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Judge Bruzzese issues sentencings

STEUBENVILLE — Four local residents received prison sentences Monday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court after entering guilty pleas.

Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese sentenced Charles Perry Jones of Steubenville to seven years and four months in a state prison after he pleaded guilty to five counts of endangering children, one count of domestic violence and one count of felonious assault.

Jones was indicted by the Jefferson County grand jury in December 2016.

Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin said Jones used a wooden stick to punish a 5-year-old girl from September 2015 through March 2016.

Janae Johnson was sentenced by Bruzzese to 18 months in the Marysville Correctional Center for Women after she pleaded guilty to three counts of endangering children and one count of permitting child abuse from September 2015 to March 2016.

Bruzzese sentenced Stacey Bernadini to nine months in prison after she pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and possession of drugs.

And, the judge sentenced Frank Delguzzi of Steubenville to 30 months in prison following Delguzzi’s guilty plea Monday.

Delguzzi had been arrested by city police earlier this year on charges of petit theft and falsification.

Police reported he claimed to have an ankle injury on April 19 and was taken from the county jail to the hospital. He was told by an officer not to leave the hospital or he would be charged with escape.

Police reported Delguzzi, after running from the hospital, was suspected of entering a home on Terri Avenue and taking clothing.

Police Chief William McCafferty said police received information on Delguzzi’s whereabouts on April 21 and asked Weirton Police to check the Weirton marina area, where Delguzzi was taken into custody.

He was indicted in June by the grand jury on charges of burglary, escape and tampering with evidence.

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