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Warren man Brandon Pugh pleads to gun charge

WARREN — A Warren man pleaded guilty to a gun charge Tuesday from a September incident on Lansdowne Avenue NW.

Brandon Pugh, 28, of Williamsburg Street NW, pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to an amended indictment convicting him with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Pugh, who could face between six and 18 months in prison, will be sentenced by Judge Andrew D. Logan after he undergoes a background investigation conducted by county probation officers.

As part of the plea deal with prosecutors, a count of having weapons under disability was dismissed.

On Sept. 1, 2022, Warren police officers went to the northwest side of town to investigate a disturbance. They found a man walking away from a vehicle where they found a Glock .22-caliber pistol in the center console.

Also as part of the arrangement, Pugh agreed to forfeit any ownership of the firearm.

• Zachary Campbell, 54, of Merriweather Street NW, Warren, was given a 150-day jail term after he admitted to violating the terms of his probation. In April 2022, Campbell was sentenced to five years of probation after he failed a treatment in lieu of conviction program. He was convicted of three low-level cocaine trafficking felonies. Logan credited Campbell with 20 days already served in jail and said his probation will be terminated once he has completed his jail sentence. His original drug case was investigated in February 2020 by the Trumbull County Sheriff’s TAG task force;

• Tristen L. Carter, 20, of Kenilworth Avenue SE, Warren, was sentenced to the Northeast Ohio Community Alternative Program lockdown rehabilitation after he admitted to violating his parole for a conviction on a low-level felony of attempted aggravated assault. Probation officers said Carter had not reported after Jan. 5 this year, and had failed a series of drug tests. He was originally charged by Warren police after they investigated an assault on July 28, 2022;

• Autherine Mallard, 50, of Oakland Avenue, Youngstown, was given two years of basic probation after she pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, a fifth-degree felony. Mallard apologized to the judge, saying she wanted a chance to start over. Her attorney, James Schoren, said this was her first felony conviction. Mallard was arrested on June 10, 2022, after a gun was found in a motor vehicle.

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