Scrap theft arrests made in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Scrap thefts shows no sign of slowing down.

A 50-year-old West Philadelphia Avenue man toting an aluminum storm door on East Florida Avenue was charged with unauthorized removal on Monday. Police said Franklin D. Barron Jr. took the door from a vacant house. He failed to show for arraignment Tuesday in municipal court and a warrant was issued, the clerk of court’s office said.

The representative of a mortgage company told police on Monday that someone broke into a vacant house in the 1400 block of North Bon Air Avenue on the West Side and stole copper pipes. The intruder entered through a rear window, police said, adding that walls were broken to get to the pipe.

Also on Monday, police were sent to a vacant house in the 100 block of North Bon Air that has been for sale for about four months. The owner said when he went to check on the place he discovered that all copper pipes in the basement had been stolen. No forced entry was noted but the owner told police that he found unlocked windows.

Copper pipes were cut and taken from the basement of a vacant house being remodeled in the 2000 block of Pointview Avenue on the South Side, police said. The owner said he found a window had been removed.

A stolen 1995 Chevrolet Lumina that belongs to a Girard man was recovered late Tuesday in the Holy Name School parking lot on Lakeview Avenue on the West Side, minus its catalytic converter. The car had been stolen from St. Elizabeth’s Health Center, police said.

A stolen 1985 Chevrolet S-10 pickup was found in the 300 block of Argo Avenue on the West Side with its left rear shock absorber broken off.