YOUNGSTOWN Robert L. Weaver III, 36, of South Turner Road in Canfield, pleaded not guilty Tuesday during arraignment to aggravated vehicular assault for an Aug. 13, 2020, head-on crash.
Weaver, a passenger in his sport utility vehicle and the driver of another car were badly injured when Weaver crashed into the other vehicle after crossing over the center concrete divider on U.S. Route 422 in the city, hitting the car coming the other direction, according to a police report.
The crash occurred a short time after a Coitsville Township police officer ended a high-speed chase. The Ohio State Highway Patrol handled the crash investigation because Youngstown police refused to do it.
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Trenton Nored, left, is shown during his plea and sentencing hearing Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court alongside his attorney, Lou DeFabio.
YOUNGSTOWN An assistant county prosecutor told Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that the behavior of a Coitsville Township police officer, when the officer chased a man on a moped Aug. 6, 2020, is a reason for the type of plea agreement the man received this week.
Assistant Prosecutor Nick Brevetta told The Vindicator he would not discuss the specifics of the officer’s behavior, but a letter from Youngstown Police Department internal affairs officer Brian Butler sheds some light on it.
DEAR EDITOR:
With regards to recent published information by Mr. Richard Scarsella, president of the William Holmes McGuffey Society, I would have added some information. We would be quite remiss not to mention the hard work for years by the members of the society, many professors at YSU or the Youngstown school system, under Dorothy I. Morse and Clarence Morse. Also, all the citizens of Coitsville Township and Youngstown to procure the clear mortgage from Mr. and Mrs. Laurie who owned the property of the McGuffey Homesite in Coitsville Township.
I am one of the generations remaining who remembers how hard all these people worked so Mr. Richard Scarsella and the society could turn over the property to Mill Creek MetroParks.
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