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WARREN A Leavittsburg man faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty to resisting Warren Township police April 29, 2020, as they were trying to put him in a cruiser after he was found naked at Eagle Creek and Templeton roads telling people he was Jesus Christ.
Nathan Ackerman, 41, of Florine Avenue, pleaded guilty Thursday to a bill of information charging him with obstruction of official business. A bill of information is a criminal charge that bypasses the grand jury process.
Ackerman had been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of assault of a police officer, but during plea bargain negotiations, prosecutors agreed to a lesser charge. The assault of a police officer charge carried a maximum 18-month prison term, while the obstruction charge carried a maximum 12-month term.
WARREN A Hermitage, Pa., man has pleaded guilty to two felony charges connected to sexual acts with an underage female in Hubbard. Keith D. Mizicko, 25, o
WARREN A Youngstown man was given an indefinite sentence of four-to-five-and-a-half-years for a conviction in a July 9, 2020, shooting at a Willard Street NE home in Warren.
Longino Roman Jr., 40, of 1554 Cascade Drive, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to three counts of felonious assault, one count of improper discharge of a firearm into a habitation and one count of having a weapon as a convicted felon. The assault and firearm charges carried firearm specifications that added one mandatory year of prison to Roman’s sentence, court officials said.
Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice questioned the defendant about why he would shoot into a home, and Roman replied that he was reacting when he saw one of the inhabitants carry a firearm.
WARREN A Youngstown man, who in 2019 was acquitted of a murder charge in Mahoning County, on Thursday received an indefinite prison term between five and seven years after pleading guilty to a host of felonies connected to a June 2020 incident involving a gun at a Liberty Township home.
Albert D. Byrd IV, 26, of 1102 Wilshire Drive, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary, two counts of felonious assault, one count of kidnapping, one count of burglary and one of count domestic violence. Five of the charges carried firearms specifications, which added one mandatory year to the prison sentence.
Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice, who had agreed to the jointly recommended sentence by prosecutors and the defense attorney, ordered Byrd to register as repeated violent offender in Ohio.