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Now that victim has died, man could face additional charges
For now, he’s charged with burglary, robbery, tampering and theft.
WARREN — A city man accused of a robbery and assault that ultimately took a man’s life will be in county court for a preliminary hearing today, but additional charges may be coming.
Christopher Moore, 31, of Roosevelt Street Northwest, appeared for arraignment Monday afternoon before Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court wearing the traditional orange county jumpsuit and a blue-jean jacket and sporting a full beard.
Moore faces charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, tampering with evidence and two counts of grand theft in the Nov. 10 shooting of David Petrosky in Petrosky’s Hall Street home.
Moore pleaded innocent to the charges. Judge Kontos set bail at $1 million.
Petrosky had been on life support since the shooting, but life support was removed at about 1 p.m. Thursday, and he died about 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Atty. Roger Bauer, representing Moore, said he anticipates more charges to be filed in the near future.
“I expect there will be a superseding indictment with the government addressing the fact that the victim has died,” Bauer said after the court proceedings. “These are only the original charges. If there had been no death, this would be a complete picture.”
Court personnel said there had been no grand jury indictments released thus far this week.
Police said Moore called police at 8:41 a.m. to report that Petrosky, someone with whom he was familiar, had been shot in the head there and might be dead. Moore lives one block from Petrosky.
Police arrested Moore later that day, and he has remained in Trumbull County Jail.
Petrosky’s son has said Moore was a childhood friend of his, and that Moore had problems with substance abuse.
Members of Petrosky’s family believe Moore went to Petrosky’s house that day for help with problems he was having with “drug dealers” he had gotten into conflict with the night before and may have shot their father to obtain a gun.
Police have confirmed that Moore had left voice messages at David Petrosky’s house the morning of the shooting, and that David Petrosky had never been in trouble with the law.
Both of Petrosky’s sons say their father had known Moore for many years and had helped him with small amounts of money and food in the past.
David Petrosky collected guns and sold them at gun shows, but he kept them well-secured in his house and was careful with them, said a family friend.
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