City man cops plea in domestic-violence case

YOUNGSTOWN — Phillip Anderson, 20, of Woodcrest Avenue, could spend up to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a domestic-violence episode at his home in 2010.

In December, a Mahoning County grand jury indicted Anderson on charges of domestic violence, kidnapping and abduction.

Anderson, in a plea agreement with prosecutors reached today, pleaded guilty to domestic violence and abduction charges. The kidnapping charge was dismissed.

Anderson will be sentenced March 30 in the courtroom of Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He faces up to five years on the abduction charge and up to 18 months on the domestic-violence charge.

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