Trial date set for man accused of killing owner of Freddie’s Diner in Warren

WARREN — Atty. Greg Meyers of Columbus, chief trial counsel for the Ohio Public Defender’s Office, will represent Ardeed I. Mitchell, 28, of Youngstown, in a capital murder trial in Trumbull County.

Mitchell’s other attorney will be Jim Lewis of the Trumbull County Public Defender’s Office.

Among the charges Mitchell faces are aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder. He is accused of a robbery and two shootings Aug. 12 at Freddie’s Diner on North Park Avenue in Warren that resulted in the death of Fred DeVengencie, 90, owner of the restaurant, and the wounding of his son, Anthony DeVengencie, 71.

Mitchell appeared with his lawyers today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for a pretrial hearing before Judge John M. Stuard.

Lewis said the defense and prosecution have exchanged 90 percent of the evidence in the case. Another pretrial hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14. Mitchell’s trial is set for March 3.

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