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HUBBARD -- The city police department has charged two men with the same crime in separate incidents involving minors.
Hubbard police Detective Sgt. Michael Banic said members of a civilian group contacted the police department Thursday to report that Joseph Trader, 34, engaged in communications of a sexual nature with a person he believed to be a minor. Banic said that after reviewing the evidence obtained during the investigation, Trader was charged with importuning, a fifth-degree felony; attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony; and attempted importuning, a first-degree misdemeanor.
He is being held at the Trumbull County jail without bond and is due in Girard Municipal Court on Thursday, jail records show.
Banic said a different civilian group contacted the police department Friday about a separate incident involving Albert Klinesmith, 59, who they said also engaged in communications of a sexual nature with a person he believed to be a minor. After an investigation, Klinesmith was charged with importuning, a fifth-degree felony.
He is being held at the Trumbull County jail without bond and is due in Girard Municipal Court today, jail records show.
Banic stressed that the two investigations are separate and not related to one another, with different civilian groups reporting the crimes.
The Hubbard Police Department is asking anyone with additional information related to this case or other potential predators to come forward and contact the Trumbull County Dispatch Center at 330-675-2730.