Magistrate’s decision apparently will keep senior from attending Warren JFK

Staff report

WARREN

A temporary protection order approved Thursday means a John F. Kennedy High School senior will be prohibited from attending the school until a hearing on a permanent protection order at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 3.

A Girard man filed a request this week on behalf of his daughter, also a Kennedy student, saying she should be protected from Dominic Alberini because of a 2014 incident in which Alberini and another boy videotaped her changing into a swimsuit at a pool party.

Alberini was one of two JFK students sentenced to seven days of detention in the Trumbull County Juvenile Justice Center in August 2015 after pleading “true” to a felony voyeurism charge related to the incident.

The temporary order is called ex parte, meaning only one side of the dispute presented information to a magistrate.

In this case, the girl’s family presented information, and Magistrate Patrick McCarthy of common pleas court approved the protection order and that it would to be in effect until the next hearing.

At the Oct. 3 hearing, both sides can testify.

The order requires Alberini to stay away from locations where the girl would typically go, including school.

Alberini and his family were also in the county courthouse Thursday for an injunction hearing related to his attendance at Kennedy.

Judge W. Wyatt McKay earlier approved a temporary restraining order in that matter that allowed Alberini to attend Kennedy at least until an injunction hearing.

Because of the pending protection order, however, the hearing in Judge McKay’s court is being rescheduled for after the protection order hearing.

The Alberinis sought the TRO and injunction on the grounds the school breached a contract by accepting his tuition deposit and tuition payment, then in June notifying him the school had denied him admission.

Alberini’s attorney, Jeff Goodman, did not return a phone call Thursday seeking comment.