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WARREN – Liberty Township Trustee Devon Stanley will go on trial April 19 on a charge of felonious assault stemming from an Oct. 23, 2025, incident for which he was arrested the next day at a football game at the Niles Red Dragon stadium.
The trial date and final pretrial were set Monday after prosecutors confirmed they have received medical records they had been seeking.
Stanley, 53, of Liberty, who also is chief deputy clerk of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, is facing a second-degree felonious assault charge.
It involves an Oct. 23, 2025, incident involving a woman, but no one has confirmed the identity of the victim.
Visiting Judge Thomas Teodosio, a retired former 9th District Court of Appeals judge, was appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case for which Stanley was indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury in April. The first pretrial was in May and a second pretrial was in June. Additional pretrials were held in July and on Monday. Bond for Stanley has been addressed twice.
Teodosio said Monday that Special Prosecutors Dan Kasaris and Linda Powers of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have had possession of all hospital records they requested and are in the process of having them reviewed.
The parties agreed upon setting the final pretrial for 3 p.m. March 31, in person, with the jury trial commencing at 9 a.m. April 19. The parties also agreed upon a 60-juror pool, with defense attorney Ron Yarwood noting the amount of publicity surrounding the case.
“Mr. Stanley, I mean, he’s the chief assistant clerk, he’s run for other positions, he’s a trustee, so I would imagine there’s going to be a lot of jurors that know something about this case,” Yarwood said.
Yarwood recommended 60 jurors, noting variables such as individuals who might not be able to attend the trial for the whole week.
Stanley, an attorney, participated in the hearing remotely in Yarwood’s office, waiving his right to personally appear, and did not speak.