Court House with photo of Prosecutor Dennis Watkins.

In the News...


Grand Jury:


35 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

35 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

45 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

36 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

45 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

48 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

27 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

31 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

43 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

26 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

34 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

40 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

37 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury

53 indicted by Trumbull Grand Jury


Parole Hearings:

Repeat offender sent to prison after jury conviction

Czoka, 78, rapist of children, is denied parole

Parole board votes 5 to 3 to release Gary Betz

Charles Perry denied parole; next hearing in 2029

Co-defendant in fatal 1988 ‘savage, barbaric’ attack of elderly couple fails for seventh time at parole

Two from Trumbull County denied parole after recent hearings

Repeat violent offender, ‘notorious’ killer to remain behind bars for at least five more years

Violent rapist of 7-year-old child should remain in prison for life then there will be no more victims, says assistant prosecutor

Convicted child rapist violated parole in 2020, returned to prison in 2021

Convicted murderer in senseless fatal shooting outside Sir Bentley’s Lounge and Restaurant in 1992 wants freedom

Parole board keeps sexual predator in prison for 10 more years

Public safety hits the Trifecta with parole board rulings

John Santine – “The coward from the city who could not pull the trigger

Deavery Q. Lyons Parole Hearing May 2025

Two Trumbull County Violent Offenders Denied Parole

Parole board denies freedom for convicted murderer who dismembered his friend in 1994 shotgun death

Felix Brown denied parole, next hearing set for 2027

Convicted Rapist John Whisonant's Sixth Parole Hearing

Brian Clingerman, age 55, UP-THE-LADDER RAPIST, sexual predator and career criminal


General News:

Warren man gets consecutive sentences in arson case

Repeat violent offender on parole does it again and receives the maximum sentence from judge

Child predator released from prison on parole does it again! He is given a life prison sentence

Newton Falls man sentenced in dollar store robbery

Youngstown man gets prison for nurse attack

Warren man given 24-month sentence in OVI crash

Former county employee pleads guilty in theft case

Brookfield murderer sentenced to life without parole

Hill’s bid for relief struck down by Supreme Court of Ohio

Sex offender from Niles gets 20- to 25-year prison sentence

Defendant admits to lying about gun on stand

Prosecutor’s Office, Warren PD Sponsor 3-Day Training for Investigators

Appeals court upholds conviction, 3-year sentence in Trumbull County drug case

Woman pleads guilty to in child rape, pornography, bestiality case


Newsletters:

Prosecutors on Hill team file brief with high court; OPPA’s friend-of-court letter in support also filed

Liberty Township Man Loses Appeal in Shooting Case

Repeat Violent Offenders

Death row Inmate Charles Lorraine dies

Death of Inmate Chattman

Trilogy of Sex Offenders