Youngstown man gets 12 years for manslaughter

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man is going to prison for 12 years after pleading guilty to a voluntary manslaughter charge in a Jan. 2, 2006, slaying.

Judge James C. Evans imposed the sentence Wednesday on John A. Weaver, 30, of Hawthorne Street, in the shooting death of Arlis R. Casey, 35, of East Florida Avenue. Casey died on Weaver’s porch after being shot in the head while he was confronting Weaver about a burglary he believed Weaver had committed earlier that day at the Casey residence, police reports said.

The Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge sentenced Weaver to nine years for the manslaughter and three consecutive years for the gun specification, for a total of 12 years. A five-year sentence for being a felon with a gun and an eight-year term for burglary will be served concurrently with the manslaughter sentence.