City man convicted on kidnapping, burglary charges; faces 40 years in prison

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man faces up to 40 years in prison after his conviction for breaking into a woman’s home and holding her against her will.

A jury of four men and eight women found Daniel Austin, 51, guilty of kidnapping and aggravated burglary this afternoon in the courtroom of Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Both charges also carry repeat violent offender specifications.

The repeat violent offender specifications stem from a murder conviction Austin received in 1980.

Austin, of Forestview Drive, had been charged with felonious assault and attempted aggravated murder, also with repeat violent offender specifications, in addition to the kidnapping and aggravated burglary charges. The jury did not convict Austin on the felonious assault or attempted aggravated murder charges.

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