Hundley case

Hundley case

YOUNGSTOWN

Judge Maureen Sweeney Monday approved two motions by a man acting as his own lawyer in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in his capital murder case.

Judge Sweeney granted a request by Lance Hundley, 47, to allow a private investigator to interview him at the county jail and for jurors in his trial to view the Cleveland Street home where he is accused of killing Erika Huff, 41, and beating her mother in November 2015.

The judge, however, denied a motion to have an expert witness appointed for Hundley. Jury selection is slated for Friday.

Fatal car crash

CANFIELD

The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported a fatal one-car accident on U.S. Route 62 occurred after the driver suffered some type of medical episode, according to a patrol news release.

The accident, which occurred north of Western Reserve Road, took place about 3:45 p.m. Monday. Lynn E. Hawley Jr., 56, of Brookfield was pronounced dead at the scene.

OSHP reported Hawley was northbound on Route 62 when a medical condition caused him to veer off the roadway, hitting a ditch and coming to a stop in a cornfield.

The road was closed for a short time. OSHP’s Canfield Post is investigating.

10-year prison term

WARREN

Danny N. Jack, 32, of Perkins Jones Road, Bazetta, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for two robberies — Nov. 6 at the Rite Aid on Parkman Road Northwest and Nov. 11 at the Subway Restaurant on Parkman Road Northwest. He pleaded guilty last month before Judge Peter Kontos.

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