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LISBON A jury trial remains on the docket later this month in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the Wellsville man accused in the shooting homicide of his girlfriend, Destiny Moody, also known as Destiny Penny. Terrance L. Haywood, 28, Chester Avenue, Wellsville, appeared before Judge Scott Washam with his defense attorney Dennis McNamara of Columbus, charged with murder, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence and having weapons while under disability.
Haywood is accused of the shooting death of his girlfriend, 26-year-old, while three of her four children were upstairs in her home in Wellsville in October of 2019.
During Thursday’s hearing, Special Prosecutor Micah Ault, a senior assistant prosecutor with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, said there are numerous witnesses, but one of the witnesses he plans to call could be one of the children, who was 4 years old at the time of the shooting. After discussions between McNamara, Ault and
LISBON An East Liverpool man who pleaded guilty to a list of charges last week and was told to stay out of trouble pending sentencing was back in court in c
LISBON An East Liverpool man who pleaded guilty to a list of charges last week and was told to stay out of trouble pending sentencing was back in court in c
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LISBON An East Liverpool man who pleaded guilty to a list of charges last week and was told to stay out of trouble pending sentencing was back in court in custody on Tuesday.
On April 28, Matthew R. Young, 25, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine, a first-degree felony; possession of cocaine, a first-degree felony; trafficking in cocaine, a third-degree felony; aggravated trafficking in drugs, a third-degree felony; two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, both a third-degree felony; possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony; possession of drugs, a misdemeanor and two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies.
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LISBON – Joseph Messenger, 28, of Hanoverton was found guilty of both endangering children and assault by the Common Pleas Court jury on Thursday morning.
Messenger had been accused of recklessly causing the bathtub scalding injuries to his daughter, who was 7 in October of 2019. The jury heard two days of testimony before deliberating for about three hours total beginning late Wednesday afternoon and after returning on Thursday morning.
Following the verdict, Assistant County Prosecutor Tammie Riley Jones requested Judge Scott Washam consider revoking Messenger’s bond and he be taken into custody pending sentencing. Washam instead increased Messenger’s bond from $50,000 to $100,000 personal recognizance.