YOUNGSTOWN The 7th District Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that dismissed a civil suit filed by a Warren woman over the purchase of a used car.
The ruling means the case goes back to Judge Maureen Sweeney and her magistrate, Dennis Sarisky, for further litigation.
Sweeney ruled Oct. 30, 2019, in favor of the request of Edward Wallace of Youngstown for summary judgment, meaning a decision by a judge without a trial. Wallace was the seller of the car.
Sweeney ruled that Wallace did not violate the Consumer Sales Practice Act because there was insufficient evidence that Wallace met the definition of a “supplier” of goods or that he committed an unfair and / or deceptive and / or unconscionable act or practice.
YOUNGSTOWN A Mahoning County grand jury refused to indict Bryan Kevin Porter Jr., a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, on a weapons charge associated with a traffic crash last month.
Michael Yacovone, the assistant county prosecutor in charge of presenting cases to the grand jury, notified The Vindicator of the outcome Thursday, in an email. He provided two affidavits that were submitted by Porter’s attorneys.
Porter, 20, was charged with a felony charge of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle after he crashed a silver 2020 Mercedes Benz on Interstate 76 at 2 a.m. Nov 15.
Porter was not injured, but troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol found a gun in the car and arrested him on the charge.