Pleaded guilty to sexual abuse, other charges involving inmate
Apr 30, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN A former prison guard here has been sentenced for sexual abuse of a ward, accepting bribes and smuggling contraband to an inmate.
Barbara Davis, 47, of Youngstown, was sentenced to five months imprisonment and five months of home confinement by U.S. Judge Sara Lioi in Akron.
Davis, a former Northeast Ohio Correctional Center correctional officer, pleaded guilty in January to sexual abuse of a ward, accepting bribes and providing a cellphone and tobacco to an inmate.
“Exploiting a position of trust by sexually abusing an inmate and receiving bribe payoffs for smuggling contraband into a correction center threatens to undermine the public’s trust in our criminal justice system,” acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan, said in a news release Thursday. “Let this matter be a reminder to the public that anyone who seeks to harm and exploit inmates or detainees can and will be held acc
Former Youngstown prison guard sentenced for inmate sex abuse and bribery scheme
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YOUNGSTOWN The Austinwoods Rehab Health Care nursing home on Kirk Road in Austintown saw a spike in COVID-19 cases this week with 12 cases.
It has the seventh-highest number of cases among nursing homes in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Generally, the number of cases among Ohio nursing homes has been dropping in recent months, especially after most nursing home residents received COVID-19 vaccinations. But Austinwoods appears to be among a handful of facilities in Ohio with a high number of new cases, especially among patients.
Austinwoods had nine patient cases and three staff cases this week. No other Mahoning Valley nursing home or assisted living facility has had more than three combined patient and staff cases in the past two months.