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Warren man charged in prostitution case to be locked out of house till Dec. 4
By Ed Runyan
WARREN
Agreement keeps alleged prostitution house boarded up for now
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Officials discuss the civil case Warren officials filed against Daniel J. Blasco seeking to have Blasco's house boarded up for a year as a nuisance.
Daniel J. Blasco, who is charged with promoting prostitution out of his house on Kenilworth Avenue Southeast, will remain locked out of that house until at least Dec. 4.
At a civil hearing Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, Blasco, 62, learned his attorney and representatives from the Warren Law Department had agreed to push back a hearing that was supposed to happen Tuesday to 9 a.m. Dec. 4.
The hearing is part of a civil complaint Warren Law Director Greg Hicks filed against Blasco seeking to have his house boarded up for a year as a nuisance.
The hearing will be before Judge Andrew Logan.
The house was boarded up Sept. 18 after Warren police executed a search warrant there looking for evidence of prostitution and other crimes women alleged were taking place there.
One Warren woman, 28, told police Jan. 25 that Blasco was holding her against her will and forcing her into prostitution. She said Blasco would take her to drug houses to buy heroin. Investigators said they also were searching for evidence of drug trafficking and human trafficking.
A judge in Warren Municipal Court ordered Blasco to stay away from the woman when Blasco pleaded not guilty to promoting prostitution last month.
A woman was in the hallway of the courthouse with a Warren police detective Tuesday while attorneys spoke with Judge Logan in chambers. It appeared she was prepared to testify if the hearing would have taken place.
Blasco’s felony promoting-prostitution charge was bound over to a county grand jury last month.
Hicks said part of the agreement to delay the hearing on boarding up Blasco’s house for a year was that Blasco was going to be allowed to go inside the house to retrieve personal items such as clothing and toiletries.
Carlo Ciccone, attorney for Blasco, said he thinks waiting until Dec. 4 will provide him and Blasco a better opportunity to prepare for the hearing and give Blasco a better chance of getting Blasco back in his home.
Blasco is living out of his car, Ciccone said.
He was detained on $100,000 bond in the county jail for a couple weeks after his arrest, but he was released Oct. 2.