Charges are dismissed, but deputy has to go

YOUNGSTOWN — Felony charges against a Mahoning County deputy sheriff have been dismissed, but she will no longer serve as a deputy with the sheriff’s department.

Deputy Angela Eaddy, 53, a nine-year employee of the county, had been charged with a fifth-degree felony charge of permitting drug abuse. She had been indicted by the county grand jury April 9.

The indictment alleged Eaddy permitted drug abuse at her residence at 56 Garfield St.

Eaddy appeared for a pretrial hearing before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Monday afternoon with Atty. J. Gerald Ingram. Court documents show an agreement between Robert Bush, an assistant prosecutor, and Eaddy whereby she is to resign from the sheriff’s department and charges against her are dismissed.

“Defendant will resign her position at the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department, and waives her right to reinstatement under Article 53 of the collective bargaining agreement,” the document says. “Defendant will receive all appropriate accumulated time, annual leave, and sick time that may be due under the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. The state will move to dismiss the indictment ... ”

Eaddy had been on paid administrative leave since early April.

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