Intimidation backfires, man pleads guilty
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Lima resident Anthony Houston on Monday averted his jury trial and pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated burglary that included specifications for the use of a firearm and designating him a repeat violent offender. Prosecutors successfully argued that Houston had intimidated at least one key state witness in the trial. Anthony Houston was found to have intimidated a witness in his trial through threats made by a third-party. He pleaded guilty Monday to a first-degree felony charge of aggravated burglary that included a specification labeling him as a repeat violent offender.