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Man from Niles pleads guilty to sexual battery

WARREN — A Niles man on Monday pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual battery connected to two years of abuse of a girl that he knows. The crimes happened from the fall of 2019 through the summer of 2020 when the girl was between the ages of 13 and 15. Brian B. Baldwin, 36, of 2439 ...

Liberty murder trial delayed until April 11

WARREN — An aggravated murder trial that was scheduled to begin Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court is rescheduled to April 11. Felix R. Olverson, 56, formerly of Keefer Road, Liberty, appeared with his attorney Mary Ellen Ditchey before Judge Peter J. Kontos, to settle on a ...

Trumbull judge orders water level lowered at Coalburg Dam

WARREN — A Trumbull County judge has ordered steps to lower Coalburg Lake Dam to avoid a disaster that could result in loss of life or property. In response to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost seeking a permanent injunction calling for safety repairs to the Hubbard Township dam located ...

Watkins opposes parole for Niles man

WARREN — The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office is opposing the parole of Randall L. Whitmore, whose conduct is described by two chief child assault prosecutors as “some of the most despicable” they have ever encountered. In a letter written Feb. 24 opposing the parole, Prosecutor ...

City man gets seven years in drug ring case

One of the nine people charged last summer in a 59-count indictment concerning a drug-trafficking operation in the Youngstown area was sentenced this week in U.S. Northern Ohio District Court to seven years in prison. Matthew J. Spain, 28, of Ridge Avenue, Youngstown, was sentenced during a ...

Sharpsville man convicted in Capitol riot dies

A Sharpsville, Pa., man who would have been sentenced April 1 on federal charges for his part in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach at the U.S. Capitol has died. Matthew L. Perna, 37, died Feb. 25 of “a broken heart,” according to his obituary that appears on the website of John Flynn Funeral ...