Another indictment in ticket-fixing

WARREN — A Warren man was arraigned on a charge of attempted bribery Thursday, accused of promising or giving $350 to have a Warren traffic ticket fixed. Eric Fisher, 32, of 902 Francis Ave. S.E., pleaded innocent to the fifth-degree felony before Judge John M. Stuard of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Fisher later posted $5,000 bond. If convicted, Fisher could be sentenced to as much as six to 12 months in prison and a $2,500 fine.

Chuck Morrow, an assistant county prosecutor, would not say whether the case is connected to the indictment Wednesday of Dewey Gray, a former Warren Police detective. Gray’s indictment accuses the ex-officer of fixing a traffic ticket that same day — Feb. 19, 2003.

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