YOUNGSTOWN — Terry E. Pompay, 43, of Butler Avenue, was indicted Thursday on robbery in a Nov. 19 incident on the city’s South Side in which he is accused of hitting a man he knew in the face with a bottle, “knocking him over” and then took the victim’s backpack and bicycle before fleeing.

The victim told police he considered Pompay to be “an old friend” and did not understand why Pompay would assault and steal from him that way “as they have known each other for a long period of time.”

If Pompay is convicted of the offense, he could get about eight years in prison.

A Youngstown police report states that the victim, who had a bleeding “gash” over one eye, said he was “riding his bicycle to the (Shell Gas Station on Market Street) when he saw an old friend of his.” He identified his assailant as Pompay. He said Pompay stood talking to the victim, then “grabbed a wine bottle he had on him and struck him in the face, knocking him over,” a police report states.

The victim said Pompay then took the victim’s backpack and bicycle and rode south on Market Street in the 10:46 p.m. incident. He described his bicycle and the clothing Pompay was wearing. Ambulance personnel arrived to treat the victim, and an officer headed south on Market Street and saw a bicycle at the Best Way gas station with no one near it. A backpack was hanging off of it. The brand of the bike matched the one that was stolen.

The officer waited to watch for a suspect and saw a man inside look outside and then look away, the report states. The suspect later exited the building but continued past the bicycle. An officer approached him and asked if the bicycle was his.

The man, Pompay, answered that it was not his. He gave his real first name and was asked to put his arms behind his back and was told he was being detained. Pompay was wearing a book bag. He was detained while another officer asked a store employee if the suspect arrived by bicycle, and the employee said “Yes” and pointed to the only bicycle outside of the gas station.

Another officer arrived with the victim, who looked at the suspect and started yelling, “I can’t believe you would do this to me.” The victim said Pompay was the person who took his bike and backpack and hit him.

He also confirmed that the bicycle was his but the backpack hanging from the bike was not. However, he said the book bag the suspect had on his person was his. Pompay was placed in the back of a police cruiser. A gym membership ID card in the bag Pompay was wearing had the victim’s name on it, the report states.

Pompay has been in the Mahoning County jail since Nov. 20, according to jail records.