Prosecutor, task force seek restitution in MetroPlex standoff

WARREN — The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office is attempting to force a 38-year-old Austintown man, who held police at bay for nine hours at the Holiday Inn Metroplex in Liberty, to pay $12,334 in restitution for the cost of police officers and damage to the hotel.

At a hearing Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, Lt. Robin Lees, commander of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force, said he estimated the cost for the 36 deputies and police officers who responded to the July 18 episode to be $5,727.

The task force was called out by Liberty Police the day of the standoff with Bobby J. Mock.

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