Suspects in robbery spree indicted
YOUNGSTOWN — Two men accused of committing robberies early Jan. 3 in Mahoning and Trumbull counties were indicted Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on two counts each of robbery.
Those two high-level felonies could result in each man getting about 16 years in prison if convicted.
They are Tylin J. Fairchild, 31, of Youngstown, and Shane T. Adams, 33, of Austintown. Fairchild also was indicted on a single count of failure to comply with the order of a police officer, a felony that could result in several more years in prison if convicted.
The crime spree involved Austintown, Canfield and Liberty robberies, according to police.
According to a Canfield Police report, an officer reviewing calls from elsewhere in the county at the start of his shift noticed a Shell gas station in Austintown robbery and started heading toward Canfield’s Shell station on East Main Street.
While en route, he saw a slender man wearing dark clothing sprinting from the Shell gas station and toward a former Perkins restaurant, where a Chevy Trailblazer was parked. An off-duty officer confirmed the gas station was robbed, and several Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers became involved, the report states.
The Canfield officer initiated a traffic stop on the SUV, but it only stopped momentarily.
Then a chase at 50 to 60 mph ensued, with the Trailblazer running a red light and passing another vehicle and an ODOT salt truck, the report states. The SUV got away.
A Youngstown police report states that officers were told to meet up with state troopers near East Pasadena Avenue on Youngstown’s South Side about 7 a.m. to look for a black 2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer believed to be connected to four robberies across Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Officers found the SUV at Powersdale and Cameron avenues, where state troopers advised they had one of the men in custody at Cooper and Union streets.
The SUV was registered to Fairchild, Canfield police said.
The Canfield report stated that its officer found Fairchild in the back of an ambulance. Adams also was in custody and was transported back to Canfield’s police station.
Liberty police also identified Fairchild and Adams as suspects in an armed robbery at a Papa John’s Pizza on Belmont Avenue in the township.
Others indicted Thursday are:
• Makele Scruggs, 23, Cleveland, failure to comply with the order of a police officer and receiving stolen property.
• Justin F. Hoffman, 35, Springfield Road, Poland, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them (OVI).
• Sheila M. Larkins, 43, Francis Avenue, Alliance, breaking and entering and grand theft.
• Marquise S. Burruss, 30, Francis Street, Alliance, breaking and entering and grand theft.
• Jason N. Burruss, 29, Francis Street, Alliance, breaking and entering and grand theft.
• William Robinson, 32, Mahoning County jail, being a felon in possession of a firearm, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and cocaine possession.
• Jaleesa M. Williams, 33, Glenwood Avenue, Boardman, two counts of assault and two counts of harassment with a bodily substance.