Trumbull County man goes back to prison for probation violation

WARREN — A 48-year-old former Warren man has been sent to prison for three years for violating the conditions of his probation by using drugs.

Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court sentenced Charles H. Smith Jr., formerly of South Leavitt Road.

Judge Kontos had sentenced Smith to 11 months in the Trumbull County Jail in October 2007 for killing his brother, Carl, 28, at his family’s Kinsman Street Northwest home in April 2007.

The judge also ordered Smith to serve five years’ probation after serving his jail time. Terms of the probation required him to stay away from illegal drugs.

Greg Carroll, probation officer with the Trumbull County Department of Adult Probation, said Smith tested positive for cocaine on Jan. 8 and admitted on Feb. 2 to having used crack cocaine on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2. He also failed to complete a drug and alcohol treatment program, Carroll said.

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