Man indicted for Market Street murder

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Mahoning County grand jury Thursday indicted a man accused of gunning down a woman last week on Market Street as she was driving to work.

Dale Williams, 59, of Youngstown, was indicted on charges of aggravated murder and felonious assault with firearm specifications and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Williams is accused of the June 15 slaying of Elizabeth Stewart, 46, of Boardman, who made a complaint the night before with township police that Williams had threatened her.

Prosecutors said at Williams’ arraignment in municipal court that Williams confessed to detectives he killed Stewart. Williams knew which route she took to work, waited for her, and when he saw her car on Market Street, he weaved through traffic to ram it from behind, forcing it into a building.

Police said Stewart got out of the car and begged for her life, but Williams shot her 10 times. A police officer got to the scene and ordered Williams to drop his gun. He did and was taken into custody.

Also, five people were indicted in two separate cases on charges of trying to smuggle drugs into the Ohio State Penitentiary on Coitsville-Hubbard Road (state Route 616) on the East Side.

In the first case, Kalea Stiover, 20, of Cleveland Heights, is accused of trying to smuggle marijuana to Timothy Bozeman, 24, an inmate there. They are both charged with illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto the grounds of a detention facility and complicity.

In a 12-count indictment, Robert Dempsey, 45, an inmate, and two women, Ruby Wright, 45, of Middlebranch, Ohio, and Jennifer Huff, 48, of Canal Fulton, each face counts of illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto the grounds of a governmental facility and complicity charges. The women are accused of trying to arrange for the drug suboxone, a painkiller, to be smuggled into the prison for Dempsey.

The grand jury also indicted these people on these charges:

Floyd Sowers, 80, Wolosyn Circle, Poland, gross sexual imposition.

Anthony Hopkins, 19, Kenmore Avenue, and Antwuan Reese, 19, West Evergreen Avenue, vandalism and obstructing official business.

Alex Cherney, 26, Venlee Avenue, Poland, theft.

Braquan Walker, 19, Palmer Avenue, failure to comply, receiving stolen property and obstructing official business.

James Muldrow, 23, Kendis Circle, and Dashonti Baker, 24, Millet Avenue, tampering with evidence, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia with forfeiture specifications.

Kristian Allen Coon, 22, Mooreline Drive, Girard, theft.

Michael J. Forgach, 41, Wildwood Drive, Boardman, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine and permitting drug abuse.

Dourglas R. Gue, 60, Shetland Avenue, possession of cocaine.

Robert Craig Powell, 57, Calla Road, Canfield, theft.

Omar Avilez Suares, 23, East Lucius Avenue, failure to comply.

Christie Bako, 39, Chalmers Avenue, and Jaime Clark, 33, Chalmers Avenue, possession of cocaine.

Stephen Hogan, 47, Marmion Avenue, breaking and entering and theft.

Michael Moore, 38, South Bon Air Avenue, aggravated possession of drugs.

Christopher Rizer, 68, West Marshall Avenue, McDonald, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Drequan Kareen-Abdullah, 18, Mumford Avenue, aggravated robbery and robbery with firearm specifications.

Cassandra R. Vaughn Ware, 54, Williamsburg Street, Warren, misuse of credit cards.

Francis Madera, 21, Bronx, N.Y., tampering with evidence, forgery, and attempted telecommunications fraud.

Eric O. Smith Jr., 31, West Hylda Avenue, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Shawn P. Snyder, 53, North Beverly Avenue, Austintown, and Kenneth Page, 61, West Chalmers Avenue, possession of cocaine with forfeiture specifications and possession of a dangerous drug.

Norman Weimer Jr., 29, South Meridian Road; Sarah J. Howley, 40, Loveland Road; and Mary J. Porter, 45, Central Avenue, Austintown, receiving stolen property.

Tiffany Wheeler, 34, Hughes Street, Niles, theft of drugs.

David Dunkel, 68, Evergreen Road, New Middletown, two counts intimidation by stalking, menacing by stalking and obstructing official business.

Camrin Jo Druzin, 32, St. Clairsville, complicity to commit grand theft.