Convicted contractor jailed on domestic violence charge
BOARDMAN — A local remodeling contractor convicted of fraud could spend Christmas in jail after being arrested on domestic violence charges over the weekend.
Court records show John P. Bartos III, 40, of Valley View Drive in Boardman, owner of Gridiron Windows & Doors LLC, is due in Mahoning County Boardman Court this morning on charges of domestic violence and threats of domestic violence, first- and fourth-degree misdemeanors respectively.
The Boardman Police report states that police responded to Bartos’ home just after 12 a.m. Saturday when his estranged wife reported that he woke her and assaulted her.
Court records show Bartos’s wife filed for divorce on Oct. 8.
The report states she told police Bartos had taken her phone while she was sleeping, managed to figure out her password to unlock it, and began going through it before entering the room in a rage, waking her up and throwing the phone at her.
She said he yelled and threatened to kill her, then pushed her down into the mattress. She told police that when she was finally able to get up, he grabbed her and threw her against the wall then knocked her to the floor as she tried to leave the room, causing her to hit her head on the floor.
The report states she told police he left the room and was shouting on his phone at his parents, then re-entered the room, pressed his fist into her mouth and continued to scream vulgarities at her. He then stopped her from finding her phone so she could call 911, and after finding it himself he took the phone with him and drove to his parents’ house in Hubbard.
Mrs. Bartos said she used her daughter’s phone to call 911.
The report states that Hubbard police made the arrest and transferred Bartos to Boardman’s custody at a location in Hubbard.
In late October, a Trumbull County Judge sentenced Bartos to five years of basic probation, for his conviction on 10 counts of theft, all fifth-degree felonies. Bartos pleaded guilty on Aug. 30 to a bill of information listing the counts.
The court found that Bartos contracted with 10 clients for home remodeling services throughout Trumbull County, but he did not perform the work despite receiving down payments of between $1,000 and $7,500. In total, the court said Bartos took $27,460 and ordered him to pay it back in full.
Bartos faces similar charges in other Ohio counties and out of state. He pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas to three indictments charging him with theft and fifth-degree felonies. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of probation.
In June, a Mahoning County grand jury indicted Bartos on 27 charges of theft and passing bad checks, which were filed in the courts of Boardman, Austintown, Canfield, Sebring and Youngstown.