City woman gets jail time, probation for obstruction, DUS

YOUNGSTOWN — A 35-year-old city woman convicted earlier this year of obstructing official business and driving under suspension after a 2011 altercation with police has been to sentenced to one month in jail and two years' probation, but she will not be headed to Mahoning County jail right away.

Doretha Weston of Miller Street appeared today for sentencing before Judge Robert P. Milich of Youngstown Municipal Court. Weston is the second woman sentenced in the altercation with Youngstown police officers Kevin Mercer and Patrick Mulligan.

Weston, after her sentencing hearing, asked the judge to stay her sentence until she has had time to appeal her case. The judge granted the motion.

Weston’s co-defendant 45-year-old Desiree Johnson of West Princeton Avenue, was sentenced to 330 days in jail, followed by three years’ probation and fined $650 for obstructing official business, resisting arrest and assault on the officers.

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