YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown firefighter Adaris Bellamy, facing an aggravated menacing charge in Warren Municipal Court, remains on paid administrative leave after a predisciplinary hearing.

Fire Chief Barry Finley said after the hearing Thursday that he has 10 days to make a decision on what will happen to Bellamy.

A Howland resident, Bellamy is accused of pointing a rifle at a firefighter at the Warren Township Fire Department and then at a man at a food donation box on April 7.

Court records list a 41-year-old Warren Township man as Bellamy’s alleged victim.

Aggravated menacing is a first-degree misdemeanor.

“I’ve got 10 days to decide,” Finley said. “I’ve got some homework to do. In the end, I should be OK with the 10 days. I don’t want to rush it. I’ll let it play out in court.”

Bellamy, 34, of Longview Drive NE, is to be in Warren Municipal Court today in front of Judge Patricia Knepp.

Bellamy hired Desirae DiPiero as his attorney, according to a Thursday court docket entry. In a separate Thursday docket entry, Bellamy made a request for discovery of evidence in his case.

Youngstown Law Director Lori Shells Simmons said while no decision on any discipline for Bellamy was decided Thursday, she hopes one is rendered soon because she doesn’t “like sitting on these types of cases at all.”

Bellamy was arraigned April 8, the day after his arrest, by Judge Natasha K. Natale. He was released on a $15,000 surety bond after pleading not guilty to the charge.

The judge ordered Bellamy to have no contact with the Warren Township Fire Department except for emergency purposes and to surrender all firearms to the township’s police department while the case is pending.

Bellamy, hired Feb. 22, 2016, as a Youngstown firefighter, was recently suspended without pay for 60 days for testing positive for THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), according to records found in his personnel file. The use of THC, found in marijuana and cannabinoids, is prohibited under the city’s drug and alcohol policy.

An Oct. 21 disciplinary letter from Finley said Bellamy tested positive for the controlled substance during an Oct. 9 random drug test with an Oct. 21 confirmation test also coming back positive for THC.

Bellamy had an Oct. 24 disciplinary hearing at which Finley suspended him for 30 days without pay. Bellamy makes $63,614 annually in salary, according to his personnel file.

Bellamy signed an Oct. 25 letter that suspended him without pay from Oct. 27 to Nov. 25 for a drug and alcohol testing policy violation. The letter states Bellamy had to be evaluated by a substance abuse professional to determine what assistance, if any, he needed. The letter also stated that if he tested positive for a second time he would be subject to immediate termination.

Also in Bellamy’s personnel file was a July 25 letter that stated he failed to show up on time for his shifts on June 26 and July 2 and that he had been late before. After being late on June 26, Bellamy said it wouldn’t happen again, but it did less than a week later, according to his personnel file.

Bellamy is the second Youngstown firefighter to be arrested in the past two months.

Fire Lt. Patrick Bundy, 46, of Poland, was charged Feb. 20 by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office with workers’ compensation fraud and theft, both fifth-degree felonies. The amount of the alleged theft is $5,880.

Bundy, hired by Youngstown in February 2010, pleaded not guilty March 6 to the charges and was released on a $2,000 bond. His trial date is May 8 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

Bundy is supposed to start a six-week unpaid suspension Monday from the Youngstown Fire Department, Finley said. Bundy’s annual salary is $68,175.

The attorney general’s office contends Bundy worked for EFI Global as a fire inspector while also receiving workers’ compensation benefits from Jan. 16, 2022, to Feb. 26, 2022, he “was not entitled” to obtain or “presented a false or misleading statement with the purpose to secure” those benefits “with purpose to defraud or knowing he was facilitating a fraud.”

Bundy’s unpaid suspension is for six weeks, which is the exact amount of time he is accused of improperly collecting workers’ compensation benefits while working for EFI Global.

The attorney general’s office contends Bundy “signed and submitted multiple applications for temporary total disability benefits wherein he indicated that he was not working since he was injured. In addition, the defendant made multiple misrepresentations regarding his work activity to the BWC and / or its representatives.”

Franklin County Judge Kim J. Brown is hearing Bundy’s case.