Youngstown man gets probation for beating incident at Campbell home

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge has ordered a city man to spend the next 12 months on probation for his role in the beating of an Austintown man in Campbell last year.

Brandon T. Dotson, 26, appeared today before Judge Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing. Dotson, under a plea agreement with the state, pleaded no contest to an amended charge of attempted aggravated assault in April.

Charges lodged against Dotson stem from the beating June 24, 2008, of Seth M. Leach, 33, of Ayrshire Drive, Austintown, in the Campbell home of Lori Perry.

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