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Murder suspect’s dad sent to prison
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John Houser Sr.
Jamar Houser
By PETER H. MILLIKEN
YOUNGSTOWN
John Houser Sr., father of Jamar Houser, the suspect in the murder of an elderly woman outside St. Dominic Church, is on his way to prison for a probation violation.
Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the 10-month sentence Tuesday after Houser’s probation officer said he spotted the elder Houser violating his probation by driving a vehicle under license suspension.
The probation officer, Brian L. Worrell, said Houser, 46, of Volney Road, also violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine and marijuana, which he admitted using, and by failing to report to a drug treatment program last Friday for a scheduled evaluation.
Judge D’Apolito had sentenced the elder Houser on May 21 to five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to obstructing justice based on remarks he made to a potential witness in his son’s case.
Jamar Houser, 19, of Volney Road, is awaiting trial on charges of aggravated murder with a death- penalty specification and aggravated robbery in the fatal Jan. 23 shooting of Angeline Fimognari, 80, of Sheridan Road, at the church.
The judge imposed the prison time on the elder Houser after he waived a probation-violation hearing and after James MacDonald, an assistant county prosecutor, recommended prison time.
The elder Houser’s lawyer, Ross Smith, asked that his client not be sent to prison because he told the truth to his probation officer.
Smith also said his client would have appeared for his treatment evaluation had he not been ill Friday.
“I wasn’t trying to disrespect you or the courts,” the elder Houser told Judge D’Apolito.
Houser said he suffered from a serious seizure and elevated blood sugar and was ill through the weekend.
Jamar Houser’s mother, Frances Cianciola, 42, of Volney Road, remains on two years’ probation after she, too, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in her son’s case.
When Judge D’Apolito imposed probations on the elder Houser and Cianciola, one of the conditions was that they are to have no contact with anyone associated with their son’s case, which also is before the judge.
Comments
Like father like son
The apple does'nt fall far from the tree.
Hardly the same thing.
With his medical condition he shouldn't be doing cocaine and marijuana. And he or his wife should have called the Drug Treatment center and said he was ill and reschedule. Simple logic.
Pure trash, rid the world of these two and it will be a better place.
John Houser Sr should not have been treated in such a fashion . He is settled in a life of leisure with plenty of drugs and loves his freedom . He will now be bitter and feel oppressed .
I just hate to see a family split up like this , maybe they should throw the mom in jail so they can all be together.
USA1 Im with you..Any way you look at it, we are paying for this family, they went from one assistance program to the next....And he bought the drugs with money the family robbed off another old lady at a bingo nite...
Let the sleepy juices flow...my friends we are paying for trash like this to exact crimes on us, it's a nasty little cycle the govermennt has perpetuated and continues to approve and promote. Thank O for the increased trash like this moving into what used to be safe, clean neighborhoods, Now all of Ytown and it's surrouding burbs are 'hood, just like they like it.