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Pleas entered in Warren county court

The following pleas were entered before Judge Gregory Hammond on Thursday at the Warren County Courthouse. Dustin T. Hepler-Kostreba, 25, Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to DUI, driving without a license and careless driving. An additional count of DUI and three traffic violations were not prosecuted. The following defendants entered not guilty pleas: Thomas A. Niles, 33, Warren. Niles has been charged with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, recklessly endangering another person and a total of 13 various traffic offenses. Mason T. Swanson, 32, Warren. Swanson has been ...

Plea entered in child sex assault case

A Pittsfield man has pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child. James R. Owen, 22, pleaded guilty to a count of aggravated indecent assault of a child less than 16 years old before Judge Gregory Hammond on Thursday. The plea was initially entered last month but withdrawn just days later and reentered this week, according to online court records. According to the affidavit of probable cause, a female victim reported Owen assaulting her “more times than she can remember” between 2015 and 2019, starting before she was 10 years old, at a Barton Run Road residence. The victim ...

On The Record

C. Warren County — District Judge Raymond Zydonik DUI. Rene E. Becerra, 57, Warren, was charged by Warren-based Pennsylvania State Police on May 12 with two counts of DUI and eight traffic violations from an incident that occurred on April 9 in the City of Warren. DUI. Jamie L. Lindemuth, 43, Russell, was charged by City of Warren police on May 10 with two counts of DUI and two traffic offenses from an incident that occurred on March 17 in the City of Warren. N. Warren County — District Judge Laura Bauer Theft. Dakota M. Proestler, 23, Jamestown, NY, was charged by ...

Pleas entered in Warren County Court

The following pleas were entered before President Judge Maureen Skerda on Thursday at the Warren County Courthouse. ¯ Zackery R. Antoniotti, 33, Pittsfield, to failure to register with the Pennsylvania State Police. ¯ Timothy U. Barnett, 28, Union City, Pa., to two counts of criminal mischief. Charges of burglary, theft by unlawful taking and criminal mischief were not prosecuted. ¯ Michael J. Cummings, 49, Warren, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person and simple assault. Charges including two counts of criminal attempt — aggravated assault, criminal attempt ...

Nurse pleads guilty to felony charges

A nurse who gave someone else’s medication to a patient in a care facility without a prescription has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges. Savannah L. Martin, 30, Youngsville, entered the plea Thursday to charges of possession with intent to deliver and neglect of a care dependent person. The state Attorney General’s office brought the charges. An employee at Cambridge, where Martin was employed as an LPN, told investigators that Martin had been “mislabeling and reissuing controlled substances,” according to the affidavit of probable cause. The agent interviewed ...

Plea entered in drug death case

A Youngsville woman becomes the second defendant in recent months to plead guilty for their role in a fatal fentanyl-related drug incident. Stephanie S. Kightlinger, 27, pleaded guilty Thursday before President Judge Maureen Skerda to charges of involuntary manslaughter and possession with ...