Staff photo / David Skolnick Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, left, stands next to his attorney, Ronald Yarwood, during today’s hearing. The judge pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts for a Nov. 19 crash in which he hit a bicyclist with his SUV.

CANFIELD — R. Scott Krichbaum, a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge, pleaded guilty today to charges of reckless operation and improperly overtaking / passing a vehicle for crashing into a bicyclist.

Krichbaum was fined $400 with $100 in court costs in Mahoning County Court in Canfield by David E. Stucki, a visiting judge from Stark County.

Krichbaum crashed Nov. 16 on Sharrott Road in Beaver into Cameron J. Wyant of Boardman, 19, who was thrown from his bicycle into a ditch.

Krichbaum left the scene and his identity wasn’t discovered until a day later. His attorney, Ronald Yarwood, contacted Beaver police to say the judge noticed his passenger-side mirror on his 2023 Kia Telluride SUV was missing and that he saw the accident on the local television news.

Restitution to Wyant, who suffered injuries, was supposed to be part of the deal worked out. But Wyant is considering a civil case against Krichbaum.

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