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Jury debates fate of man in killing of wife

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County jury will resume deliberations this morning in the case of a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death at a Coitsville motel two summers ago. Jurors talked for less than an hour Thursday afternoon before Common Pleas Judge Anthony Donofrio sent ...

Jury finds 27-year-old guilty in fatal shooting case

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County jury took about an hour Thursday afternoon to find Traeshaun Turner guilty of three felony counts linked to a Sept. 8, 2020, fatal shooting outside a South Side bar. After the verdicts were read, Turner, 27, was led from the courtroom in handcuffs back to his ...

State rests in murder case against Turner

YOUNGSTOWN — A defense attorney had the night to decide whether to put his client, accused murderer defendant Traeshaun Turner, 26, on the witness stand today after a Mahoning County judge said he’s leaning against giving a self-defense instruction to jurors. The prosecution rested ...

Texts read to jurors

YOUNGSTOWN — Juror spent the day Wednesday listening to dozens of transcripts of text messages and reports from forensic experts in the aggravated murder trial of a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death at a Coitsville motel two summers ago. Jurors will find out first thing ...

Judge to decide on use of messages in murder trial

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County judge is going to decide today whether to allow some damaging text messages a defendant allegedly made about his wife two weeks before she was slain at a Coitsville motel. Testimony is expected to continue in the aggravated murder trial of Francis Rydarowicz ...

Two testify shooting was over $40 debt

YOUNGSTOWN — Two people who went to the witness stand Tuesday testified that a Sept. 8, 2020, fatal shooting outside a South Side bar was over a $40 debt. Testimony will continue today in the aggravated murder trial of Traeshaun Turner, 26, accused of shooting 25-year-old Ishmael Bethel to ...