Darold Shorter gets 15 years to life for 2010 murder

YOUNGSTOWN — A 42-year-old city man has received a mandatory sentence of 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his 33-year-old neighbor.

Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the prison time on Darold Shorter, of East Earle Avenue, in the Jan. 28, 2010, stabbing death of Lamont Brown, also of Earle Avenue.

Shorter drew the prison time today after a jury convicted him of the murder after deliberating for little more than an hour Thursday.

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