Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Youngstown
Judge Maureen Sweeney will rule in the next two weeks on whether evidence gathered on a search warrant will be suppressed in a case against a former Canfield businessman.
Judge Sweeney heard testimony Tuesday from Canfield Detective Brian McGivern and Beaver Township Detective Eric Dattilo during an evidence suppression hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
A motion to suppress was filed by Atty. Sam Amendolara, who represents Trent Rapp, former owner of Dairy Queen in Canfield, 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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