Morning warrant sweep nets 13
By Patrick W. Connelly
Herald Staff Writer
• Michael Parks, 33, of 521 Hamilton Ave.; at about 8:05 a.m. at his home for non-compliance.
• Don Kirkland, 50, of 137 E. Budd St., Sharon; at 8:10 a.m. at his home for failing to make payments and for burglary from Crawford County.
• Carmella Cleveland, 43, of 324 Quinby St., Sharon; at about 8:25 a.m. at her home for retail theft.
• Carmen Askerneese, 41, of 700 Beechwood Ave., Farrell; at about 8:50 a.m. at her home on three counts of failing to appear.
• Dominique Palmer, 22, of 1525 Parke Drive, Hermitage; at about 9:45 a.m. at her home on two counts of failing to appear.
• Ronald Wayne Pickard, 21, of 1264 Heinz Ave., Sharon; at about 10:40 a.m. at his home for carrying a firearm without a license.
Pickard, formerly of West Middlesex, beat and slashed the throat of a Howland, Ohio, man in a brutal Oct. 14 invasion and ransacking of his home with two local men.
Pickard pleaded guilty to the charges in April was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday afternoon in Trumbull County. He has been free on bond since Dec. 4, court records show.
He was taken to Mercer County Jail, along with Jackson, Clark, Alexander, Parks, Kirkland and Askerneese.