Hundley lawyers file insanity plea in murder/assault/arson case

YOUNGSTOWN

Lawyers for a man charged with killing one woman and trying to kill another woman last November at a Cleveland Avenue home, which he’s accused of setting afire, have entered an insanity plea on his behalf.

Defense lawyers Louis M. DeFabio and Lynn Maro entered the plea of innocent by reason of insanity Thursday on behalf of Lance Hundley, 46, of Washington Street, Warren, or Cleveland Avenue, Youngstown, in Hundley’s capital-murder case.

Hundley is charged with aggravated murder in the death of Erica Huff, 41, who had been a part-time Mahoning County auto-title clerk, and with attempted murder and felonious assault against Denise Johnson, together with two counts of aggravated arson.

The death-penalty specification on the indictment says Hundley killed Huff while trying to kill Johnson.

Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.