Cortland man receives 30 months in prison for failure to comply with police
The following action was taken Monday before Judge Cynthia Rice of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court:
- Jeffrey Goldner, 44, of Larry Lane, Cortland, received a 30-month prison sentence after he was found guilty last week of a third-degree failure to comply with a signal or order of a police officer. Goldner was convicted of driving at high speeds during a police chase in Trumbull County. He was driving left of center, “causing substantial physical harm to people and to property,” Judge Rice said. In checking his background report, the judge noted four pages of offenses dating back to age 11 when Goldner had to go to juvenile court. He had one prior prison term, records show.
- Kenyon S. McGriff, 27, of Warren, received a 30-month charge for three drug possession convictions. McGriff pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fourth-degree felony. He also agreed to forfeit a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun. The sentence will run at the same time as McGriff’s 24-month prison sentence he received from Judge Rice after pleading guilty in April to a third-degree having weapons while under disability charge. That charge stemmed from an investigation into an Oct. 31, 2021, shooting at the Park Place Tavern at 2185 Parkman Road NW in Warren, where McGriff was one of the gunshot victims. The latest case involved a Nov. 14, 2022, incident where police followed a man on Idlywild NW and found a knife and firearm on his person. The man, identified as McGriff, also had substances that later tested positive for 3.99 grams of methamphetamine, 0.58 grams of cocaine and 1.89 grams of a fentanyl product. Charges of weapons and tampering with evidence against were assigned to Judge Sean O’Brien’s courtroom, and his sentencing, in that case, is set for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Prosecutors said the charges were split into two cases because the lab tests on the drugs were delayed.
- Gavin Roberts, 18, of Kenilworth SE, Warren, rejected the prosecutor’s offer and prosecutors rejected the 15-year to life sentence his attorney offered during final pretrial proceedings. Roberts will now go on trial with jury selection set to begin Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. in Judge Cindy Rice’s courtroom. Roberts is facing two counts of aggravated murder with firearm specifications and counts of aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary using a deadly weapon. The case involved the Nov. 19, 2022, shooting death of 37-year-old Brice Hilton of Farrell, Pa. The crime occurred at Colonial Street and South Feederle Drive SE in Warren. Prosecutors accuse Roberts of luring the victim, who wanted to buy cellphones, to the neighborhood where the fatal shooting occurred. Prosecutors said they offered Roberts a life with no parole sentence to avoid parole. Defense attorney Jeff Goodman said his client will take his chances at trial.
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