Man convicted of burglarizing home
Man convicted of burglarizing home
YOUNGSTOWN
A Struthers man was convicted of burglarizing an occupied home in the 200 block of Maplewood Avenue in that city in a 90-minute nonjury trial Monday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Judge R. Scott Krichbaum found William Paul Brown, 32, of South Bridge Street, guilty in the Jan. 24 burglary and ordered him placed in the county jail without bond pending his 8:30 a.m. May 22 sentencing.
Trial date set for TaShawn Walker
WARREN
TaShawn Walker, 26, of Baytown, Texas, will go on trial Dec. 8 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in the Oct. 26, 2013, shooting death of Richard Rollison, IV, 24 at the Sunoco gas station on West Market Street.
During a hearing Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, Walker’s new attorney, Lynn Maro, told Judge Peter Kontos she will need additional time to prepare for the trial.
Walker’s trial date had been May 12.
Court officials say Maro recently was retained by Walker; during earlier hearings, the Ohio Public Defender’s Office served as his legal counsel.
Walker is accused of killing Rollison a short time after Walker left a Warren Township tavern, where witnesses said he and his father accused people of celebrating the death of Walker’s brother, Taemarr Walker, 24, one week earlier.
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