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WARREN -- The following cases were heard Tuesday morning before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Andrew D. Logan:
• A six-year prison term was handed down to Zachary O'Meara, 34, of Blue Winged Drive SE, Warren, after he pleaded guilty to three counts possession of crack / cocaine and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, all with forfeiture specifications.
Logan told O'Meara that anytime large quantities of fentanyl-related compound are involved, a prison term is mandatory. An investigation into O'Meara was conducted by the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office in September 2021.
• Daniel L. Chipps, 38, of North Road, Niles, pleaded guilty to a felonious assault charge and received an indefinite prison sentence of three to four-and-a-half years. On June 7, Niles police investigated an incident where a woman was pushed down a flight of stairs by Chipps during an altercation and caused injuries to the victim.
• 35-year-old Erica Goeden, of Beechwood Avenue SW, Warren, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. She will be sentenced after undergoing a background investigation conducted by probation officers.
The Trumbull County Sheriff's TAG drug task force in March 2021 conducted an investigation in which Goeden sold methamphetamine weighing 1.6 grams and 3.5 grams to two confidential informants. She faces a possible maximum sentence of three years in prison.
• Casey J. Carpenter, 39, of Warren, was sentenced to six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft from a person in a protected class. Warren police on Aug. 31 investigated an incident where a 75-year-old man had been robbed of $3,000 while at an ATM machine.
The following cases were heard before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice on Tuesday afternoon:
• Anthony M. Jackson, 33, of Verona Avenue, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted kidnapping and assault of a corrections officer and was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Because of the seriousness of the offense, Rice said consecutive sentences were necessary to protect the public.
While an inmate at Trumbull County jail in 2022, Jackson grabbed a woman corrections officer and tried to pull her inside a jail cell. Jackson was given credit for 450 days he already had served in jail.
• Southington resident Pete Paul Urick, 55, of Herner County Line Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of failure to stop after an accident and one count of attempted tampering with evidence.
Leona and David Fisher were riding their scooters on New Year's Eve 2021 along Corey Hunt Road in Bristol Township when Urick is accused of driving his pickup truck into them, causing injuries, prosecutors said. Urick attempted to conceal the damage to his pickup truck by buying new parts. Urick was arrested July 26 and a bond was set at $10,000.
The Southington resident now faces a possible maximum prison term of four years. Urick will undergo a background investigation conducted by probation officers before sentencing.
• JaJuan Martin, 28, of Douglas Street NW, Warren, pleaded guilty to a felony burglary charge. Martin is one of four co-defendants involved in the burglary of a mobile home in Warren Township.
Police were dispatched the afternoon of Aug. 15 on a call of a burglary in progress at the Horvath Mobile Home Park in the 100 block of North River Road NW.
In court Tuesday, prosecutors said Martin had called the victim to make certain he wasn't home. Then Martin, joined by others, forced entry into the home stealing items that included a crossbow, BB guns, three other bows, speakers and tools.
A neighbor that had witnessed the burglary reported them to Warren Township police who investigated the matter, catching all four of the perpetrators at the mobile home park with the stolen items.
Martin will be sentenced following a background investigation and faces a possible maximum sentence of three years in prison.