Mahoning deputy can no longer be a police officer

A Mahoning County sheriff’s deputy who served as a corrections officer and part-time Braceville Township police officer has pleaded guilty to two felonies and won’t be able to serve as a police officer again.

Ryan M. Freeman, 31, of Front Street Southwest, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to two counts of unauthorized use of a computer system, fifth-degree felonies, and will be sentenced later.

A jury was selected on Monday in his trial, and testimony was about to begin Tuesday morning, when Freeman chose instead to plead guilty to reduced charges.

He was indicted on two additional counts of obstructing justice and two additional counts of disclosure of confidential information and faced more than 12 years in prison.

After the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department conducts a presentence investigation, Freeman could receive up to two years in prison.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com