Judge orders report in case against former DQ owner

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Trent Rapp

Staff report

Youngstown

Judge Maureen A. Sweeney ordered the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to provide a detailed report of any forensic evidence against Trent Rapp.

Rapp, former Canfield Dairy Queen owner, was indicted in July 2009 on 16 charges after a six-month investigation by Canfield and Beaver police and the FBI.

He 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.

Judge Sweeney’s order was filed Monday after a pretrial hearing that morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

It states that by Oct. 5, BCI must complete all forensic computer tests and evaluations and “provide a detailed report to this court explaining all of the methods, findings and conclusions related to said evaluation.”