Trial date is set for Pa. man

A status conference is set for June 13 in Akron.
By LAURE CIOFFI
VINDICATOR PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU
AKRON -- The man accused of crimes in the murder of a Hermitage, Pa., urologist on the Ohio Turnpike will go to trial June 21.
Damian Bradford appeared Thursday before U.S. District Judge David D. Dowd Jr.
Bradford, 24, of Monaca, Pa., was indicted last month on charges of interstate stalking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. He faces life in prison, if convicted.
He is accused of trailing 69-year-old Dr. Gulam Moonda from Pennsylvania with the intent to harass and kill the Hermitage urologist on the Ohio turnpike near Cleveland on May 13, 2005. Moonda, his wife and mother-in-law were traveling to Toledo.
Background
Donna Moonda, 46, told police that when she stopped on the turnpike so her husband could drive, another vehicle pulled behind their Jaguar and a gunman demanded money. The doctor was shot in the head after turning over his wallet.
Bradford, also known as "Kaos," reportedly met Donna Moonda in drug rehabilitation and they were having an affair, authorities said. The doctor's wife planned to divorce her husband in hopes of obtaining up to $4 million, authorities said.
Bradford is represented by Monroeville attorneys Michael J. DeRiso and Patrick J. Thomassey. Linda H. Barr, an assistant U.S. attorney, is prosecuting the case.
Thomassey and Barr did not return calls Thursday seeking comment.
A status conference regarding the case is set for 1 p.m. June 13 before Judge Dowd.
In a related matter, Charlene McFrazier, 21, of Leetsdale, Pa., the woman accused of falsely providing an alibi for Bradford, is charged with perjury. The government said she testified under oath to a grand jury that she met with Bradford in Beaver County on May 13, 2005, between 6 and 7 p.m., when she did not.
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