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City man charged after standoff sentenced

A Warren man charged after a December standoff with police will spend eight months in the Warren County Prison and pay more than $4,800 in restitution.

Darrel L. Martemus, 36, of Warren was charged Dec. 20 with aggravated assault, a class 1 felony, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, a class 3 felony, unlawful restraint/serious bodily injury, simple assault and harassment. Two felony charges, first-degree aggravated assault and third-degree terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another were withdrawn during arraignment. Martemus ended up pleading guilty to second-degree misdemeanor charges of simple assault and false imprisonment.

Martemus was among those sentenced Friday by Judge Maurren Skerda. For the guilty plea of simple assault, Martemus was fined $500, ordered to pay $5,851.25 restitution and to have no contact with the victim, and two years restrictive intermediate punishment to include 8 months in the Warren County Jail, counting time served a little more than six months already served, drug and alcohol treatment, anger management and sentence risk assessment and 40 hours community service. To satisfy the guilty plea for false imprisonment, Martemus was sentenced to one year restrictive intermediate punishment to include six months in the Warren County Prison and a no contact order with the victim.

Conewango police responded to a reported assault at 5:33 p.m. Dec. 20 and spoke to a woman who said she was assaulted by Martemus inside her home. The woman said Martemus allegedly got drunk earlier in the day and when she tried to leave, Martemus destroyed her phone and then allegedly punched her several times with a closed fist while the woman was on the ground. The woman then told police Martemus grabbed her hair to keep her inside the home when she tried to run away.

“While speaking with …. She stated she was in fear for her life, and believed Mr. Martemus would cause serious bodily injury, or death,” the Affidavit of Probable Cause states. The victim was able to flee to a nearby neighbor and contact law enforcement. I observed … and could observe signs of assault, including her hair having been pulled and she was visibly upset.”

After the woman was taken to Warren General Hospital for treatment, police saw a person inside the home, but Martemus refused to answer the door.

Conewango police called the Pennsylvania State Police and the Warren County District Attorney’s office and set up a perimeter around the house. Several apartments at the Allegheny Village, an apartment complex, were evacuated. Police used a loudspeaker to try to get Martemus out of the house, b- ut according to the officer who wrote the Affidavit of Probable Cause, Martemus had not come out of the home before the officer received an arrest warrant. Police resolved the standoff around 3:30 a.m. Dec. 21.

Other sentences include:

– Hunter G. Artman of Hadley, Pa. pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault and was sentenced to a $500 fine, $255,378 of restitution, a no contact order with the victim, 24 months probation, mental health and drug and alcohol evaluations and 50 hours of community service.

Artman has been charged with two counts of indecent assault, simple assault, false imprisonment, furnishing liquor to a minor and terroristic threats.

– Starr D. Bliss was sentenced to a $300 fine and a no-contact order with Walmart; one year of restrictive intermediate punishment to include 3 months in the Warren County Prison, counting 90 days time served and eligibility for immediate release, drug and alcohol treatment and 80 hours community service; and one year restrictive intermediate punishment to include 6 months in the Warren County prison and 50 hours community service after pleading guilty to amended charges of criminal conspiracy (retail theft), possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

– Christina S. Boll of Clarendon was sentenced on two dockets. On the first, Boll pleaded guilty to charges of DUI: highest rate of alcohol (BAC .16% or higher) – second offense and two vehicle and traffic charges. She was sentenced to a $1,000 fine, a 12-month driver’s license suspension, between 72 hours and 6 months in the Warren County Jail, attendance in an Alcohol Highway Safety School and Victims Impact Panel, drug and alcohol treatment and 15 hours community service as well as a traffic fine. On a second docket, Boll pleaded guilty to charges of DUI: highest rate of alcohol (BAC .16% or higher) – first offense and a traffic violation. She was sentenced to a $2,500 fine, an 18-month driver’s license suspension, three years restrictive intermediate punishment to include three months in the Warren County Jail and 3 months house arrest, drug and alcohol treatment, attendance in an Alcohol Highway Safety School and Victims Impact Panel, 30 hours community service and traffic fines.

– Helen K. Lummus was sentenced to a $500 fine, $396 in restitution, a no-contact order, 24 months probation, a mental health evaluation and anger management evaluation, 80 hours community service and COG programs after pleading guilty to a charge of simple assault.

– Adam J. Mintzer of Warren was sentenced to pay a $500 fine, two years restrictive intermediate punishment that includes five months in the Warren County Jail, 50 hours community service, mental health and anger management evaluation and a no-contact order after pleading guilty to a charge of simple assault to satisfy one docket against him. On a second docket, Mintzer was sentenced to pay an $800 fine, no contact with a second person, two years restrictive intermediate punishment that includes five months in the Warren County Jail to run consecutively to the first docket, mental health and anger management evaluation and 80 hours community service after pleading guilty to charges of simple assault and criminal mischief.

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