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WARREN A woman who led law authorities on an extensive chase through Trumbull County last September was given a three-year prison term Thursday.
Quan’nita R. Pruitt, 22, of 738 Southern Blvd. NW, was admonished by Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice as an “absolute threat to society” as he sentenced her to the maximum term.
Rice noted Pruitt had a lengthy criminal record dating back to her theft and truancy charges as a teenager.
Pruitt last month pleaded guilty to a third-degree failure-to-comply with signal or order of a police officer charge.
The defendant, prior to sentencing, apologized to all the law officers involved in the chase and to the public. She said the incident was a “terrible mistake” and she was just scared.
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Damien L. Fish of Champion, right, appears in court Wednesday with a neck brace as he pleads guilty to a felony charge for the Sept. 23 accident that killed a Howland man. At left is his attorney David Rouzzo.
HOWLAND A Champion man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to criminal charges linked to driving his 2006 Honda Civic into a Howland home the night of Sept. 23, 2020, crushing a man and his dog to their deaths in the basement.
Damien L. Fish, 24, of 5265 N. Park Ave. Extension, appeared with his attorney David Rouzzo before Trumbull Common Pleas Judge W. Wyatt McKay, who will sentence Fish after a background investigation.
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WARREN A Sharon, Pa., man on Thursday pleaded guilty for his part in two store robberies almost six years ago in Brookfield.
Phillip J. Root, 41, admitted to two counts of aggravated robbery and will be sentenced by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice after a background investigation conducted by the adult probation department.
Rice said Root could face up to 16-and-a-half years in prison, but defense attorney David L. Engler told the judge he plans to file a sentencing memorandum asking for sentencing concurrent to the 20 years in prison Root currently is serving in the Pennsylvania prison system.