LISBON — A plea hearing is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24 for the man accused of breaking into two New Waterford homes in July, including the home of state Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel and Seventh District Court of Appeals Judge Carol Robb.

Nathan A. Johnson, 30, West Railroad Street, Columbiana, appeared for a pretrial Friday before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton. He was escorted by a sheriff’s deputy and accompanied by his defense attorney, Jeff Jakmides. Bickerton continued his $500,000 cash or surety bond and he remains in the county jail.

She indicated that a pre-sentence investigation will be conducted prior to the plea hearing.

Johnson was indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury last month for first-degree felony aggravated burglary, second-degree felonies of felonious assault and burglary, third-degree felonies of robbery and attempted burglary, fourth-degree felony disrupting public services and misdemeanor theft.

The indictment alleged the incidents occurred on July 15 and named Charles Blasdel as the victim for two of the charges related to the theft of his cell phone and Johnson’s alleged use of force during the theft. A former state representative himself, Charles Blasdel is the husband of Monica Robb Blasdel. Two of the charges deal with Johnson’s alleged entry into another residence on the same road.

According to the affidavit filed in county Municipal Court by county Sheriff’s Office Detective Jen Calko regarding the first-degree felony aggravated burglary charge, a victim identified as C.R.B. II (Charles Blasdel) said a man he wasn’t familiar with, later identified as Johnson, pulled into his drive at the Hatcher Road property in New Waterford at a fast rate of speed and exited his truck, approaching the male victim in an aggressive manner. The affidavit said Johnson demanded to know where the homeowners were.

“The defendant assaulted the victim by punching him in the head and knocking him to the ground,” the affidavit said.

Eventually the defendant, Johnson, began to walk away from the residence, and “then came back in an aggressive manner again, picked a chair up and threw it through the front door window, breaking it and reaching through the broken glass to unlock the door to gain entry. The defendant then entered the residence without permission. There was an 8-year-old child locked in a room just inside the main door,” the affidavit said.

For the fourth-degree felony charge of disrupting public services, he allegedly stole the victim’s cell phone out of his hand as he was calling 911, then left the residence with the victim’s cell phone.

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