Sharpsville suspect in deadly Southington crash sent back to jail

Declaring a defendant as a “substantial risk to the community” a judge jailed a Sharpsville, Pennsylvania man charged in connection with a deadly drunk driving crash in Trumbull County.
Joseph Yuran, 55, was booked into the Trumbull County Jail on Tuesday after a judge in Newton Falls Municipal Court revoked an earlier order allowing Yuran to remain on electronically monitored house arrest while he awaited further court action on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, OVI, and running a stop sign.
Yuran was originally arrested after a November 17th crash in Southington. State Troopers say Yuran’s pickup truck ran a stop sign at the intersection of US 422 and State Route 305 in Southington colliding with a Chevy Malibu, killing the driver 23-year-old Tyler Richmond of Warren.
The bond revocation came on the same day State Troopers submitted Yuran's driving record to the court.
Just one month before, Yuran was arrested by Jefferson Township Police in Mercer County on October 16 on charges of DUI and failure to keep on the right side of the road.
Police found Yuran in his pickup after passing motorists reported a truck stopped in the middle of Lamor Road. The arresting officer said that Yuran was staggering when he got out of the truck.
Yuran faces a hearing before a judge in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on those charges early next year.
The next hearing in Newton Falls Court is set for December 7.
