Judge says he'll issue warrant for witness

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge said he’ll issue a material witness warrant for the arrest and detention of a woman who identified Jamar Houser as the man she saw running from the St. Dominic Church parking lot around the time Angeline Fimognari was fatally shot outside the church.

The witness picked Houser, 20, of Volney Road, the suspect charged with robbing and killing Fimognari, out of a police photo lineup as the man she saw running as she drove west on Lucius Avenue.

Houser faces the death penalty if he’s convicted of the Jan. 23, 2010, slaying of Fimognari, 80, of Sheridan Road, after she left an 8 a.m. Mass that day at the church.

Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court said he’ll issue the warrant for the witness, who failed to appear for a pre-trial evidentiary hearing today.

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