Mahoning County man seeks early release from prison

YOUNGSTOWN — An assistant county prosecutor is opposing the early release of a 21-year-old man who went to prison for assaulting and seriously injuring a 67-year-old man in a fast-food drive-through lane on the city’s West Side.

Samuel Crayton is asking Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to release him from prison after serving 13 months of a four-year prison term the judge imposed on him.

Crayton, of Mathews Road, pleaded guilty as charged to felonious assault in the Oct. 9, 2010, attack at McDonald’s, 3034 Mahoning Ave., in which Crayton punched Thomas Dailey, a Canfield High School teacher, in the face.

Three McDonald’s employees who came to Dailey’s assistance and detained Crayton until police arrived, received a commendation from Youngstown City Council.

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