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Rape trial postponed after defense receives evidence late

YOUNGSTOWN — A defense attorney in a rape case set for trial Monday filed motions Sunday asking for sanctions against the State of Ohio after learning Friday of evidence recently discovered by the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s office. The filing suggests that dismissal of charges by ...

Man indicted in federal threats case

YOUNGSTOWN — Charles B. Ingram, 47, of North Bloomfield, was indicted last week in U.S. District Court on a federal offense called influencing and intimidating a federal official by threat and one called interstate threatening communications. U.S. District Court Magistrate Carmen Henderson ...

Man, 24, charged with strangulation

YOUNGSTOWN — Samuel Henderson, 24, was arraigned in Youngstown Municipal Court Friday on felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence and unlawful restraint in a Dec. 8 altercation involving a woman on Canfield Road in Youngstown. He took their 8-month-old child when he left, but ...

State program honors Boardman police

Staff report BOARDMAN — Boardman Township Police Chief Todd Werth announced Friday that his department was selected as one of eight Ohio law enforcement agencies to achieve accreditation through the new Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. The recognition was ...

West Middlesex man’s rape trial begins in Mahoning County

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A jury was selected Monday in the rape trial of Quentell Elhakim, 30, of West Middlesex, Pa. Opening statements and first witnesses in the trial are expected early today. Elhakim faces three counts of rape that each allegedly occurred Jan. 8, 2023, and involved a ...

Man facing 17 child sex charges from 2023

Staff report A man whose parole supervision ends Friday after serving three years in prison on convictions of sexual battery and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles in Mahoning County was secretly indicted last week by a Trumbull County grand jury on 17 charges. Jeremiah Rodriguez, ...