Man charged with throwing concrete out window on East Side
YOUNGSTOWN — Hector O. Torres will be arraigned today in Youngstown Municipal Court on two counts of felony vehicular vandalism for allegedly throwing concrete out of an upstairs window on the East Side at cars on the street below.
Youngstown police were called to the intersection of Oak Street and Garland Avenue 7:59 a.m. Monday for a person who said someone threw concrete at his or her car when they stopped at the intersection. The “concrete debris” damaged the windshield and paint on the driver’s 2025 Honda Pilot.
The officer saw the damage to the car and determined that the concrete came from the building’s facade near the building’s front door, according to a police report.
Several more pieces of the concrete were in the road in front of the building. The officer knocked on the door of the building, but no one answered. The building appeared to be dark, so the officer left to write a report.
While the officer was working on the report, another person called to say that a man on the second floor was throwing “ice” out of the window. The officer returned to the location but parked a short distance away to avoid being seen.
The officer then learned that a third person called reporting his or her 2024 Honda CRV had been damaged by debris thrown at that car from the Oak Street building. The officer then saw concrete chunks being thrown from the second floor window in the direction of vehicles passing by the building. A Jeep was struck by the debris, the report states.
Two officers then saw a man, later identified as Torres, 39, who was asked to come to the front door, which he did and was handcuffed and secured inside a police cruiser.
He said his name was Hector Torres and gave officers his date of birth. His information came back to Hector Orlando of Philadelphia. Officers spoke to a driver who said he or she was driving on Oak Street when the concrete struck his or her windshield, breaking it.
Torres was advised he was under arrest, the report states. He was then taken to the Mahoning County jail. If he is convicted, Torres could get several years in prison.