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Man faces charge of attempted murder
The assault victim suffered stab wounds to her lips, neck, hands and left arm.
YOUNGSTOWN — Suspects in an attempted murder in Youngstown, a pair of Austintown gas station robberies and an Austintown house arson were indicted by the Mahoning County grand jury.
Charles E. Allen, also known as Charles Eric Hollis, 34, of East Philadelphia Avenue, was charged with attempted murder, three counts of felonious assault, two counts of menacing by stalking and one count of violation of a protection order.
The attempted-murder charge and two of the felonious assault counts pertain to an alleged knife attack on Jessica Jackson, 26, of Bonnie Place, Boardman, on Feb. 10 outside Allen’s home.
The third felonious-assault count pertains to an alleged knife attack on Ronald Pugh, also on Feb. 10.
The charge of violation of a protection order, pertaining to an order Jackson had obtained against Allen, also dates to Feb. 10. The menacing by stalking charges list Jackson as the victim and pertain to events between Jan. 1 and Feb. 3.
Jackson suffered stab wounds to her lips, neck, hands and left arm and lost a tooth in the Feb. 10 attack, after which she drove herself to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment.
As she drove away from Allen’s house, where she’d gone to pick up a friend, thinking Allen wasn’t there, Allen jumped into the bed of Jackson’s pickup truck and rode to the hospital, where he was arrested.
In another matter, the grand jury indicted Frank Munoz, 32, of Salt Springs Road, in Nov. 2 aggravated robberies at the BP Uni-Mart and Certified Oil, both on North Canfield-Niles Road in Austintown.
In another Austintown case, Harry J. Field, also known as Charles E. Field Jr., 57, formerly of 154 N. Turner Road, was indicted on an aggravated-arson charge in a Feb. 13 fire at his former residence.
High winds slowed firefighting efforts, and the Turner Road house was a total loss. Damage to the house was estimated at $110,000 in the 1:30 a.m. blaze. No injuries were reported.
Others indicted were:
UJevon P. Prieto, 26, of East Dewey Avenue, menacing by stalking.
UJerry W. Sharper, 56, of Westchester Drive, heroin possession.
UTina Myers, also known as Tina Davis, 45, of Powers Way, illegal gun possession.
UJames M. DelFratte, 48, of North Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage, Pa., heroin possession.
URon C. Garvey, 59, of West Washington Avenue, Struthers, illegal manufacture of drugs or cultivation of marijuana.
UAngelic N. Romeo, 29, of Compass West, Austintown, three counts of aggravated drug possession.
UJames D. Thomas, 21, of Timberbrook Drive, Canfield, two counts of illegal gun possession.
UJames Lee Mills, 23, of West Woodland Avenue, failure to comply with a police order.
UDorian Gorroden, 19, of Woodcrest Avenue, cocaine possession and carrying concealed weapons.
UMarcellus Wilkins, 22, of Penhale Avenue, Campbell, cocaine possession.
UJimmy Moore, 25, of Ohio Avenue, cocaine possession and improperly handling a gun in a motor vehicle.
UJason Ray, also known as Shawn Thomas, 34, of West Philadelphia Avenue or Lilburne Drive, cocaine possession.
UAllen Tapscott, 21, of Clyde Street, trafficking in counterfeit controlled substances and harassment with a bodily substance.
UJennifer M. Stitzel, 26, of Fifth Street, Campbell, theft.
UCharles M. Anderson, 27, of Mahoning County jail, vandalism and disrupting public services.
The grand jury declined to indict Dennis Alexander, of West Marion Avenue, on an aggravated arson charge, and Bryon Ferguson, of Cassius Avenue, on a charge of pandering sexually oriented material.