Two murder suspects arraigned today in common pleas court
YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County magistrate has continued the high bonds under which two murder suspects — Jamar Houser and Darold Lee Shorter — are jailed.
Both cases are tentatively set for trial next month after both men pleaded innocent at today’s arraignments in common pleas court.
Houser faces death-penalty specifications in the Jan. 23 murder of Angeline Fimognari at St. Dominic Church, is set for trial April 12.
Shorter, 42, of West Earle Avenue, remains jailed under $1.1 million bond in the Jan. 28 stabbing death of Lamont Brown, 33, also of West Earle. Shorter’s trial on murder and cocaine possession charges is set for April 19.
Judge Lou A. D’Apolito is assigned to preside over their trials.