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WARREN -- An incendiary device known as a molotov cocktail was thrown into an apartment at 444 Belmont Ave. NW near Mahoning Avenue and Summit Street early Saturday.
When a police officer arrived for the 3:14 a.m. call, there was smoke coming from an open window in the unit of a multi-unit building. He saw what appeared to be smoke damage to the upper portion of the siding.
The officer looked in the window of the first-floor apartment with the smoke and saw a second glass bottle inside with an open flame, but the flame did not spread within the apartment.
No one was living in the apartment that was involved, but the officer who arrived first saw that there was an open flame in the yard of the building that was coming from a glass bottle, a police report states.
There were other occupied apartments in the building.
The Warren Fire Department responded and put out both fires.
POSSIBLE FELONIOUS ASSAULT
Later Saturday, a man reported being assaulted by three men in the area of North Park Avenue near Belmont Street and Atlantic Street between 7 and 7:50 p.m. The report is captioned a felonious assault, but it does not indicate that anyone was arrested or charged.
The man met a police officer at the Save-A-Lot store nearby and said he was "jumped" by the three known men at his home. He said the suspects hit him with fists and feet, kicking him in the head while he was on the ground.
The man said one of the suspects had a gun with him at the time. An officer saw that the victim had cuts and abrasions on his arms and legs. He also had a large knot on the side of his head near his forehead.
He was taken to St. Joseph Warren Hospital for treatment.
The report gives the addresses for the three suspects, but their names are blacked out.