Wife agrees to testify against accused murderer

YOUNGSTOWN — The wife of a man charged with a murder last September on the East Side agreed to testify against him just before jury selection in his trial began today.

Megan Miller, 37, of Hazelwood Avenue, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of falsification before Judge Maureen Sweeney in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court just before her trial was to begin as well and agreed to testify against her husband, Randall Miller, 38, who is charged with the Sept. 28, 2013 murder of 36-year-old Frank James Brown.

Brown was found shot to death on South Truesdale Avenue amid shards of glass.

Megan Miller was originally charged with tampering with evidence. Prosecutors are recommending probation if she testifies truthfully against her husband.

Police said Brown was shot inside a 2002 Cadillac owned by Megan Miller, who was a cashier in the city finance department at the time of Brown’s slaying.

Megan Miller had told police the car had not been recently cleaned, but when they served a search warrant at her home, they found that a window had been replaced and that efforts had been made to clean the car.

Her husband had turned down an offer of manslaughter and a 13-year prison sentence last week in exchange for his testimony against another person who was allegedly involved in Brown’s death.

Jury selection got underway this morning for Randall Miller’s trial.