Part-time Canfield firefighter gets probation on child-endangering charge

CANFIELD — A part-time firefighter with the Cardinal Joint Fire District agreed to a plea deal for allowing his 2-year-old son to wander off into traffic with his pants down to his ankles last month.

Neil P. Cornelius, 36, of Tippecanoe Road in the township, appeared today for his hearing in Mahoning County Area Court in the city and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of child endangering.

Judge Scott D. Hunter fined him $500, suspended a 180-day jail sentence, and placed him on two years’ probation.

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