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Court process begins for 4 prominent cases
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Shawn Edward Davis
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Shannon McBride
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Trent Rapp
By Elise Franco
YOUNGSTOWN
Several high-profile cases have begun to make their way through the county court system.
Seven individuals and three corporations, related to four cases, were arraigned Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Shannon McBride, 22, and Shawn E. Davis, 25, both of Austintown, each entered innocent pleas to a charge of aggravated murder with a death-penalty specification.
The two were indicted April 14 in the April 6 death of McBride’s 23-month-old daughter, Makenzie McBride.
Additionally, Davis is charged with domestic violence, and McBride is charged with permitting child abuse and obstructing justice. They are in the Mahoning County jail and are scheduled for trial at 10 a.m. May 17 in front of Judge Maureen A. Sweeney.
Dr. Waleed Mansour, 42, of Boardman, entered innocent pleas to all of the 84 felony counts of trafficking in drugs and aggravated trafficking in drugs and two counts of felony tampering with evidence.
Dr. Mansour was indicted April 14. He was released under his own recognizance and asked to turn over his passport but told the magistrate his passport wasn’t valid.
Dr. Mansour will appear for trial at 10 a.m. May 17 in front of Judge James C. Evans.
Trent Rapp, 42, of Beaver Township, pleaded innocent to a felony charge of furnishing false identification.
Rapp owned the Dairy Queen on South Broad Street in Canfield when he was arrested on 16 other charges in July 2009. He was indicted April 8 on the new charge and is scheduled for trial at 10 a.m. May 24 in front of Judge Sweeney.
He also is set for trial June 1 in Judge Sweeney’s court on the 16-count indictment alleging one count of marijuana trafficking, one count of cocaine possession, one count of corruption of a minor with drugs, one count of possession of criminal tools, eight counts of child pornography and four counts of pandering sexually oriented material.
Curtis Jones, 34, of Cortland; Wayne Penny, 29, of Youngstown; and Peter Sciullo, 23, of Niles, entered innocent pleas on charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, money laundering, perjury and two counts each of promoting prostitution.
The charges stem from video evidence taken from computers confiscated by Austintown police during a raid at the Go Go Cabaret in May 2009.
Derrick Dozier, 27, of Struthers, also indicted on the above listed charges, is in the Trumbull County jail on an unrelated offense.
Go Go owner Sebastian Rucci was arraigned April 16 on the same charges. Robert Neill, former cabaret manager and the former sole shareholder, was arraigned April 19 on one count of promoting prostitution.
All six men are scheduled for trial at 10 a.m. June 7 before Judge Sweeney.
Rucci also appeared Tuesday on behalf of the Go Go Girls Cabaret Inc.; 5455 Clarkins Drive Inc.; and Triple-G Investments Inc., all of 5455 Clarkins Drive, Austintown. The corporations are charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity with a forfeiture specification.