Blandon indicted after history of 27 other incidents

YOUNGSTOWN

A man who has been arrested or cited at least 27 times since 1994 was indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury on charges he shot at a woman at a West Side home.

Alexander Zack Blandon, 56, of High Street, was charged with improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation, felonious assault and being a felon in possession of a firearm with firearm specifications. He is expected to be arraigned Aug. 6.

He was arrested after a June 28 incident at a home on Lakewood Avenue, where reports said he was in an argument with an ex-girlfriend and her mother.

Blandon left, then came back and fired one shot at his ex-girlfriend, but missed, hitting the house instead. Police found his car while responding and pulled him over on the Himrod Avenue Expressway.

Read more about the case in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.