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Philly police arrest man wanted in Mahoning County
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Lexter C. Williams
YOUNGSTOWN
He sexually assaulted a woman, terrorized a couple, was given reprieve before serving his prison sentence then fled from justice here, but today Lexter Williams in back in police custody.
Representatives of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court confirmed that Williams, 30, of Kendis Circle, has been arrested in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia police say Williams is jailed there with bond set at $100,000 awaiting extradition.
Court representatives here said Williams will have a hearing to see if he will waive his right to fight extradition to Mahoning County.
If he challenges extradition, a warrant will be necessary to bring him back.
According to Philadelphia police, Williams’ court hearing ips scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 8 in Philadelphia.
They said he would have to post at least $10,000 to get out of jail and still would be expected to appear for his court hearing.
Williams has been on the run from law enforcement here since November after failing to show up for his sentencing hearing.
He had pleaded guilty to four counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated burglary, one count of gross sexual imposition with gun specifications and being a felon in illegal possession of a weapon.
Under the terms of Williams’ plea agreement, a rape charge was amended to gross sexual imposition.
Mahoning County prosecutors and Atty. Thomas E. 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 had been in the county jail since his arrest in January 2009, but, as stipulated in his plea agreement, a judge gave him three weeks at home on electronically monitored house arrest before he was to begin his prison sentence.
Williams failed to report daily to the Community Corrections Association on Market Street as ordered, and he could not be located by the electronic-monitoring device that was attached to his body, meaning the plea deal is void, and he could receive 86 years in prison.
The grand jury in December handed up an indictment for escape against Williams, which means an additional eight years could be added to the 86 years he already is facing.