Staff photo / Ed Runyan
Attorney Desirae Delpiero, left, discusses the criminal charge Camren Corrigan, 19, faces as a result of vandalism Corrigan and six others reportedly inflicted on a Champion golf course during a late-night escapade in July. The photo was taken Thursday in Warren Municipal Court.
WARREN — The five young men charged with felony vandalism, accused of causing $41,000 in damage to the Cranberry Hills Golf Course in Champion, waived preliminary hearings Thursday, and their cases were bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury.
Joshua Meese, 18, of Aspen Drive; Colton Alford, 18, of Center Street West; Brady Bell, 18, of Pleasant Street; Colton Sharpe, 18, of Atwood Street; and Camren Corrigan, 19, of Eldon Drive had hearings in Warren Municipal Court.
All five are facing the possibility of prison time if each are convicted of the fourth-degree felony vandalism offense. Two juveniles also are facing charges, though the Champion Police Department provided less information about them. Their cases are being handled in Trumbull County Juvenile Court.
Warren Municipal Court Judge Natasha Frenchko handled all of the hearings Thursday. She also reviewed bond amounts set earlier for each man but did not change the bond amount, according to court records.
The only one of the five hearings that contained anything other than a short waiver of the right to a preliminary hearing and a transfer of the case to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court was Corrigan.
The vandalism charge against Corrigan also resulted in him being charged with a probation violation because he had a June traffic offense for which he pled guilty in Warren Municipal Court. He was placed on probation June 18.
Natale found him guilty Thursday of the probation violation and ordered him to complete four hours of community service within the next two weeks.
The five men were charged with felony vandalism after the Champion Police Department investigated a report by the owner of the golf course that on early July 29, someone took golf carts out of the shed where they are stored and took them out onto the golf course.
The golf carts and the green on the fourth hole were damaged and/or destroyed. The course owner took the officer on a golf cart to show him where the golf carts were left — one in high grass by a pond; one on a hill with a dead battery; two carts along a cart path in the grass, one of which had a blue shirt in the back basket; and two near the fourth hole.
All of the carts sustained significant damage, including flat tires, bumpers damaged or ripped off, fenders cracked and broken off, seats torn and broken. He said the carts had been put away about 9:30 the previous night.
Later July 29, the owner provided police with a receipt he found near one of the carts. It was from the Wingstop on U.S. Route 422 in Niles. It was time stamped at 10:30 p.m. July 28, 2026, with the name of the person making the order — Josh.
That led to a video at the restaurant being obtained and two of the suspects being identified, interviews being conducted and significant information being provided by the suspects. The suspects went to the golf course starting about 12:30 a.m. to “hang out.” They drove the golf carts in a way that damaged turf.
The owner of the golf course tallied up the damage at $41,858, including $15,755 to seven golf carts and $26,103 to the grass on the No. 4 hole.
One of the juveniles was accused of inflicting the largest amount of the damage.