01-05-2025
Crime victim curtails defendants early probation
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – A victim of a crime in Trumbull County has filed her own appeal that has stalled a defendant's early release from probation.
According to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, the 11th District Court of Appeals in Trumbull County reversed the decision of a county court judge who granted Cyler Reed, of Hubbard, early termination of his probation.
During a hearing on September 5, 2024, Reed's probation was discharged after serving two of his five-year sentence. The victim was denied the chance to address the court during that hearing and was given a second chance at a hearing on September 25, but she did not show up, so the probation termination stood, according to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office.
Under Mary's Law, the victim is allowed to challenge the order through a direct appeal, which they did, so now the case goes back to the county where another hearing will be held on Reed's early probation termination and the victim will be heard.
The case surrounds a 2021 incident where Reed kicked in the door of the victim's home, searched through rooms carrying a stun gun, and told the victim that their son had a warrant for failure to appear in Newton Falls court.
Cyler was arrested and charged with burglary, criminal damaging, menacing and trespass into a habitation. The burglary charge was dropped, and he was subsequently sentenced to five years of probation.
The next event in the case is scheduled for May 9.
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