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Dellick back in jail on probation violation
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Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
John Dellick, 21, of Canfield, son of Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick, is back in jail.
He surrendered Friday to the Adult Parole Authority at its offices on West Federal Street and was booked into the county jail.
He is scheduled for a probable-cause hearing Monday in common pleas court on allegations he violated the terms of his probation stemming from his guilty plea last year on a count of aggravated assault in a 2014 case.
Parole agents would not comment on the circumstances of Dellick’s arrest; however, a redacted Boardman police report from Jan. 3 omits his name but lists Dellick’s case number when detailing that an officer was called to the Red Roof Inn on Tiffany Boulevard South because a guest left a handgun there.
According to the police report, a worker cleaning a room about 12:45 p.m. Jan. 3 found a loaded .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun. She handed it to management who, in turn, called police.
Reports said Dellick was the last person who used the room, renting it Jan. 2, and a witness in the report told the officer that Dellick checked out at 12 p.m. Jan. 3.
Under the terms of Dellick’s probation for the case, he would not be allowed to own a gun or be around a firearm.
Judge Dellick did not return a message at her office seeking comment, but her husband, John T. Dellick, sent an email stating: “We ask that you respect our privacy as we address emotional family issues. We also request you pray for our child, as we would do for yours.”
John Dellick pleaded guilty Dec. 8, 2014, to a charge of aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, for an October 2013 road-rage incident in Canfield; and a misdemeanor charge of assault for a July 2013 incident in Canfield involving a friend at a Canfield plaza. A grand jury indicted him on the charges early in 2014.
Visiting Judge Michael Nunner sentenced him to 18 months’ probation in February 2015. The sentence was agreed upon by both defense counsel and prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office, who handled the case.
In addition to probation, he also was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and given 30- and 25-day jail sentences, respectively, that were suspended with the understanding they could be imposed if he does not follow the terms of his probation.
Seven other counts were dismissed as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
In the October 2013 road-rage incident in Canfield, Dellick is accused of ramming a man’s car, throwing a bottle at the man and his wife and yelling racial slurs at them.
In the July 2013 incident, Dellick is accused of picking up his friend, carrying her to his Jeep and throwing her head-first into the vehicle at a Canfield plaza where they had agreed to meet.
The plea agreement covered both cases.
In the probable-cause hearing, a probation officer will tell the judge the nature of the offense. Dellick can either stipulate or admit to the offense, in which a sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date, or he can contest the violation, in which case a hearing will take place at a later date to determine if Dellick violated the terms of his probation.