Charges dismissed; deputy resigns

By John W. Goodwin Jr.

The agreement was reached at a pretrial hearing Monday.

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 Monday for a pretrial hearing before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court with her attorney, 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.

Police raided Eaddy’s residence at 56 Garfield St. on the city’s South Side in early April. The search warrant for the 21‚Ñ2-story house was issued by Judge Robert Milich of Youngstown Municipal Court.

Among the items police said were seized in the vice-squad raid were two deputy badges and a Forum Health identification in the name of Angela Eaddy, rifles and handguns, a .45-caliber magazine with eight live rounds, an ammunition box containing 44 .45-caliber bullets, and three glass crack-pipes.

The affidavit in support of the search warrant, signed by Officer Chad Zubal, said police were advised by a reliable informant in September 2008 that crack cocaine was being sold at 56 Garfield St.

During surveillance, police said they noticed numerous people go to the house, stay only a short time and leave, a pattern police said is common in illegal narcotics sales.

An informant made controlled buys of crack cocaine for police at that house in September 2008, January 2009 and March 2009, the affidavit said.

jgoodwin@vindy.com