Girl’s murder termed a ‘horribly-gone-wrong case of discipline’
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
A shrine has been erected for 4-year-old My’Laya Dewitt outside the home on North Elizabeth Street in Lima where she was found unresponsive last week. Romiere Hale has been charged with murder in her death, and her mother faces a child endangerment charge.
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The attorney for Romiere Hale said the case against his 21-year-old client, pictured above, is “a horribly-gone-wrong case of discipline that should have been handled in a different way.”
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Ma’Laya Dewitt
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Lima teen charged in armed robberies waives right to jury trial
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Juan Freeman II will stand trial beginning Monday in the Allen County courtroom of Judge Terri Kohlrieser. Freeman, 18, on Tuesday waived his constitutional right to a jury trial in favor of a trial to the court in which Kohlrieser will be the sole trier of facts. He is charged with three counts of aggravated robbery with firearm specifications in connection with armed robberies at two Lima businesses in January of 2020.
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LIMA A trial is scheduled in Allen County Common Pleas Court beginning Monday for a Lima teenager who police and prosecutors say was one of two juveniles who took part in armed robberies more than a year ago at Little Caesar’s pizza and Hermie’s Party Shop in Lima.
Woman who stabbed former boyfriend gets prison term
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Maisha Davis, 38, of Lima, was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for stabbing a former boyfriend last November. Due to extenuating circumstances in the case, the judge said she would “strongly consider” issuing a judicial release for Davis after the woman has served six months in prison.
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LIMA A Lima woman who stabbed her former boyfriend was sentenced Thursday morning to two years in prison.
Due to extenuating circumstances surrounding the case, however, Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Terri Kohlrieser made it clear to Maisha Davis that she would be eligible to request an early release from prison in six months, and that her request would be given serious consideration.