Bazetta man gets 12 month prison sentence for escape
The following action was taken in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday before Judge Sean O’Brien:
* James D. Spitler, 25, of Hoagland Blackstub Road, Bazetta, was given a 12-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of escape. Prosecutors said Spitler was accused of failing to report to his parole officer after he was released from prison after serving time for a conviction of receiving stolen property. He was credited for time already serviced in the county jail since Feb. 9, 2023. Spitler’s sentence will be served at the same time as a 15-month term given by Judge Cynthia Rice in April on his conviction for a charge of grand theft motor vehicle.
* Andrew Ryan, 40, of North Garland Avenue, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of heroin, two fifth-degree felonies. Ryan, who faces a sentence of up to 24 months in prison, will undergo a background investigation conducted by probation officers. His case involved a Feb. 12, 2022 traffic stop by Liberty police in which substances were found in plastic bags that later tested positive for 0.51 grams of methamphetamine and 0.12 grams of heroin.
* Nicholas W. Corcoran, 40, of Wilson Sharpsville Road, Cortland pleaded to two counts of fourth-degree felony OVI and will submit to a pre-sentence investigation by probation officers prior to sentencing. He could face up to three years in prison. The case stems from a Aug. 4, 2022, traffic stop in Trumbull County by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, where troopers found a 2018 GMC Terrain stopped facing the wrong way in the roadway. Prosecutors said Corcoran refused to take a blood-alcohol test or breathalyzer. Court records show Corcoran had three previous OVI arrests – April 2013 in Girard Municipal Court, Aug. 2018 in Mahoning County Area 4 court and April 2019 in Trumbull County Central District Court, which triggered the felony charge.
Three sentenced to prison terms Tuesday
A man from Warren was given a 16-month prison sentence after he appeared in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Wednesday on a probation violation.
Marcus Lowery, 27, of Arnold Drive NW, appeared before Judge Andrew D. Logan who sentenced him after finding he had violated parole for a fourth-
degree carrying concealed weapons conviction. The violation involved a late May incident where Lowery was accused by Warren police of shooting a gun into a ceiling at a woman’s home.
In other action before Judge Logan on Wednesday, Edward R. Robinson, 31, of Niles, pleaded guilty to a third-degree having weapons under disability charge He was sentenced to a 12-month prison charge.
Robinson was arrested by Niles police on March 8, 2023 after officers were called to a disturbance involving a gun. Because of a conviction in a 2015 drug case, Robinson was prohibited by law from carrying any firearms.
Also, Joshua Vigorito, 36, of Orchard Avenue, Warren, was given three concurrent eight-month prison terms after pleading guilty to three fourth-degree counterfeiting charges.
The case involved a Hubbard Township police investigation where $20 counterfeit bills were passed at three separate businesses in September 2022. Prosecutors said some $3,000 worth of bills were confiscated as evidence.
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