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C. WARREN COUNTY - DISTRICT JUDGE RAYMOND ZYDONIK Suspended license. Christopher E. Battko, 58, Pittsfield, was charged by City of Warren police on June 20 with driving on a DUI-related suspended license and a traffic offense from an incident that occurred on June 11 in the City of Warren. Assault. Charlie J. Campbell, 45, Sheffield, was charged by Warren-based Pennsylvania State Police on June 21 with simple assault, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, possession of firearm prohibited and harassment from an incident that occurred on June 21 in Sheffield ...

Sentences handed down in county court

The following sentences were handed down by President Judge Maureen Skerda on Friday at the Warren County Courthouse. Kevin S. Anderson, 36, to 14-28 months incarceration, $1,775 in fines and fees, submission of a DNA sample and priority for drug and alcohol treatment at state prison on a count of conspiracy (possession with intent to deliver) as well as 12 to 24 months incarceration and $100 in fees on a count of criminal use of a communications facility. Roger L. Bonavita, 41, Warren, to $825 in fines and fees, submission of a DNA sample, $4,623.62 in restitution to Choice Tobacco ...

Russell man held for court on homicide charge

By JOSH COTTON jcotton@timesobserver.com A Russell man facing a criminal homicide has been held for court in the wake of a preliminary hearing. The case against Mark E. Saullo, 62, 322 Gouldtown Road, was bound over to the Court of Common Pleas in the wake of a Thursday preliminary hearing. He faces a single count of criminal homicide in connection with the killing of Keith R. Haskins, 55, Russell. At this stage of the criminal process, he continues to be charged with that single count. “The Commonwealth does not need to specify the degree of homicide until trial, however, ...

Charges filed in wake of last Thursday’s Task Force raid

Two Clarendon residents remain behind bars in the wake of a joint drug raid by the Warren County Drug Task Force and Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation. Cody Phinney, 30, and Kara Phinney, 31, were taken into custody in the wake of the June 20 warrant search. Chief County Detective Thomas Kibbey said that the warrant was served around 9:30 p.m. at a camper located at 57 Rezelle Ln. in the Clarendon Area. Kibbey said that a “criminal investigation resulted in the application for a search warrant. “Two defendants ... were taken into custody related to the ...

Man pleads to sexual assault of minor

A Warren man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old. Zachary J. Dewees, 21, 122 N. Irvine St., was charged with a total of 18 counts by City of Warren police back in November for conduct that allegedly occurred between July 4 and Oct. 10. According to information from the Warren County District Attorney’s Office, Dewees pleaded guilty to charges including statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of minors - all felonies. He faces Tier III lifetime registration as a sexual offender and a sexually violent predator ...

Pleas entered in Warren County court

The following pleas were entered during change of plea proceedings last week at the Warren County Courthouse. Caleb J. Bean, 34, Tiona, to DUI and a traffic offense. A count of DUI was not prosecuted. Andrew J. Brockhouse, 37, Monessen, Pa., to retail theft. A count of retail theft was not prosecuted. John E. Lucas, 77, Warren, to DUI and a traffic offense. Charges of DUI and three traffic offenses were not prosecuted. Grant H. Monroe, 47, Jamestown, NY, entered a plea connected to four dockets. At one, he pleaded guilty to DUI - fourth offense, theft and two traffic offenses. A ...