Accused shooter of KFC manager to remain in jail

YOUNGSTOWN — Taran D. Helms, who is charged with robbing and shooting Joseph Kaluza, the KFC manager en route to make a bank deposit earlier this year, will remain jailed without bond, a judge has ruled.

However, Helms’ girlfriend, Hattie L. Gilbert, who is charged with driving her car in the staged crash that preceded the robbery, went from being held without bond to having a $150,000 bond set for her.

Judge Timothy E. Franken of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court made the rulings in a Monday hearing.

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