‘48 Hours’ interviews

‘48 Hours’ interviews

WARREN

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins and others were interviewed Monday in the Trumbull County Courthouse for a segment on the CBS program “48 Hours” regarding the Claudia Hoerig murder case. No air date has been finalized.

Watkins told an audience last month the effort to bring Hoerig back to the county to stand trial in the 2007 killing of her husband is “close to success.”

County authorities accuse Hoerig, 53, of killing Maj. Karl Hoerig at their Newton Falls home, but she fled to her native Brazil shortly afterward and has been the subject of extradition proceedings. Karl Hoerig was 43 when he died.

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled in March with a 4-1 vote to extradite her to the United States, but it’s still up to the executive branch of Brazil’s government to send her back, Watkins has said.

Charged in shootout

YOUNGSTOWN

A second person is charged in a shootout Saturday that left two people wounded at the Southern Tavern on Glenwood Avenue.

Michael Campbell, 53, of Youngstown, was booked into the Mahoning County jail Tuesday on charges of felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon.

Campbell was wounded in the shootout, as was Terrance McKinney, 33, of North Bon Air Avenue, who is also charged. Reports said McKinney could be seen on video arguing with a person in the bar, then pulling a gun and firing. McKinney has yet to be booked into the jail because he is still being treated at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Drug-case plea

YOUNGSTOWN

A Canfield man pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing heroin to another person who sustained harm as a result. Anthony Beshara, 19, of Canfield, pleaded guilty to one count of corrupting another with drugs.

Beshara, who was indicted in September, had a jury trial scheduled for Monday. His sentencing is scheduled for January before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Trustees meeting

COITSVILLE

The township trustees meeting is at 7 p.m. today. The meeting will take place at the township administration building, 3711 McCartney Road.

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