North Bloomfield man faces murder charge in Bristolville stabbing


January 21, 2014 at 11:36a.m.

North Bloomfield man faces murder charge in Bristolville stabbing

NEWTON FALLS

William J. Helmuth, 45, of North Bloomfield, was arraigned this morning in Newton Falls Municipal Court on a murder charge in the Thursday stabbing death of Craig C. Neighbor, 41, of Bristolville.

Judge Philip Vigorito set bond at $1 million. No plea was requested from Helmuth, and a his next hearing is scheduled for Thursday if he isn’t indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury before then.

Helmuth was taken into custody in the hours after police were called to the Bristol Inn, at the corner of state Routes 45 and 88, for a stabbing.