Cases of 3 are bound over to grand jury

Staff report

AUSTINTOWN

The cases for three men charged with fleeing from and shooting at a township police officer are bound over to the Mahoning County grand jury.

Rogelio Rojas Pena, 23, of Youngstown; Eddie C. Laviena-DeJesus, 20, of Campbell; and Luis J. Parrilla, 31, of Youngstown; were charged in April with complicity to felonious assault on a police officer, after they fled from police and opened fire on Austintown Lt. Tom Collins on April 9.

Pena also is charged with fleeing and eluding and running a red light.

He and Laviena-DeJesus were scheduled for a pre-trial hearing Monday in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown, where their cases were bound over to the grand jury, according to court personnel.

New arraignment dates at Mahoning County Common Pleas Court hadn’t been scheduled as of Tuesday.

Parrilla’s case is set for a pretrial hearing in Austintown court at 11 a.m. next Wednesday.

Also in Austintown court Monday was David Hughes, 55, of Youngstown, who is accused of attempting to strangle a 63-year-old woman April 26 outside Dollar General on South Raccoon Road in the township.

Hughes, charged with felonious assault and aggravated menacing, entered an innocent plea during his arraignment.

He’s scheduled for a pretrial hearing at 5 p.m. May 23.