MESSAGE FROM PROSECUTOR SHERRI BEVAN WALSH

 

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Woolridge Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

          

(October 27, 2011… Akron) … Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that yesterday Judge Elinore Stormer sentenced Yorel Woolridge, 19, of North Hawkins Avenue in Akron, to four years in prison for Felonious Assault.

 

Around 12:45 a.m. on March 6, 2011, Woolridge attacked another patron at the Late Nite Cabaret, hitting him with a glass object. The victim’s right cheek was sliced open, permanently scarring his face.

 

A jury found Woolridge guilty of Felonious Assault on September 13.

 

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