No prosecutor? Case is dismissed!

YOUNGSTOWN — Citing what he termed a “failure to prosecute,” a judge dismissed robbery, felonious assault and domestic violence charges against a Mahoning County jail inmate and ordered him freed.

The judge also ordered an assistant county prosecutor to appear before him to explain why she shouldn’t be held in contempt of court for failing to show up for the defendant’s jury trial, which was to have begun Tuesday morning.

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court dismissed the charges against Kenneth R. Miller, 27, of Martin Luther King Boulevard, and Miller was released from jail Tuesday.

The judge also ordered Natasha Frenchko, assistant county prosecutor, to appear before him at 8:30 a.m. Thursday to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court for failing to appear at the scheduled start of the trial.

Read more about this case in Wednesday’s Vindicator and on Vindy.com