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Champion Township man given at least 6 years in prison for felonious assault

By Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office

November 29, 2023 9:57 AM

Randy Pence, 40, of Champion Township, was given an indefinite six- to nine-year prison term for his conviction of two counts of felonious assault, first-degree felonies Tuesday by Judge Ronald J. Rice of the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Pence was convicted for his part in a 2021 standoff at a Leavittsburg home in which a police officer and another man were hit with an ax.

Pence had barricaded himself in a shed on the Meadowbrook Drive property after first striking a man with the ax.

When he failed to respond to police orders to come out, Pence threw the ax through an opening of the door when officers tried to come inside and one officer was hit on the arm causing a severe cut, reports stated.