YOUNGSTOWN — City firefighter Adaris Bellamy, facing two aggravated menacing charges, will be placed Friday on unpaid suspension until at least his criminal case is closed.

Fire Chief Barry Finley said Wednesday that he decided the unpaid suspension was the best decision.

“It’s until his court case is completely resolved,” Finley said. “I’m hoping that he’s going to take an anger management class or something like that.”

Bellamy, 34, of Longview Drive NE in Howland, was arrested April 7 for one first-degree misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing for having a rifle at the Warren Township Fire Department and pointing it at someone in the West Market Street building.

Bellamy was also accused of pointing the rifle at a man at a food donation box shortly after leaving the fire station.

After Bellamy’s arrest, he was put on paid suspension while Finley reviewed the matter. Finley held a predisciplinary hearing April 17.

During an April 18 appearance in Warren Municipal Court, a second first-degree misdemeanor aggravated menacing charge was added with prosecutors saying it was inadvertently omitted from the initial filing.

Bellamy, who pleaded not guilty to the two charges, is out of jail on a $15,000 surety bond with his next pretrial set for May 16, court records show.

Bellamy was ordered by Judge Patty Knepp to undergo a risk assessment.

Also during his April 18 arraignment, Judge Natasha K. Natale ordered Bellamy to have no contact with the Warren Township Fire Department except for emergency purposes and to surrender all firearms to the township’s police department while his case is pending.

Finley said when Bellamy’s case is resolved, depending on the outcome, he will decide to either return the suspended firefighter to active duty or continue to keep him on unpaid suspension.

Bellamy makes $63,614 annually.

Bellamy, hired Feb. 22, 2016, as a Youngstown firefighter, was suspended in October without pay for 60 days for testing positive for THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), according to records in his personnel file. The use of THC, found in marijuana and cannabinoids, is prohibited under the city’s drug and alcohol policy.

An Oct. 21 disciplinary letter from Finley said Bellamy tested positive for the controlled substance during an Oct. 9 random drug test with an Oct. 21 confirmation test also coming back positive for THC.

Bellamy had an Oct. 24 disciplinary hearing at which Finley suspended him for 30 days without pay.

Bellamy signed an Oct. 25 letter that suspended him without pay from Oct. 27 to Nov. 25 for a drug and alcohol testing policy violation. The letter states Bellamy had to be evaluated by a substance abuse professional to determine what assistance, if any, he needed. The letter also stated that if he tested positive a second time, he would be subject to immediate termination.