Suspect's girlfriend taken to jail

The judge denied a change of venue in the upcoming trial of Damian Bradford.
By LAURE CIOFFI
VINDICATOR PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU
AKRON -- Charnel McFrazier could give no good reason why she spoke to the man accused of killing Dr. Gulam Moonda after she was ordered to stay away by a federal judge.
In fact, her defense gave no reason at all.
"She breached a court order and court orders are supposed to be enforced," said her attorney, Albert Palombaro after McFrazier was taken away in handcuffs from the chambers of U.S. Senior Judge David Dowd on Friday afternoon.
McFrazier, 21, was free and awaiting her Aug. 24 sentencing after admitting to authorities that she lied to a grand jury that she was with her boyfriend, Damian Bradford, at the time Dr. Moonda was killed on the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland on May 13, 2005.
Bradford, 24, of Monaca, Pa., is in jail awaiting his trial on charges of interstate stalking and use of a firearm during a crime of violence in Dr. Moonda's death.
The crime
Dr. Moonda was shot in the face as his wife, Donna, pulled to the side of the road and Dr. Moonda got out to switch drivers. Mrs. Moonda and her 74-year-old mother were in the car but told authorities they could not identify the shooter.
Police have since revealed that Mrs. Moonda and Bradford were lovers who met in a Pennsylvania drug treatment program where she was sent after pleading no contest to stealing the drug fentanyl from a Greenville, Pa., hospital where she worked. Mrs. Moonda has not been charged.
Illegal contact
As part of McFrazier's bond, she was ordered to have no contact with Bradford, his mother, Sharon, or Donna Moonda.
Ohio State Patrol Sgt. Gerald Funelli testified Friday that there were calls made where the two spoke on at least different days in April and May.
According to Funelli, during one call, Bradford's brother called McFrazier on another telephone and put the two telephones together so Damian Bradford and McFrazier could speak. On another occasion, McFrazier was apparently in Sharon Bradford's home and spoke to her boyfriend via telephone, Funelli testified.
They also played two recorded conversations between the two, including one where Bradford called McFrazier's cellular telephone number.
In one of the recorded conversations, McFrazier tells Bradford that prosecutors are trying to get her to testify against him at his upcoming trial.
Palombaro said his client has made no agreement to testify against Bradford at trial. McFrazier will be given credit for time served now against her sentence on the perjury charges. She is expected to be sentenced to 10 to 16 months in prison.
In addition to sending McFrazier to jail, Judge Dowd ruled on a slew of motions filed recently by Bradford's defense team. Most were denied, including a request to throw out Bradford's cellular telephone records which track his whereabouts to an area near the Ohio Turnpike on the day of the killing. Dowd also denied a motion for a change of venue.
The judge did grant the defense's request for information about the prosecution's case.
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