Boardman trustee charges husband

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The township sergeant was released from jail after posting a $2,750 bond.

BOARDMAN — Boardman Police Sgt. Nick C. Levinsky is scheduled for arraignment at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mahoning County Court on charges of aggravated menacing and the threat of domestic violence.

The charges were filed Thursday by his estranged wife, township Trustee Robyn Gallitto.

The threat had been posted on the Internet, on a county Democrats group's message board.

Levinsky, a 29-year veteran of the police force who has been on sick leave since Sept. 27, was released from the Mahoning County Justice Center on Thursday after posting a combined $2,750 bond on the two charges.

According to court records, the alleged offense occurred Sunday.

Mark Belinky, one of four monitors of the message board of the Democrats of the 17th and 6th Districts Club, said Boardman police called him about finding a couple of messages threatening Gallitto posted Sunday.

"The messages suggested that Gallitto should be shot. As monitors, we provided police with the information we had," and probably the Internet provider gave police the information to track Levinsky down, Belinky said.

"We didn't know who posted the messages," Belinky said.

Gallitto could not be reached to comment. She filed for divorce from Levinsky last month.

Earlier incident

Previously, on Oct. 30, Levinsky was in his woodworking business on Mahoning Avenue when family members called Youngstown police, believing Levinsky might harm himself.

At first, city police said that there were no weapons found and that no report was made because there was no criminal activity. But an evidence record from the city police showed that a 9 mm gun with six rounds, a rifle, two boxes of 9 mm rounds and two spent 9 mm casings were taken from Levinsky. The items were turned over to Boardman police, who said the guns were Levinsky's personal property. Neither was his service weapon.

At the time, Gallitto, in a written statement, said the stress and media attention since she took office in January had taken a toll on her family.

"We have been dealing with his deepening depression since my election to the board of trustees as people began to make a very private man a political target," Gallitto wrote.

Gallitto was elected in November 2005 and took office last January.

Saturday, December 16, 2006