Former DQ owner back in court today

Staff report

Canfield

Trent Rapp, former owner of the Canfield Dairy Queen, will return to court today on charges of violating the terms of his probation.

Rapp, 44, of Beaver Township, was sentenced on May 30 to five years’ probation on convictions of marijuana trafficking, cocaine possession, corrupting another with drugs, possessing criminal tools, illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and two counts of pandering sexually oriented material.

He also was ordered to have no contact with the victim in the case and to register as Tier 1 sex offender.

Rapp, who formerly owned and operated the Dairy Queen in Canfield, was arrested Friday by the Adult Parole Authority for violating those terms.

Canfield police said the victim’s mother gave them a statement that said Rapp had recently met with her son, a heroin addict, to give him money for drugs.

Police said they sent the mother’s statement to APA, whose officers arrested Rapp on Friday.

He was taken to the Mahoning County jail and will go before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court at 1:30 p.m. today for a probable-cause hearing.

This means that Judge Sweeney will hear evidence to determine if Rapp did, in fact, violate his probation.

Judge Sweeney told Rapp during his sentencing hearing that if he was found violating her terms he could face up to 81/2 years in prison.