Inmate indicted in Liberty Township homicide

WARREN

A Trumbull County grand jury has indicted federal prison inmate Melvin L. Turner, 37, accused of being the triggerman in a 2009 double homicide in Liberty Township.

Turner was indicted on two counts of aggravated murder and single counts of aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He’s accused of shooting to death Wilneice L. Green, 28, and her 13-year-old daughter, Ja-Brajasia, Nov. 15, 2009, at Green’s Northgate Drive home.

Turner was arrested in Maryland shortly after the Liberty crimes took place and was later sentenced to a four-year federal prison term for embezzling.

Chris Becker, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said Turner will be arraigned after he is brought back to Trumbull County from West Virginia, in about 30 days.

If convicted of the charges, Turner could receive a possible sentence of life in prison without eligibility for parole.

Five other people have already pleaded guilty to their role in the crime and have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.