Man cops plea after alleged victim recants her story

YOUNGSTOWN — Charges were amended against a city man accused of attacking his former girlfriend after the woman told prosecutors the incident did not happen exactly as she initially reported.

Clifford Ross, 36, of North Garland Avenue, had been indicted on charges of aggravated burglary, kidnapping, robbery, felonious assault, menacing by stalking and illegal possession of a firearm. The charges could have landed him in prison for nearly four decades.

Most of the charges against Ross, however, were dismissed under a plea agreement with prosecutors after the victim, reportedly, changed her account of what took place between herself and Ross in October 2010.

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