3 men charged in robbing real-estate agents ordered jailed without bond

YOUNGSTOWN — Three men facing multiple charges in connection with targeting real estate agents for robbery will remain in Mahoning County jail without bond until a trial date is set later this month.

One of those robberies resulted in the death of real-estate agent Vivian D. Martin.

Robert S. Brooks, 25, of Castalia Avenue in Youngstown, and Grant P. Cooper, 21, of Sulgrave Drive in Brookfield, and Paul Brooks, 27, of Youngstown, appeared today for arraignment before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The judge ordered all three kept in jail without bond.

Robert Brooks and Cooper are charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and aggravated arson with death-penalty specifications for Martin’s death.

Martin, 67, was owner of Essence Realty.

Paul Brooks is charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping in connection with the robbery of a real-estate agent in Boardman.

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