Man gets year in jail for beating girlfriend, son

YOUNGSTOWN — James Rammel’s drunken late-night craving for mashed potatoes landed him a year in jail.

Rammel, 31, of North Schneley Avenue, received the sentence today in municipal court from Judge Elizabeth Kobly on two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence for beating his girlfriend and her son because she would not make him mashed potatoes when he came home drunk late May 28.

He also received an additional six months on driving under suspension and hit-skip charges for hitting a vehicle on an Interstate 680 off ramp May 15 then driving away because he did not have a driver’s license.

Judge Kobly said if she could, she would give him even more time.

“You are a menace, Mr. Rammel,” Judge Kobly told him.

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