Youngstown man accused of damaging cars in Liberty

LIBERTY A Youngstown man is facing charges after being accused of damaging vehicles in a local plaza area early Wednesday. Rodney Sanders, 37, pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal damaging and appeared on a felony vandalism charge in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler Wednesday morning. According to a police report, officers were called to the Belmont Avenue McDonalds for a man throwing rocks at vehicles and windows, with dispatchers adding that he was dressed in all black and walking near a Rent-A-Center. Officers noted a vehicle with its driver s side window shattered behind the restaurant, and another officer reported finding a man matching the reported description in front of an oil change garage further up the street. He was crying and confirmed to the officer that he had just smashed a window, the police report states. The officer spoke with two McDonalds employees, who saw the man walking up to their window and hanging around another business s unoccupie