YOUNGSTOWN — Forrest B. Lytell, 83, of Idaho Road in Austintown, pleaded not guilty to robbery and remained free on bond Wednesday after his arraignment in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in the Nov. 20 robbery of the PNC Bank branch on Mahoning Avenue in Austintown.
Magistrate Nicole Butler continued his $12,000 bond, and he is scheduled for his first pretrial hearing before Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Anthony D’Apolito at 10:30 a.m. Monday. If he is convicted, he could get about eight years in prison. He appears to have had no previous criminal charges filed against him in area courts.
An Austintown police report states that Lytell walked into the bank, waited in line and then handed a teller a note saying “give me all the money or else.” When police arrived at 10:20 a.m., they spoke to the teller.
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