YOUNGSTOWN — James A. McCarthy, 40, who was indicted but never convicted of stabbing his sister in 2009 when he lived in Austintown, will be released into the public Oct. 6.

McCarthy has been under court supervision since a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court found him not guilty by reason of insanity in 2011.

McCarthy was charged with felonious assault, a charge that carried a possible penalty of eight years in prison if he had been convicted. But because he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, he remained under court supervision for eight years.

McCarthy appeared for a hearing Wednesday before common pleas Judge Anthony D’Apolito, who ruled that McCarthy must continue with the restrictions on his freedom that have been in place for a couple of years now.

For example, he must continue to live at RaeArc Industries on Westchester Drive in Austintown, receive support and services from the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities and receive psychiatric-medication-management services and psychiatric-nursing services from Turning Point Counseling Services, according to court documents.

The place where he lives has 24-hour staffing, D’Apolito said in his ruling.

Among the requirements through Oct. 6 are that he not use alcohol and drugs and not possess firearms, weapons or items fashioned as weapons. He is required through Oct. 6 to continue to work with RaeArc staff to “explore vocational training and placement.”

But after Oct. 6, McCarthy is no longer required to do any of those things, said Vince Arduin, forensic monitor for the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio in Austintown, who has worked with McCarthy.

Arduin said he expects McCarthy to continue with most of the things he has done in recent years. “I think he is in a good position to succeed,” Arduin told the judge at Wednesday’s hearing.

As McCarthy’s guardian, his mother will have influence over his decisions, Arduin said.

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