YOUNGSTOWN — Judge Anthony Donofrio of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court has denied a motion to “reconvene” the sentencing for a local rapper alleged to have violated the terms of his three years of probation within 24 hours of his sentencing hearing.

But the assistant prosecutor on the case said he may ask the judge for additional sanctions later.

The judge sentenced Holden J. Raines Jr., 32, of the New Castle, Pa., area to three years of probation but no jail time, ordered him to spend four to six months in a Community Corrections Association of Youngstown treatment program, undergo substance abuse counseling, pay restitution and stay off social media throughout his probation.

The sentence was for a felony robbery involving a Nov. 2, 2019, assault and theft of two chains from around the neck of a fellow rapper, also from New Castle, at the back of an East Midlothian Boulevard club following a performance.

In an Oct. 21 filing, Martin Hume, county assistant prosecutor, stated that Raines may have violated the ban on using social media within a day of his sentencing. Hume stated that a post on Raines’ Facebook page contained a remark about Raines’ case being “finally over” and “Bruh basically beat it!!”

Hume attached documentation that the post came from Raines’ Facebook account and stated that the post demonstrated “disregard for the judicial system” and showed that Raines needs more than probation sanctions to stop his behavior. Hume had argued for Raines to get prison, in part because of the numerous instances of Raines taunting the victim on social media.

Hume asked that Raines’ sentencing hearing be reconvened because the restitution part of the sentencing had not been completed as the value of the stolen chains had not yet been established.

But the judge’s ruling states that he does not have the ability to reconvene a sentencing hearing on those grounds.

“Defendant was ordered to pay restitution. The amount of restitution remains open, not the right to resentence (Raines),” the ruling states.

Donofrio noted, however, there might be another way to handle the issue: filing a motion to revoke Raines’ probation or extending his probation.

When asked about that option, Hume said prosecutors “reserve the right to pursue allegations of a probation violation as the facts and law support such a motion.” First, the issue of restitution needs to be resolved, he said