Veterans court to open today

Veterans court to open today

YOUNGSTOWN

A celebration of the opening of Mahoning County Common Pleas Veterans Court will be at 2 p.m. today in the courtroom of Judge Shirley J. Christian, who will preside over that court.

The program will recognize the court’s certification by the Ohio Supreme Court and acceptance of its first veteran participant.

Participating veterans charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes can have their charges dismissed if they complete a treatment program.

Krichbaum denies man’s request for early release

YOUNGSTOWN

A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge has denied a request for early release from prison from a man he sent there for six years in 2012 for reckless homicide with a firearm specification.

Without explanation, Judge R. Scott Krichbaum denied the request from Gregory Carlini, 42, of Bancroft Avenue, who pleaded guilty to that charge in the death of a 33-year-old woman.

Defense lawyer J. Gerald Ingram said Carlini is remorseful and has been successfully rehabilitated and that the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting was accidental and “occurred during a sex game gone awry.”

Man pleads guilty to child-porn charges

WARREN

Richard J. Beish, 44, of North Park Extension in Bristolville, was sentenced Monday to six months in the Trumbull County Jail followed by five years’ probation after pleading guilty to 10 charges accusing him of disseminating child pornography from a computer.

The offenses date back to 2011, according to his indictment. He received his sentence from Judge Peter Kontos of common pleas court.

Beish pleaded guilty earlier to eight counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor and two counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance. He was charged after an online investigation by Champion police and the FBI.

As part of his sentence, Beish is ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors, must register as a sex offender, and is banned from using the internet. He also will be subject to random warrantless searches by the county adult probation department.

Books for students

WARREN

St. Joseph Warren Hospital will be delivering about 250 books to fourth-grade students at Jefferson PK-8 School, 1543 Tod Ave. SW, at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday.

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