Man found guilty of possessing chemicals to make bombs

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County jury has found a former Ferndale Avenue resident guilty of a single count of illegal possession of explosive-making chemicals.

After deliberating slightly more than one hour today at the end of a 21⁄2-day trial, a seven-woman, five-man jury presented its verdict against Randall Telshaw to Judge M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, who will sentence Telshaw at 10 a.m. March 4.

Telshaw, 57, who now lives with relatives in Canfield, remains free on bond pending sentencing. He faces probation or a prison sentence of six to 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000 on the fourth-degree felony charge.

When a friend of Telshaw called police on June 29, 2006, to check on Telshaw’s Ferndale residence after finding the door open, police spotted materials they considered suspicious and summoned the bomb squad.

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