break into the house. Items were stolen the last time, but not this time.

Mobley will be arraigned later today in Warren Municipal Court on felony attempting to commit an offense and possessing criminal tools.