Bond reduced for man arrested this month on Route 11

LISBON — The family and friends of a 25-year-old man arrested July 4 after a traffic stop on state Route 11 are confident he will be out of jail soon.

Sergiy Matirniy of Pittsburgh had his bond reduced from $50,000 to $5,000 today and must post 10 percent of that, or $500, to get out of jail.

His trial, originally scheduled for today, has been pushed back to Sept. 21 because of motions filed by his attorney Peter Horvath of Lisbon.

Matirniy faces charges of speeding, having drug paraphernalia and obstructing official business. He was pulled over by Ohio State Highway Patrol July 4 for speeding and did not immediately give officers his license.

The highway patrol called the Youngstown bomb squad, drug enforcement agency and FBI because troopers saw technical drawings, cameras, gasoline, a machete and other items in Matirniy’s car. After a two-hour search by authorities, no explosives were found.

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