Charged in homicide

Charged in homicide

YOUNGSTOWN

A man who was arrested in the city Monday in connection with a murder in Columbus was officially charged with murder Wednesday by police there.

Danyell Florida, 37, also faces a charge of abuse of a corpse. He is in the Mahoning County jail along with Kalene Bartlett, 22, who also faces a charge of abuse of corpse. They are expected to return to Columbus shortly.

The two were arrested U.S. marshals after the body of a man was found in a home the two lived in on South Champion Avenue in Columbus. Reports said the man had been deceased for a period of time and his death was ruled a homicide.

Sentencing planned

YOUNGSTOWN

Sentencing will be today for a Canton Street man found guilty of several charges Wednesday by a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court jury.

Jurors found Terrence Parker, 31, guilty of two counts of two counts of robbery, intimidation of a witness, menacing by stalking with a specification that Parker had committed acts of violence and disrupting public service.

Jurors did find Parker innocent of two counts of felonious assault, aggravated robbery and intimidation of a victim of a crime, after a brief trial before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.

Police say he threatened the victims with a knife, slashed the tires of one victim’s car, then stole two phones and cash from the victims during an incident May 4 at a Cook Avenue residence in Boardman.

Cultivation charge

BOARDMAN

A man faces a felony charge after being accused of growing marijuana in a vacant house on Mill Creek Boulevard.

Damond Brown, 22, is charged with cultivation of marijuana, a third-degree felony. He is scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here today.

The charge stems from an incident Tuesday night in which police were called to the 6592 Mill Creek Blvd. property in reference to a break-in.

Officers reportedly found suspected marijuana buds attached to hangers in several closets, a pool table covered in suspected marijuana debris and a suspected potted marijuana plant from which several stems had been cut.

The suspected drugs found weighed 1,134 grams, or slightly more than 39 ounces, according to a police report.

Other people were at the scene, according to the report, but Brown was the only one arrested. One person was charged with possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

Autumn festival

NORTH LIMA

Beaver Township hosts an autumn festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the nature preserve on state Route 165, just west of New Buffalo Road. The free event will include hayrides, entertainment from It Goes Like This band, a petting zoo and pony rides.

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