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Jury finds New Castle man guilty in Liberty assault

WARREN — A Trumbull County jury on Tuesday found Justin L. Fry-Starrett, 33, of New Castle, Pa., guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court of felonious assault, domestic violence and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Fry-Starrett, who has been incarcerated in Trumbull County jail, will undergo a background investigation prior to sentencing by Judge Cynthia Westcott. His sentencing date was not available Wednesday in court records. Assistant Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman said he was pleased with the verdict that came after jurors deliberated for a ...

Amendment meant to help Delphi pensioners rejected

A renewed effort to aid salaried Delphi retirees obtain pension benefits was thwarted Tuesday. The Dayton Daily News reported U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina., prevented the advancement of an amendment to a $1 billion spending package. Foxx chairs the House Rules Committee, where the amendment required its approval. The amendment was tied to a defense spending and policy bill. President Trump had pushed for its passage. Foxx, in an exchange with U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, said a lawmaker had objected to the measure. The lawmaker was not named. “There’s a ...

Brookfield can begin road improvements

WARREN — Brookfield trustees will be able to upgrade three unimproved roads after the Trumbull County Commissioners accepted the roads into the county highway system at Wednesday’s commissioners meeting. The roads — Cherry and Owsley streets, as well as Wahabe Court — are planned to receive significant improvements. Two are now dirt roads. Brookfield trustee Dan Suttles said the township passed its first ever levy for road improvements in 2022. The 3.5-mill levy raises about $489,000 a year. “Prior to that we did not have a way to pave roads,” he said. “We promised ...

Annexation issue slows Scott Street sewer work

NEWTON FALLS — Newton Township trustees, the county engineer’s office and the county planning commission took their concerns to village officials Wednesday about Scott Street residents having to annex into the village to receive sewer service. Trustee Chairman Pete Augusta said a meeting took place in April 2022 between the township and the village over the Scott Street project and it was never stated that residents of Scott Street who live in the township would have to annex into the village to receive the utility service. Fifteen officials from the township, county officials ...

Liberty police search for suspect in dirt bike chase

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a chase that ended with the person fleeing into a wooded area on foot after crashing a dirt bike early Wednesday. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue spotted a man riding a black dirt bike northbound with no taillights or license plate. The officer turned around and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the Churchill Hubbard Road PNC Bank parking lot, but the rider looked back and fled, according to the report. The pursuit wound through several local areas, with the rider ...

Three Warren men have cases resolved in court

WARREN — A man accused of firing a gun outside a city gas station in April pleaded guilty this week to charges of felonious assault and discharge of a firearm on/near prohibited premises, both with a one-year gun specification. Makai J. Sims, 26, Heather Lane NW, Warren, was indicted in early June on the same charges, but the second charge carried a three-year gun specification. He will be sentenced by Judge Cynthia Westcott after the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department completes a background investigation, but he faces at least a mandatory one-year term because of the firearm ...