YOUNGSTOWN
The eight people charged for their purported roles in a burglary ring-for-heroin operation have been arraigned and will be back in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court later this month.
Martin Desmond, an assistant county prosecutor, read the charges Tuesday against each of the eight before Magistrate Timothy Welsh.
Four are in the county jail.
John Woods of New Middletown is charged with 13 counts of burglary; Erin King Jr. of Youngstown is charged with three counts of burglary; Katie Grist of Springfield Township is charged with six counts of burglary and one theft count; and Grant Repasky of Springfield is charged with 10 burglary counts.
Police contend that once these suspects burglarized a home, they would sell stolen jewelry mainly to Dominic Eckman at Leslie’s Precious Metals, 890 E. Midlothian Blvd.
Dominic Eckman of Poland is charged with two felony counts of receiving stolen property and two misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property; Alexis Norman of Youngstown is charged with felony receiving stolen property; and Leslie Eckman of Poland faces one misdemeanor count related to records and bookkeeping.
Money obtained from the thefts, police said, would ultimately be used to purchase heroin from Jamal Vaughn of Youngstown. Vaughn is charged with seven counts of drug trafficking.
Dominic Eckman, Leslie Eckman and Alexis Norman all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them, but chose to waive arraignment in open court Tuesday.
All three submitted motions via their respective attorneys.
Grist, who is free on a personal-recognizance bond after spending one night in jail, pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. Her bond was continued.
King, Woods, Vaughn and Repasky appeared before the court wearing county-issued orange jumpsuits.
They are in jail, and the issue of bond will be revisited by Judge Lou A. D’Apolito before trial.
Vaughn is jailed on unrelated drug charges.
Cases against all eight people have been assigned to Judge D’Apolito.
The eight defendants are due back in court for pretrials Friday. The case is set for trial Oct. 1.
A county grand jury secretly indicted the eight two weeks ago after a nine-month-long investigation by authorities.
Comments
White criminals = no comments?
they look like so far are getting the same treatment the black criminals get NOTHIING. A system too lazy to pin these idiots to the wall make bonds as high as legally possible and take any possesions these idiots may have gotten from their income might be a start. No deterent no change!!!Black, white, purple, or green.
zz3,
Seriously, I didn't understand half of what you said !!! Hopefully you were worked up. If not, GOD help us All !!!
In a nutshell - hard labor in prison for 25 years. Period.
Metrodog = Racist ?
HeMyPo: Put down the comic books and read this and you MIGHT understand: When the U.S. Attorney decides to indict someone under RICO, he or she has the option of seeking a pre-trial restraining order or injunction to temporarily seize a defendant's assets and prevent the transfer of potentially forfeitable property, as well as require the defendant to put up a performance bond. This provision was placed in the law because the owners of Mafia-related shell corporations often absconded with the assets. An injunction and/or performance bond ensures that there is something to seize in the event of a guilty verdict.
There is also a provision for private parties to sue. A "person damaged in his business or property" can sue one or more "racketeers".
Facts are a bitc* huh hemypo!
zz3,
I'm talking about the continuous run on sentences, frag sentences, etc.
Reread the beginning sentence of your first post... If you can understand that, you have MAJOR issues that cannot be addressed in this forum !!!