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WARREN — Former Liberty Township firefighter Joshua Cleland, 42, was indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury Wednesday on charges connected to a yearlong drug investigation linked to the fire department.
Cleland, of Warner Road, Vienna, is charged with two felonies — aggravated possession of drugs with specification for forfeiture, and tampering with evidence.
A former lieutenant in the Liberty Fire Department, Cleland also is charged with a first-degree misdemeanor drug possession.
If found guilty of all charges, he would face a potential maximum of six-and-a-half-years in prison.
Cleland’s significant other, Hayleh A. Omar, 43, of the same Warner Road address, was indicted on a misdemeanor obstructing official business charge that will be handled in Girard Municipal Court.