Man accused of assaulting pregnant girlfriend in front of officer indicted

Staff report

WARREN

Marques J. Shannon, 31, of Martin Street Southwest is indicted on one count of felonious assault and three of felony domestic violence, accused of hitting his pregnant girlfriend as she sat on a couch screaming and holding their infant son.

A Warren police officer, through a screen door Oct. 13 at their home, witnessed Shannon hitting the woman twice in the face, according to a police report. After the second strike, Shannon purportedly yelled at the woman: “Pop goes the weasel, [expletive].”

The officer entered the apartment with his stun gun drawn and immobilized Shannon after Shannon at first moved toward the officer with his fists clenched by his side, police said. Shannon was also indicted on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

Shannon could get about 20 years in prison if convicted.

The woman, 28, said Shannon had been hitting her in the head, face and back with a metal broom handle before the officer got there.

She had two large swollen areas on the top of her head, a laceration on her cheek, bruising on her face and red marks on her back.

Shannon’s indictment says he was convicted of domestic violence twice in the past decade.

A Trumbull County grand jury also indicted Vincent E. Heflin, 42, of Blakely Circle Southwest on 25 child-pornography charges that could result in a prison sentence of 200 years if he’s convicted.

A relative told police after seeing some of the images on Heflin’s phone, police said. Heflin committed the offenses on various dates throughout 2015, according to his indictment.

Authorities say they charged Heflin on 25 offenses, but the phone contained 800 or more illegal images, some depicting children as young as toddlers.