Credit card theft cases go to a grand jury

CANFIELD — Cases against five people arrested for involvement in a credit card and identity theft ring in Canfield have been bound over to a Mahoning County grand jury.

Danielle Lancia, 29, and Lamar Phenizy, 22, both of Neff Drive; Christine Alkire, 49, of Callahan Road; Teddy Szalla, 22, of Pittsburgh; and Melissa Zingarelli, 36, whose last known address is in Florida; had been scheduled to appear Friday in front of Judge Scott Hunter of Mahoning County Area Court in Canfield. Prosecutor Nick Modarelli said the cases have been removed from the court and now rest with a grand jury.

“We took them directly to the grand jury,” he said. “All the Canfield cases were dismissed.”

Modarelli said sending the cases to Mahoning County Common Pleas court will move along the speedy trial process.

All five are scheduled for arraignment in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in Youngstown on Aug. 25.

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