Accused murderers plead innocent

WARREN — Two men pleaded innocent to murder charges today in separate homicide cases stemming from deaths less than a half mile away from each other and about three weeks apart on North Park Avenue in the city.

Mario Q. Sellers, 23, of 516 Austin Ave., S.W., and Steven D. Brown, 29, of 3009 Aris St., N.W., both appeared for their arraignments before Judge John M. Stuard in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Bond was set at $1 million for both. Sellers is represented by attorney Gary Rich of Warren. Brown is represented by attorney Jim Lewis of the Public Defender’s Office.

Sellers is accused of killing Joseph D. Daniel, 33, of Palmyra Road Southwest in Warren, after Daniel left Benji Brown’s Bar and Grill, 2261 North Park Avenue N.W., July 29.

Brown is accused of killing Johnny Williamson, 24, in Williamson’s 1535 North Park Ave. N.W. home Aug. 23.

If convicted, both men could get life in prison but not the death penalty.