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CANTON The Stark County man who designed what he touted as an innovative radial engine faces a 28-count indictment accusing him of more than $600,000 in securities and investment fraud.
Charles M. Boulton, 67, of Jackson Township, was indicted Jan. 21 and is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Friday in Stark County Common Pleas Court.
Boulton is accused of defrauding seven investors in three startup businesses owned and operated by the defendant Radial Engine Innovations, Radia M92 Inc. and Radia R&D LLC.
Charges include 24 counts of unlawful securities practices, including securities fraud and misrepresentation in the sale of securities. He also is charged with telecommunications fraud, theft from a person in a protected class and theft.
By Ed Balint, The Canton Repository
CANTON A mistrial was declared Thursday after jurors couldn t reach a verdict in the case of a woman who contends she fatally shot her husband in self-defense after a confrontation in a vehicle in a church parking lot.
Deliberations began Tuesday morning and totaled about 25 hours before jurors said they were deadlocked over the fate of Classie Hawthorne in Stark County Common Pleas Court.
The 36-year-old Canton woman is charged with voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of Cleveland Hawthorne in May 2018.
The trial began last week and was handled by attorneys with the Ohio Attorney General s Office, who had been appointed special prosecutors.
Terry Cassidy also pleaded guilty to third-degree felony gross sexual imposition in Stark County Common Pleas Court.
The charges stemmed from sexual assaults between 2008 and 2012 when the victim was less than 10 years old, according to court records filed in the case by the Stark County Prosecutor s Office.
Judge Kristin Farmer sentenced Cassidy, who also will be a lifetime sex offender registrant.
The first-degree rape charge carried a potential sentence of three to 11 years in prison.
The victim and her family members did not appear at Friday s plea hearing and sentencing. Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Ashley Brahler said the victim was consulted about the resolution of the case.