Police searching for Lexter Williams after he escapes house arrest

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man given a three-week reprieve before he was to be sentenced on charges related to a home invasion and the sexual assault of a woman has vanished and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Lexter Williams, 29, of Kendis Circle, pleaded guilty to four counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated burglary, and one count of gross sexual imposition with gun specifications, and being a felon in illegal possession of with a gun.

Mahoning County prosecutors and Atty. Thomas Zena, representing Williams, agreed to 10-year concurrent sentences on all the charges as well as a three-year term for the gun charge, meaning Williams would spend 13 years behind bars.

Williams was due to be sentenced Monday by Judge Maureen Sweeney of common pleas court.

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