Judge: Evidence admissable in case against former DQ owner

Youngstown

A motion to suppress two search warrants used to obtain evidence against Trent Rapp, former Canfield Dairy Queen owner, was denied.

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Trent Rapp

Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court filed a judgement entry Thursday.

A motion to suppress was filed by Atty. Sam Amendolara, who represents Rapp, indicted in July 2009 on 16 charges after a six-month investigation by Canfield and Beaver police and the FBI.

Rapp faces single counts of marijuana trafficking, cocaine possession, corruption of a minor with drugs and possession of criminal tools; eight counts of child pornography; and four counts of pandering sexually oriented material.

Amendolara argued that the affidavit presented to obtain the search warrant in January 2009 was unsubstantiated, making evidence gathered from the search inadmissible in court.

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