1. State appeals court affirms pair of county common pleas rulings
2. State appeals court upholds two county common pleas court judgments.
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WARREN — The Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals has upheld the decisions made by the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, affirming the convictions and sentences of two inmates.
Vanity Jones Case
The Court upheld the 6 to 8.5-year sentence imposed by Judge Ronald Rice in the case of 31-year-old Vanity Jones. Jones was found guilty of felonious assault in October and is currently serving her sentence at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.
Jones had appealed her conviction, claiming that her guilty plea entered on Aug. 16 was not made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily. However, the 11th District Court, in an opinion written by Judge Mary Jane Trapp, with agreement from Judges John Eklund and Robert Patton, found no grounds to vacate her guilty plea. Judge Trapp noted that Judge Rice had properly advised Jones of the sentencing provisions of the Reagan Tokes Law.
According to a Warren police report, Jones was arrested in April on charges of felonious assault, fugitive from justice, obstructing official business, and falsification. Police found a 9mm shell casing near the shooting location at Pit Stop Gas Station on Youngstown Road SE.
Jeremy Feidler Case
Jeremy Feidler, 40, will continue to serve his sentence at Belmont Correctional Institution after the Court upheld his 2.5-year conviction for vandalism and aggravated menacing, also handed down by Judge Rice.
Feidler was arrested at a relative’s home on State Route 5 in Kinsman after Trumbull County sheriff’s deputies had been searching for him in connection to vandalizing the county children services office and harassing customers at a restaurant in Howland. Feidler contested his consecutive sentences in his appeal, but the Court affirmed the terms imposed by Judge Rice, with Judges Trapp and Eugene Lucci concurring.
According to a sheriff’s office report, Feidler was seen carrying a bat outside the children services office lobby on the morning of Aug. 31, 2022. He proceeded to break glass and windows, causing an estimated $3,000 in damages. Feidler was later reported to have caused disturbance at Raptis Family Restaurant in Howland, where he scared customers with a baseball bat while speaking incoherently about his child.
Feidler fled both scenes driving a Pontiac Grand Am.
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– State appeals court affirms county common pleas decisions
– State court upholds county common pleas rulings.
