Sentencing postponed for four men convicted in 2008 Campbell beating

YOUNGSTOWN — Four men found guilty for the beating of an Austintown man in Campbell will have to wait a little longer to learn their punishment.

Charges against the four men stemmed from the beating June 24, 2008, of Seth M. Leach, 33, formerly of Ayrshire Drive, Austintown, in the Campbell home of Lori Perry.

Joseph R. Perry Sr., 62, of Tenney Avenue, Campbell, his son, Joseph Jr., 40, of Peters Drive, Campbell, Mark A. Ziemianski, 26, of Susan Circle, Austintown, and James C. Riley III, 25, of Harold Lane in Campbell, in June all pleaded no contest and were found guilty of various charges by Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

The prosecutor’s office recommended the Perrys spend four years in prison for their part in the beating. Five years’ probation was the recommendation for Ziemianski and Riley.

The men were scheduled to be sentenced today by Judge D’Apolito, but the judge postponed the sentencing because Leach was not available to make a statement in court. Prison records show that Leach has been in the Belmont Correctional Institution on a burglary conviction.

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