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A man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death in 2021 while violating a protective order was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday night.

WARREN — A Lisbon woman who sought mercy from the court on Monday received an indefinite two- to three-year prison sentence for a conviction in a May 5, 2020,

Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene says the Mahoning County jail is the largest mental health facility in the county. “When we have 500 inmates, we know that one third of those inmates are on some type of psychotropic meds,” he said. “We started realizing: Where are these people going to go when they get released? Where is their next meal going to come from? Who is going to give them their meds? These are all things that weren’t thought about before.” Interventions through communi...

People in the throes of a mental health crisis often intersect with the criminal justice system, and while efforts are being made to increase the availability of mental health services, observers say existing systems are still lacking. When people with mental health issues become involved with the justice system, it often can be during an episode involving crisis behavior. Or, the person has a repetitive history of similar behavior. Sometimes the behavior itself is not criminal, but causes alar...

The advent of special dockets for those with mental illness is one of several recent developments that can help to increase the availability of mental health se

People in the throes of a mental health crisis often intersect with the criminal justice system, and while efforts are being made to increase the availability o

gvogrin@tribtoday.com Staff photo / Guy Vogrin Defendant Edward L. Wymer, 33, reacts to the 10 guilty verdicts read Wednesday afternoon by Judge Ronald J. Rice in his common pleas courtroom. WARREN — A jury of nine women and three men took less than an hour Wednesday to return 10 guilty verdicts against a Garrettsville man accused of sexually abusing three Trumbull County girls between the ages of 8 and 12 over a two-year span beginning in February 2018. Edward L. Wymer, 33, was convicted on ...

gvogrin@tribtoday.com Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice, right, has a sidebar with TC assistant Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman, left, and Defense attorney David Rouzzo, center, during the opening day of the Edward Wymer trial. (Photo by R. Michael Semple) WARREN — One of two trials scheduled on the Trumbull County Common Pleas docket for Monday proceeded as scheduled. The other trial in the courthouse had to be canceled as the defendant didn’t show up to lead his own defense. In...

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners in the next few months will be deciding whether to initiate a new system that some say will offer indigent defendants i

gvogrin@tribtoday.com Staff photo / Guy Vogrin Damien L. Fish of Champion, right, appears in court Wednesday with a neck brace as he pleads guilty to a felony charge for the Sept. 23 accident that killed a Howland man. At left is his attorney David Rouzzo. HOWLAND — A Champion man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to criminal charges linked to driving his 2006 Honda Civic into a Howland home the night of Sept. 23, 2020, crushing a man and his dog to their deaths in the basement. Damien L. Fish, 24,...