Poland attorney charged with domestic violence

Rhys Cartwright Jones

EDITOR'S NOTE:  The story below reflects charges as they were filed at the time of publication. Following publication of the story, all charges against the defendant, Rhys Cartwright-Jones, were dismissed and sealed by the court. Records are sealed when a court removes evidence of the charges from the public docket, usually upon request of the defendant, when a judge agrees that the matter has been sufficiently resolved. In this case, that resolution was the dismissal of all charges against Cartwright-Jones. 

A local defense attorney was booked into the Mahoning County Jail on a domestic violence charge after being arrested by Poland Village Police Officers.

Village Police Chief Russell Beatty tells 21 News his officers were called at around 4 pm Wednesday to the Cortland Street home of attorney Rhys Cartwright-Jones.

Beatty says a 34-year-old woman who lives at the home told officers that she was struck by the 40-year-old Cartwright-Jones. Police say there were minor visible marks on the woman.

Cartwright-Jones was placed under arrest and taken to the county jail.

Beatty says a domestic violence charge against Cartwright-Jones is being filed in Struthers Municipal Court.

Cartwright-Jones has represented defendants in several notable criminal cases, including Kevin Agee who was convicted of murdering 75-year-old Thomas Repchic and wounding his wife Jacqueline after they left Saint Dominic's Church in 2010.