An Austintown man will spend at least nine years in prison after he admitted stabbing another man in June during an alleged drug deal in Ravenna.
Judge Laurie J. Pittman sentenced Frank Nichola Vetrano, 38, to nine to 12 years in prison during his sentencing hearing Oct. 17 in Portage County Common Pleas Court, according to Portage County Prosecutor Connie Lewandowski.
In a sentencing memorandum filed prior to the sentencing, the prosecutor’s office requested 13 years in prison. Eric Fink, Vetrano’s attorney, requested a minimal sentence, but no specific amount of time…