YOUNGSTOWN – Judge Maureen Sweeney will allow statements Michael G. Malvasi II made to police officers at a hospital and at home after a fatal car crash to be admitted during his upcoming trial.

Malvasi, 29, of Timber Run Drive in Canfield, is charged in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court with aggravated vehicular homicide in the Nov. 18, 2017, crash on Shields Road in Canfield that killed passenger Ryan Lanzo, 23, of Boardman.

Malvasi is accused of being intoxicated at the time, failing to stop after the accident and tampering with evidence. The last charge accuses Malvasi of tampering with Lanzo’s body.

Last month, Judge Sweeney tossed out evidence obtained through a draw of Malvasiás blood at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital but allowed evidence to remain regarding Malvasiás Snapchat account and cell phone.

Malvasi and his attorney, John Juhasz, argued that the statements he gave were not voluntary because he was under the influence of drugs at the time.

Malvasi is scheduled for another pretrial at 9 a.m. Oct. 14 and a trial at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19.

For more on this story, please read Tuesday’s Vindicator.