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City man pleads in drug ring case

YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown man who was charged with being part of a drug-trafficking operation in the Youngstown area pleaded guilty Tuesday during a video hearing with the U.S. Northern Ohio District Court. Ghalayah L. LaBooth, 42, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess with ...

Man gets federal sentence in Valley drug ring case

A Warren man on Wednesday was given a federal sentence of 46 months in prison in connection to convictions linked to drug dealing in the Mahoning Valley. Kvonn Watson, 27, of Warren, pleaded guilty April 22, 2021, to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, fentanyl, fentanyl-related compounds ...

Liberty man charged in theft

WARREN — A Liberty Township man who is now incarcerated in the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center was arraigned Monday on a felony robbery charge connected to the Sept. 27, 2021, incident in which a man threatened to blow up a quick cash outlet on Belmont Avenue. Randy L. Jamison, 46, of ...

Life in the cash lane

WARREN — Speed-camera litigation is making its way through the courts during the first quarter of 2022 as two class-action lawsuits at opposite corners of Ohio have drawn appeals. Meanwhile, a survey released this month by Erie Insurance found U.S. drivers are divided over the use of speed ...

Frenchko-clerk hearing delayed

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioner Niki Frenchko and the commissioners’ clerk now have new rules for staying away from each other. A judge hearing the civil protection order case between Frenchko and the commissioners’ clerk has rescheduled the full hearing on the matter for 1 p.m. ...

Drug conspiracy cases proceed in federal court

YOUNGSTOWN — The case involving nine people charged last summer in a 57-count indictment concerning a drug-trafficking operation in the Youngstown area is moving through U.S. Northern Ohio District Court. Sentencing and plea hearings plus final pretrial hearings are set for February ...