Four plead innocent to Lorstown break-ins

WARREN — Three Warren area men and a woman have pleaded innocent to a variety of charges relating to five break-ins in Lordstown between Aug. 5 and Sept. 7.

The four were arrested today and arraigned later in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on the felony charges. A county grand jury secretly had returned an indictment against them.

Charged were Christopher M. Wilcher, 30, of Pershing Avenue Southwest, Warren, and his girlfriend, Shannon Wallace, 36, of the same address; Brett L. Hemberger, 27, of Eagle Creek Road, Warren Township; and David Nichols, 28, of King’s Drive, Newton Township.

Detective Chris Bordonaro of the Lordstown Police Department said the crimes involved guns and tools, especially tools used for working on cars. The items were taken from three homes and two unattached garages in the southwest part of the village and one in the northern part.

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