Five charged for alleged dirtbike, ATV theft ring in Mahoning County

YOUNGSTOWN - Investigators have broken-up a major theft ring operation targeting dirt bikes and ATVs in southern Mahoning County.
A county grand jury has handed up a 42-count indictment naming four men and one woman for their alleged parts in stealing thirteen motorcycles and five four-wheelers earlier this year.
Eleven of the dirt bikes and four ATVs were taken from Pointview Cycle in Green Township early on the morning of April 9.
According to a Goshen Police District report, surveillance video shows several men being dropped off at the business at around 2 am.
After someone forced open the garage door, a box truck and a flatbed truck pulled up and the men loaded them with dirt bikes and four-wheelers.
According to the indictment, the trucks had been stolen a few days before from a Canfield building contractor.
Investigators had a bit of luck. The same day of the theft a state trooper pulled over the driver of a dirt bike that had been stolen from Pointview.
Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Mike Yacovone tells 21 News that the stolen vehicles were found at the Youngstown homes of 33-year-old Abigail Acosta and 48-year-old Derrick Thomas.
In addition, police found another four-wheeler and two more dirt bikes stolen earlier from private owners.
Also charged in the indictment is 23-year-old Ronald “Zero” Adams of Columbia, SC., 19-year-old Derrian Thomas of Youngstown, and 23-year-old Brandon “Warrants” Ogden.
Yacovone says warrants have been issued for the arrest of all five suspects who face charges including multiple counts of grand theft, engaging in corrupt activity, breaking and entering, and receiving stolen property.