Lowellville woman pleads guilty to arson charges

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman charged with setting fire to large trash receptacles in the Boardman apartment complex where she once lived has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count and one felony count of arson.

Sandra Williamson, 57, now of Lowellville, appeared today before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for pre-trial. She had been scheduled for a jury trial Monday.

Williamson, under the direction of her attorney Michael Gollings, decided to enter into an agreement with prosecutors wherein she would plead guilty to the arson charges. Judge Krichbaum will sentence her May 10.

Williamson could be sentenced to as much as 18 months in prison and fined as much as $6,000.

J. Michael Thompson, an assistant county prosecutor, said the state is recommending Williamson receive five years’ probation and an order to stay away from the victims and property in question.

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