Guilty in drug case

Guilty in drug case

PITTSBURGH

A 35-year-old Ellwood City, Pa., man could go to federal prison for five to 40 years and be fined up to $5 million after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to make and distribute methamphetamine, the U.S. attorney said.

Brian V. Sercel entered his plea before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Lancaster, who will sentence him April 13, 2012.

Between May 2010 and March 11, 2011, Sercel conspired with others to make and distribute the drug, the U.S. attorney said this week.

The case was investigated by Ellwood City police, the Lawrence County Drug Task Force and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Bridge inspections

EAST LIVERPOOL

Ohio Department of Transportation announced bridges on U.S. Route 30 and state Route 39 in East Liverpool will be inspected during the day Wednesday and next Thursday. Both east- and westbound lanes will be affected. Traffic will be restricted but maintained.

Remembrance event

Campbell

Wasko Funeral Home will have its fourth annual Remembrance Service at 3 p.m. Saturday. The event is for families that have lost a loved one in the past year.

The service will include a candlelight prayer, Scripture readings, music, reflections and each family’s receiving a Christmas ornament.

After the service, refreshments will be served.

For more information, call Jackie or Denise at 330-747-5257, or email office@waskofamily.com.

Fighting clemency

WARREN

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins says the three living siblings of Raymond Montgomery are among those who deserve to see Charles Lorraine die for killing Raymond and his wife, Doris, in May 1986.

Watkins and others will argue against clemency for Lorraine, 45, of Warren, at a clemency hearing Tuesday before the Ohio Parole Board.

Lorraine reportedly did odd jobs for Doris, 80, and Raymond, 77, at their Haymaker Northwest home. Court records say Lorraine stabbed Doris nine times and Raymond six times and robbed them. Lorraine is scheduled to die by lethal injection Jan. 18.

Sentenced for theft

WARREN

Rickey D. Roupe Jr., 29, of Jefferson Street Southwest has been sentenced to 21/2 years in prison for stealing a television set from a home where a double murder took place in October.

Roupe pleaded guilty this week in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to burglary and was sentenced to 11/2 years in prison. He received an additional one year in prison for a probation violation.

Police said Roupe took a television set from the home of Philip J. Mann Sr., 59, and his wife, Frances Mann, 53, the day after the couple’s bodies were found in their Jefferson Street home.

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