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Cases resolved at preliminary hearings

Five guilty pleas were entered while charges were withdrawn against two during preliminary hearings Wednesday at the Warren County Courthouse. The following individuals entered guilty pleas: Julie A. Darling, 33, Warren, to theft. Charges of access device fraud, financial exploitation of an older adult or care dependent person, theft and theft by deception were withdrawn. Tomas L. Flanagan. 35, Erie, Pa., to possession of a controlled substance and two traffic offenses. Charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and two traffic offenses were ...

Pleas entered in county court

The following pleas were entered Thursday during change of plea proceedings at the Warren County Courthouse. Michael D. Booser, 56, Erie, Pa., to DUI and three traffic offenses. Additional charges including DUI and three traffic offenses were not prosecuted. Scheyne R. Gray, 26, Warren, to possession of a controlled substance. Charges of resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and riding on roadways and pedal cycle paths were not prosecuted. Larry J. McMillen, 63, Russell, to simple assault. Charges of strangulation and harassment were not prosecuted. Mason R. Silvis, ...

On The Record

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 ...