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WARREN A woman who led law authorities on an extensive chase through Trumbull County last September was given a three-year prison term Thursday.
Quan’nita R. Pruitt, 22, of 738 Southern Blvd. NW, was admonished by Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice as an “absolute threat to society” as he sentenced her to the maximum term.
Rice noted Pruitt had a lengthy criminal record dating back to her theft and truancy charges as a teenager.
Pruitt last month pleaded guilty to a third-degree failure-to-comply with signal or order of a police officer charge.
The defendant, prior to sentencing, apologized to all the law officers involved in the chase and to the public. She said the incident was a “terrible mistake” and she was just scared.
UGA announces 2021 Alumni Awards recipients
February 8, 2021
Outstanding alumni and friends recognized by the UGA Alumni Association
The University of Georgia Alumni Association has announced eight recipients of the 2021 Alumni Awards, an annual program dating back to 1936 that recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate a commitment to the university. The 2021 honorees are:
Chester Davenport, Alumni Merit Award
The Honorable Brian P. Kemp, Alumni Merit Award
Bonney Shuman, Alumni Merit Award
Dr. Libby Morris, Faculty Service Award
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Friend of UGA Award
St. Mary’s Health Care System, Friend of UGA Award
The Paris Family, Family of the Year Award
A dangerous repeat child sex offender who stalked a boy, 15, at a shopping centre, offering him money in exchange for sexual favours, has been released back into the community. The scared boy, who had been watched and followed by Scott Darrin Falkingham for 40 minutes, desperately sent a text message to friends, calling for help. Falkingham was under a 10-year supervision order with conditions under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act at the time, after his release from jail in 2015. On Friday, Falkingham, 50, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted indecent treatment of a child under 16 and was sentenced to two years jail, immediately suspended, but operational for four years.
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Damien L. Fish of Champion, right, appears in court Wednesday with a neck brace as he pleads guilty to a felony charge for the Sept. 23 accident that killed a Howland man. At left is his attorney David Rouzzo.
HOWLAND A Champion man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to criminal charges linked to driving his 2006 Honda Civic into a Howland home the night of Sept. 23, 2020, crushing a man and his dog to their deaths in the basement.
Damien L. Fish, 24, of 5265 N. Park Ave. Extension, appeared with his attorney David Rouzzo before Trumbull Common Pleas Judge W. Wyatt McKay, who will sentence Fish after a background investigation.