Detective: Outlines perjury counts pending against David Venerose Jr.

YOUNGSTOWN — A detective accused David J. Venerose Jr. of not being truthful on the witness stand about funeral arrangements for 89-year-old Geraldine Burke, improvements he said were made to her home, and purchases of Hollywood memorabilia he made with her money.

A Mahoning County grand jury indicted Venerose, 40, of Sheridan Road, on Thursday one count of passing $8,600 worth of bad rent checks for a Boardman bar he used to operate and three counts of perjury.

Detective Ben Switka of the Boardman Police Department investigated the case for the bad-check charge, and Detective David Benigas of the county sheriff’s department investigated the perjury allegations. The case is being prosecuted by Nicholas Modarelli, an assistant county prosecutor.

Venerose could not be reached for comment today.

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