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Salem child rapist gets 15 to life

WARREN — A Salem man who told the judge he has a “slight mental disability” pleaded guilty Tuesday to 18 felony counts, including 12 rape charges involving three children in Liberty. Brandon Schultheis, 37, of 193 W. Fourth St., Salem, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison by ...

Woman avoids prison for obstruction of justice in murder case

WARREN — A Liberty Township woman charged with harboring a suspect in a Youngstown shooting death in February was given probation reluctantly on Thursday by a Trumbull County judge. Jasmine M. Jackson, 24, of 1465 Townsend Ave., Apt. 6, Liberty, appeared for a sentencing hearing ...

Mill Creek names new police chief

YOUNGSTOWN — The former chief of the Mill Creek MetroParks Police Department has been named Kent State University at Trumbull’s Public Safety and Police Academy program manager. James Willock brings a notable background and experience in law enforcement. Willock became chief of Mill ...

Area abuse cases on rise

A Warren woman is accused of leaving her children alone at home for a day to pursue a rap-singing career. That same week, police said another woman skipped out for a day leaving her 12-year-old girl in charge of the household. Later in September, another woman was brought in on a secret ...

Mahoning jury convicts Boardman man of rape

YOUNGSTOWN — A 50-year-old Boardman man on Monday was convicted by a Mahoning County jury of 14 of 15 counts involving the rape of two teen boys in 2017. Robert Boyd of West Boulevard was convicted of two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition, two counts of disseminating ...

From Comstock St. to television bench

Former Fulton County, Ga., Judge Gino Brogdon, a football star in the late 1970s with the Warren G. Harding Panthers, would rather that people not call him judge anymore. “Judge is just a job I used to have, but it is now something I play on television,” the Warren native said in a ...