YOUNGSTOWN — A hearing is set for March 5 for Judge Anthony D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to decide what sanction should be administered to Caleb Vancampen, 23, of Warren, for violations of his court treatment program.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol charged Vancampen with drug and traffic offenses in September in Trumbull County. One of the charges, a felony drug offense, was recently bound over to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Vancampen pleaded guilty in February 2022 before Judge D’Apolito to felony vandalism for damaging 16 statutes at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica in Youngstown in February 2021.

As part of the plea, Judge D’Apolito allowed Vancampen to enter the Treatment in Lieu of Conviction program, which involves treatment and rehabilitation and no determination of guilt.

D’Apolito ordered Vancampen to complete clinically managed high-intensity mental-health residential treatment, followed by outpatient counseling, case management and to comply with medication management, according to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court documents.

If he would have completed the program, his conviction would have been erased. But because of the September criminal charges, the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office filed a motion Wednesday asking the judge to extend or revoke Vancampen’s Intervention in Lieu of Conviction program supervision.

A recent document filed with the judge by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, which carries out Vancampen’s supervision, detailed Vancampen’s alleged violations.

One was having in his possession or control amphetamine / dextroamphetamine and alprazolam. Another was driving a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance and another was failing to control his vehicle — all on or about Sept. 9 in Trumbull County.

He also failed to report to his supervising officer at the Adult Parole Authority that he had an encounter with law enforcement Sept. 9 as a result of the criminal charges, the document states.

Vancampen also had a probation violation in April 2023 that resulted in an assessment being carried out. D’Apolito at that time allowed Vancampen to continue in the Treatment in Lieu of Conviction program and ordered him to complete a program at Burdman Home.

JANUARY ARREST

D’Apolito issued a warrant for Vancampen’s arrest Jan. 24 because of the newest allegations, according to court records. Vancampen, who has a Warren address, has been in the Mahoning County jail since Jan. 27.

He had a hearing before D’Apolito Wednesday on a motion by prosecutors to rescind Vancampen’s Treatment in Lieu of Conviction program. Vancampen and his attorney stipulated to there being sufficient evidence for the judge to find probable cause that Vancampen violated the terms of his program, and D’Apolito found that a “violation exists,” according to a court document.

D’Apolito ordered Vancampen to be held in the county jail without bond.

VANDALISM

Vancampen was 20 years old and homeless when he was charged with destroying statues outside of the basilica Feb. 26, 2021. The episode was captured on church surveillance equipment. Vancampen previously lived in East Palestine, according to records at the time.

Church officials estimated the damage to the statues was $60,000 to $65,000. All but $1,250 of the cost to replace them was paid by insurance, church officials said. Replacement statues from Italy were installed in September 2021, according to Vindicator files.