Sexual encounter in front of boys brings charges

SHARPSVILLE — Two people face charges after they had sex in front of two juveniles last week in a Sharpsville apartment, police said.

Giovanne York, 25, of Warren, Ohio, and Renee Sorg, 20, of 27 E. Shenango St., Sharpsville, were charged with corruption of minors and York was also charged with indecent assault, police said.

York and Ms. Sorg had sex at her apartment between Nov. 16 and 20 while two juveniles watched and one videotaped it, police said.

Afterward, York approached one of the boys and hit him twice in the lower back with his genitals, police said.

The pair were released after posting bond.

Man gets work release in assault, shooting case

PINE TOWNSHIP — A Pine Township man who police said beat up a woman, fired in her direction with a semi-automatic rifle, and attacked a man who came to her aid will spend 1 month to 1 year in jail.

Gary Dean Koebler, 56, of 992 Stevenson Road, pleaded guilty to simple assault and reckless endangerment and was sentenced Monday by Mercer County Common Pleas Court President Judge Francis J. Fornelli.

Koebler will be on work release and if he works every day he is able, he will be released after serving a minimum sentence, Fornelli said.

Koebler was supported in the courtroom by the woman he attacked, who had forgiven him, according to defense attorney Jack Cline. His boss also attended.

Fornelli warned Koebler to get counseling and to stop fighting.

Police said Koebler punched the woman during a heated argument, though Cline said it was an open-handed slap. He also fired into the yard as she fled the house with his SKS rifle — a Soviet-made rifle that fires the same ammunition used in an AK-47 assault rifle.

Koebler punched a young man who came to the woman’s aid and putting him into a head lock. The young man fought back, hitting Koebler several times, police said. He was not charged and did not attend the sentencing.

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