Judge adds 18 months to Saadey's prison time

Judge adds 18 monthsto Saadey's prison time
YOUNGSTOWN -- Russell J. Saadey, already serving 55 months in federal prison for case-fixing in Mahoning County, had 18 months added to his time Thursday by U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus.
Saadey, 47, pleaded guilty Sept. 20 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The gun charge followed a fight April 21 between Saadey and his wife Joy at their Austintown home during which Saadey grabbed a .38-caliber revolver and had to be restrained by other family members.
A domestic violence charge was dismissed after his wife told a county judge she would not testify. The gun episode came two days after his 55-month sentence.
Facing rape charge
NILES -- A North Arlington Avenue man was to appear in municipal court today on a charge of raping an 8-year-old girl.
Glenn Warner, 40, was arrested Thursday by police after the girl told her mother Warner performed sex acts on her around 9 p.m. Wednesday in the basement of Warner's home.
Reports indicate the girl told her mother a similar incident took place about two years ago.
District's finances
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield School District officials have discussed with state representatives the district's financial future.
Superintendent Rocco D. Adduci said Thursday's discussions centered on how the district can get catastrophic grants in the face of a fiscal crisis after RMI Titanium Co. reduced its tax revenue causing a $621,000 deficit this year and a $1.2 million deficit next year.
Adduci said school officials will review the situation at a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the high school.
2 charged in break-in
CHAMPION -- Police arrested two men suspected of breaking into R.D. Banks Chevrolet, 5729 Mahoning Avenue.
Chief Dennis Steinbeck said police received a call around 11 p.m. Thursday complaining of noise coming from the dealership parking lot.
When officers arrived they found a gate open and saw tires on the ground. They found two men hiding in a van.
Thomas E. Szudurek, 26, of Ridge Road, Newton Falls, and Andrew Holland, 18, of Hollywood Northeast, are charged with breaking and entering, theft and possession of criminal tools.
Trick-or-treat request
NILES -- Police are asking adults to accompany children during the community's trick-or-treat rounds from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Extra patrols will be used in designated areas of the city.
Man faints in court
YOUNGSTOWN -- When a Mahoning County Common Pleas judge threatened to throw him behind bars, Larry Davis took a fall.
Emergency medical workers were called to Judge R. Scott Krichbaum's court Thursday morning after the 43-year-old Hanoverton man fainted, court personnel said.
Davis was found guilty in August of marijuana possession and trafficking in Goshen Township. He was to be sentenced Thursday, with the state recommending probation.
Sentenced to prison
YOUNGSTOWN -- An Austintown construction worker was sentenced Thursday by Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Jack Durkin to a year in prison for his part in operating a Mahoning Valley cocaine network.
Mark DiGiacomo, 39, of New Road, pleaded guilty in August to one count of cocaine trafficking.
DiGiacomo was one of seven men indicted last year for operating what authorities said was a major drug network over the past decade, mostly on Youngstown's West Side and in the suburbs.
Assistant Prosecutor Terry Grenga said she will not object to his being released on shock probation after serving at least 30 days.
Judge Durkin ordered that DiGiacomo begin the sentence Jan. 3 after the defendant and his attorney Mark S. Colucci asked that he be given time to finish construction jobs. The judge also gave DiGiacomo a Jan. 3 deadline to repay the cost of his prosecution and the cost of a court-appointed attorney who represented him until Colucci stepped in Thursday.