May 6, 2021
LISBON Robert Kastanek,36, North Madison Avenue, Salem, pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to a fifth-degree felony vandalism, a lesser-included offense to the fourth-degree felony vandalism charge he was originally facing. The charge was for damage to multi-directional surveillance cameras at the county jail on March 9. Sentencing is set for June 18, when he faces up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine.
Nicole M. Hilton, 51, East Lincoln Way, Lisbon, was found to be suffering from severe mental illness at the time of her alleged actions, causing harm to Lt. Shar Daub of Lisbon police, which led to her being charged with assault, a fourth-degree felony. The matter is set for a further hearing on May 17 to determine if hospitalization is appropriate.
May 6, 2021
LISBON Robert Kastanek,36, North Madison Avenue, Salem, pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to a fifth-degree felony vandalism, a lesser-included offense to the fourth-degree felony vandalism charge he was originally facing. The charge was for damage to multi-directional surveillance cameras at the county jail on March 9. Sentencing is set for June 18, when he faces up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine.
Nicole M. Hilton, 51, East Lincoln Way, Lisbon, was found to be suffering from severe mental illness at the time of her alleged actions, causing harm to Lt. Shar Daub of Lisbon police, which led to her being charged with assault, a fourth-degree felony. The matter is set for a further hearing on May 17 to determine if hospitalization is appropriate.
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LISBON A 40-year-old Salem man described his own actions as “juvenile” during a plea and sentencing hearing in Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.
William D. Barrett, East Fifth Street, pleaded guilty to vandalism, a fourth-degree felony, after he and another inmate at the county jail were caught throwing recreational basketballs at cameras at the county jail on March 9, 2020.
“It was a very juvenile act,” Barrett told Judge Megan Bickerton while apologizing for his actions prior to sentencing. “Me in my right mind wouldn’t throw basketballs at cameras at the county jail.”
Barrett’s defense attorney, Jennifer Gorby, said Barrett had three other cases in 2019, all within a four-month period and all while he was using methamphetamines at the time. On the highest felony, complicity to burglary, Barrett was sentenced to at least four years and six months in prison with the possibility of more time. Gorby said Barrett indicated it had taken him nin