WARREN — The Vienna man accused of lying under oath about his military service was arraigned on a felony perjury charge Tuesday before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Andrew D. Logan.

If convicted, 31-year-old Kotey Paden faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine. He was represented by attorney Jeffrey Goodman, who entered a plea of not guilty on his client’s behalf.

Bond was set at $5,000 and Paden will return to court for a hearing before Logan on June 4, court records show.

Paden is an inmate of the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, but was booked into the Trumbull County jail on Thursday.

The charges stem from alleged falsehoods from Paden’s testimony during a jury trial in the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge Cynthia Rice, where the defendant was later convicted and sentenced to 24 months for domestic violence, strangulation and child endangerment. The trial was upended when Paden opted to instead plead guilty to the charges following the prosecution’s accusations that he had given false statements.

Assistant Prosecutor Gabe Wildman said that during his testimony, Paden misrepresented his military background, telling jurors he was a combat veteran in Syria and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician.

Wildman said he worked with the director of the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission in order to check Paden’s records to confirm the falsehoods, finding that Paden had never been in combat and he had been dishonorably discharged in April 2020 due to “misconduct and serious offenses.”