Pa. man charged with assault at Brookfield Subway

Staff report

BROOKFIELD

A Meadville, Pa., man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Eastern District Court here to felonious assault after police accused him of assaulting a man Friday outside the Subway restaurant on Warren Sharon Road.

Jeremy J. Vorous, 39, is in the Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $26,500 bond.

Police charged Vorous of Terrace Street about 7:50 p.m. at the Yankee Lake Truck Night on state Route 7.

Police said Vorous walked into the Subway restaurant while a 51-year-old Masury man was talking to two employees, one of them a woman, joking with one of them about her height and other things.

Vorous told the other male to stop teasing the workers, but the workers said they didn’t mind. Vorous then challenged the male to a fight outside. Vorous followed the other man outside and assaulted him, causing him to hit his head on the pavement, the employees said.

When police arrived, the victim was on the ground behind his vehicle with a lot of blood around his head. The victim was taken to Sharon Regional Health System’s hospital.

Using a description of Vorous’ vehicle, police found Vorous at Truck Night. Vorous admitted he punched the other man.

In addition to the felonious assault, Vorous also had a disorderly-conduct charge from 2013 for which he never appeared. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

A Brookfield police report from May 25, 2013, says Vorous was charged after he twice built a campfire near the Yankee Lake Truck Night site after being advised he was not in an area where campfires were allowed.