Man indicted in August stabbing

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Fitzgerald C. Toussaint, 45, father of a Liberty High School football player by the same name, has been indicted on a misdemeanor assault charge in the stabbing of another man at a football scrimmage at the Liberty field.

A Trumbull County grand jury refused to indict the elder Toussaint on the more serious charges of felonious assault and possession of a deadly weapon in a school zone.

Because Toussaint was indicted on a misdmeanor instead of a felony, the case will return to Girard Muncipal Court, where he could be sentenced to up to six months in jail if convicted.

Police said Toussaint was attending his son’s football scrimmage Aug. 9 when he become involved in an argument with a former girlfriend.

That caused Darnell Harris, 45, of Akron to see what was going on because he was the current boyfriend of the woman. At some point during the argument, both men pulled out knives, and Toussaint stabbed Harris in the chest, police said.

Harris was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center and released later that night.