COUNTY COURT | Austintown and Canfield

Several people recently appeared before Judge David D'Apolito in Mahoning County Court in Austintown and Judge Scott Hunter in county court in Canfield:
Salvador Velazquez Jr., 26, of South Osborne Avenue, Youngstown, who heard a charge of burglary in Austintown court. No plea was accepted, as the charge is a felony. Velazquez also pleaded innocent to resisting arrest. Police said Velazquez burglarized a Dunbar Avenue home in March and then ran from a police officer. His bond was set at $13,000, and his next hearing is scheduled for Monday.Scott Detloff, 38, of McNaughton Street, Akron, heard charges of tampering with records and possession of criminal tools in Austintown court. No plea was accepted, as the charges are felonies. Judge D'Apolito later bound Detloff's case over to a county grand jury and dismissed charges of receiving stolen property, taking the identity of another and failure to comply. Records do not say why the charges were dismissed. Police said Detloff tried to use a driver's license with another man's name to open a bank account in March. Officers said they searched Detloff and his car and found identification papers in other people's names, as well as blank payroll checks and a printer and scanner. Judge D'Apolito dismissed two counts of grand theft against Jason Yuschak, 22, of Frostwood Drive, Austintown. Yuschak was accused by police of offering on the Internet to sell watches and car parts he did not have. A man from New York and a man from North Carolina told police they had sent Yuschak a total of $7,050 for Rolex watches they never received. D'Apolito dropped the charges after Yushak agreed to give restitution to his victims.Judge Hunter sent the case against Phillip Saadey, 38, of Gibson Road, Canfield, to county drug court. He had pleaded innocent in Canfield court to carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they searched a van driven by Saadey during a traffic stop in December and found a machete and suspected cocaine and marijuana buds, as well as a suspected marijuana pipe.Judge Hunter also sent the case against Joseph Brookhart, 18, of Woodbury Court, Canfield, to a county grand jury. Brookhart had heard a felony charge in Canfield court of carrying a concealed weapons on school grounds. Police said they found a small pocket knife and a lock-blade knife on the shifter of a car he drove to Canfield High School in February.Kevin Kridler, 28, of Brookfield Avenue, Boardman, pleaded no contest in Canfield court to a DUI charge. Police said Kridler had 11 driving suspensions and five outstanding warrants on DUI charges when they pulled him over on suspicion of drunken driving in February. He pleaded no contest to the DUI charge from the February traffic stop. Judge Hunter found him guilty and sentenced him to 180 days in jail, with 150 days suspended and 22 days' credit for time served. He also was ordered to pay $315 in fines and court costs and his license was suspended for 180 days. Judge Hunter dismissed charges of driving under suspension and failure to display a license plate in exchange for Kridler's plea.Judge Hunter sent the case against James E. White II, 30, of Clarkson Road, Rogers, to county drug court. White had pleaded innocent in Canfield court to two counts of drug possession. Police said they found suspected powder cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in White's pocket during a traffic stop in December.The passenger in the car White was driving, Edward Sprouse, 41, of Pine Hollow Road, Lisbon, pleaded no contest in Canfield Court to two counts of drug possession. Police said when they stopped the car, Sprouse had a scale, suspected loose marijuana, two suspected marijuana cigarettes and four blue pills he said were generic Valium. Judge Hunter found him guilty and sentenced him to pay $285 in fines and court costs. A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed in exchange for Sprouse's plea.
Salvador Velazquez Jr., 26, of South Osborne Avenue, Youngstown, who heard a charge of burglary in Austintown court. No plea was accepted, as the charge is a felony. Velazquez also pleaded innocent to resisting arrest. Police said Velazquez burglarized a Dunbar Avenue home in March and then ran from a police officer. His bond was set at $13,000, and his next hearing is scheduled for Monday.Scott Detloff, 38, of McNaughton Street, Akron, heard charges of tampering with records and possession of criminal tools in Austintown court. No plea was accepted, as the charges are felonies. Judge D'Apolito later bound Detloff's case over to a county grand jury and dismissed charges of receiving stolen property, taking the identity of another and failure to comply. Records do not say why the charges were dismissed. Police said Detloff tried to use a driver's license with another man's name to open a bank account in March. Officers said they searched Detloff and his car and found identification papers in other people's names, as well as blank payroll checks and a printer and scanner. Judge D'Apolito dismissed two counts of grand theft against Jason Yuschak, 22, of Frostwood Drive, Austintown. Yuschak was accused by police of offering on the Internet to sell watches and car parts he did not have. A man from New York and a man from North Carolina told police they had sent Yuschak a total of $7,050 for Rolex watches they never received. D'Apolito dropped the charges after Yushak agreed to give restitution to his victims.Judge Hunter sent the case against Phillip Saadey, 38, of Gibson Road, Canfield, to county drug court. He had pleaded innocent in Canfield court to carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they searched a van driven by Saadey during a traffic stop in December and found a machete and suspected cocaine and marijuana buds, as well as a suspected marijuana pipe.Judge Hunter also sent the case against Joseph Brookhart, 18, of Woodbury Court, Canfield, to a county grand jury. Brookhart had heard a felony charge in Canfield court of carrying a concealed weapons on school grounds. Police said they found a small pocket knife and a lock-blade knife on the shifter of a car he drove to Canfield High School in February.Kevin Kridler, 28, of Brookfield Avenue, Boardman, pleaded no contest in Canfield court to a DUI charge. Police said Kridler had 11 driving suspensions and five outstanding warrants on DUI charges when they pulled him over on suspicion of drunken driving in February. He pleaded no contest to the DUI charge from the February traffic stop. Judge Hunter found him guilty and sentenced him to 180 days in jail, with 150 days suspended and 22 days' credit for time served. He also was ordered to pay $315 in fines and court costs and his license was suspended for 180 days. Judge Hunter dismissed charges of driving under suspension and failure to display a license plate in exchange for Kridler's plea.Judge Hunter sent the case against James E. White II, 30, of Clarkson Road, Rogers, to county drug court. White had pleaded innocent in Canfield court to two counts of drug possession. Police said they found suspected powder cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in White's pocket during a traffic stop in December.The passenger in the car White was driving, Edward Sprouse, 41, of Pine Hollow Road, Lisbon, pleaded no contest in Canfield Court to two counts of drug possession. Police said when they stopped the car, Sprouse had a scale, suspected loose marijuana, two suspected marijuana cigarettes and four blue pills he said were generic Valium. Judge Hunter found him guilty and sentenced him to pay $285 in fines and court costs. A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed in exchange for Sprouse's plea.