YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown Police investigate reported robbery on Mahoning Avenue

Detectives are investigating a beating and robbery on Mahoning Avenue and Oak Hill Avenue in Youngstown on Monday evening.

Officers found the male victim just after 6 p.m. on the Mahoning Avenue bridge with cuts, bruises, and blood on his head.

According to the police report, the victim told officers he was walking across the Spring Commons Bridge near the WRTA bus station when he noticed three or four masked males behind him.

The group then reportedly ran up to him, struck him in the back of the head, and began to hit him. While hitting him, the suspects searched his pockets for valuables.

The victim said the only items he had were his phone and a black computer bag containing a jar of Vaseline. The suspec

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