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Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice, right, has a sidebar with TC assistant Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman, left, and Defense attorney David Rouzzo, center, during the opening day of the Edward Wymer trial. (Photo by R. Michael Semple)
WARREN One of two trials scheduled on the Trumbull County Common Pleas docket for Monday proceeded as scheduled.
The other trial in the courthouse had to be canceled as the defendant didn’t show up to lead his own defense.
In a third-floor courtroom, the first of three girls scheduled to testify accused Edward L. Wymer, 33, of Garrettsville, of fondling her in November 2019 as she tried to sleep in the bedroom of her Niles home.
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Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice and his magistrate Beth Aurillio survey Riceâs third-floor courtroom, which will be the scene of the first trial in more than 11 months at the courthouse in Warren. The jurors will be spread out beyound the regular box because of the social-distancing guidelines imposed last March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WARREN For the first time in almost a year, the Trumbull County Courthouse is scheduled to be the scene of a criminal jury trial.
In fact, two trials are on the docket to start today as court officials readied courtrooms so potential jurors could be spread at least 6 feet apart and other room is made for potential witnesses, media members, the defendant and lawyers.