Suspect in downtown Youngstown robberies indicted

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A man arrested for robbing two people last month downtown was indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury.

Samuel Arroyo, 18, of Youngstown, is charged with four counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, along with firearm specifications for each count.

Arroyo has been in the county jail since he was arrested July 2 by city police who responded to robbery reports by two separate people about 11:40 p.m. on West Federal and North Hazel streets.

Reports said the first group of people told police they were in the 100 block of West Federal Street when a man wearing a black mask pulled a gun and demanded their money. Reports said the robber took a shoulder bag that had the word MURDER engraved on it from one of the victims, then fled towards North Hazel Street.

While on North Hazel Street, reports said the robber encountered another group of people and robbed them as well.

As police were taking statements, they saw a man who looked like the robber who was later identified as Arroyo, reports said. Reports said the man had a bag with the word MURDER engraved on it.

When police searched the bag, they found property belonging to the victims as well as a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. The magazine for the gun was empty, but there was one bullet in the chamber, reports said.

A black mask was also found inside the bag, reports said.

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