Settle to be arraigned Tuesday in murder case

Staff report

WARREN

Michael Settle, 26, of Sherman Avenue in Niles will be arraigned Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court on a murder charge, accused of killing James R. Levels, 64, of Beal Street Northwest.

Police arrested Settle at the Sherman Avenue address Monday and booked him into the Trumbull County jail. Police say additional charges may be forthcoming.

Lisa Prater, 48, told police two males broke into her house in the 900 block of South Street Southeast at 11:25 p.m. April 7 and were attempting to rob her when the suspects shot her and Levels.

Levels was found unresponsive in the bedroom of the home and was later pronounced dead. It was Warren’s first homicide of 2014. Prater was treated for two gunshot wounds.

The same house was also the scene of a suspicious fire June 26. The home was vacant at the time the fire, which was deemed a total loss of $22,000.

Read the complete story about the casei Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.