North Jackson man freed from jail after guilty plea on assault charge

YOUNGSTOWN — A North Jackson man once stood accused of five counts of rape, but he is a free man today after pleading guilty to felonious assault.

Earl Johns Jr., 40, of Thomas Drive, appeared today before Judge Lou D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing on one count of felonious assault.

He was sentenced to three years in prison, but the judge gave him credit for the nearly four years he had already spent in jail.

Johns will be on probation the next three years.

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