Youngstown woman faces robbery charge in Boardman

BOARDMAN — A Youngstown woman faces a robbery charge, accused of fighting with loss-prevention officers at JCPenney.

Patricia Hunt, 42, of Radcliffe Avenue, is to appear next week in Mahoning County Area Court. There were warrants for Hunt’s arrest for failure to appear in court in Austintown and Campbell and for drug offenses in Hubbard.

Police were called about 5 p.m. Monday to the store at the Southern Park Mall on a report of a shoplifting suspect in a physical fight with store-loss prevention.

Store employees told police that Hunt had concealed clothing in her pants and left the store without paying for them. As a loss-prevention officer approached her, Hunt ran, the officer told police. When he caught up with her again, she began to fight with him, he told police.