STAFF PHOTO / Guy Vogrin Karindu Mallory, 43, appears in Common Petitions Court in Trumbull County on Wednesday with his attorney Michael Scala.
WARREN — A Warren man whose family appealed to a Trumbull County judge for leniency was sentenced Wednesday to 13 to 18 years in prison.
A jury has found Kalindu Mallory, 43, of Northwest Williamsburg Street, guilty of the January 2022 robbery at Dollar General on Todd Avenue Southwest in Warren Township.
Mallory apologized to Judge Sean O’Brien and the community before sentencing at Common Please Court “For my name being involved in this situation.”
A jury in late March found Mallory guilty of one count of aggravated robbery with a gun. Mallory was found guilty as one of his two masked men involved in the early morning robbery of a convenience store on January 2nd.
According to testimony from the three-day trial, the store manager was forced to empty the contents of the store’s safe and cash register into two bags shortly after opening. The bandits had fled in the store’s parking lot, so they had dropped the currency.
Warren Township Police Detective James Johnson testified that he found the coin shortly after a robbery that followed two homes on Miller Street south of the store. The bandits ran south to the Miller Street address, where they got into a white SUV. One of his Miller Street residents testified that he saw two men run into his backyard, one of whom called his name.
After being convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the case, Joseph Daniel, an inmate at Youngstown’s Community Correctional Society prison, admitted on the stands that he drove his getaway SUV that morning. rice field.
In a sentencing memo sent to O’Brien last week, assistant prosecutor Charles Morrow cited Mallory’s past record, which includes five previous prison sentences, and is seeking a maximum prison sentence of 14 to 19 1/2 years. There is
Before the sentencing, Morrow said Mallory had shown no remorse. He said it was good to see it done.
plead for mercy
Three members of Mallory’s family, including two daughters, spoke to the judge asking for leniency.
Stepdaughter Laxa Powell said Mallory raised her from the age of three months and taught her how to write.
“I need my father. He’s not a monster.” Powell told the judge.
Daughter Najay Jones said she sees Mallory as a guardian “Love and Caring”.
“He gives me good advice. I don’t know what I would do without him in this world.” Jones said.
Her older sister, Raquel Haymon, said her brother had a tough life because his father was incarcerated for most of his life, and he never had a true model.
“I beg you from the bottom of my heart to have pity on him.” she told the judge.
O’Brien said he found “Troublesome Facts” Including ordering the gunman to shoot the store manager when she couldn’t come up with a safe combination.
Defense attorney Michael Scala asked the judge to sentence his client to seven to nine years in prison. “old years”.
Morrow regrets that his family sees Mallory as a separate person from the rest of society.
“Rehabilitation will not work for this man. This court is obliged to protect society and punish offenders.” Morrow said.
In other lawsuits on Wednesday:
• Val Bender, 49, of Lairde Avenue SE, Warren, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges, a fifth-degree felony. Bender was arrested in August 2021 after cocaine was sold to an undercover agent at the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office. His bail was set for him at $10,000. Bender had previously served 17 years in prison for a bank robbery.His trial is set for him May 31st at 10am
• Adam Glenn Wheeler, 25, of Oak Knoll Avenue, Warren, pleaded not guilty to a fourth-degree felony DUI charge. Wheeler said he was handed over to his patrol on the Ohio Highway on January 22nd.
• Christopher Mellinger, 44, of West 3rd Street, West Portsmouth, was sentenced to five years probation and basic supervision in Siault County for possession of heroin, a fifth-degree felony. Melinger pleaded guilty on February 22. He was arrested by Warren City Police in July 2019. Melinger has completed his drug treatment, according to attorney Heather Nini.
• Gary M. Stanke, 45, of Girard’s Indiana Avenue, pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of attempted aggravated drug possession. Stanke was arrested for less than 0.1 grams of methamphetamine during a Howland police stop on North River Road in Howland on March 13.