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CANTON A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing a woman whose body was found in Sandy Creek in Pike Township in June.
Scott A. Birch, 48, who doesn t have a permanent address listed in court records but formerly lived in Ravenna and Minerva City, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and single counts of felonious assault, tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse.
Birch stabbed 41-year-old Kerry-Anne Mumford multiple times in the neck, according to court records.
The killing happened on June 19 in the 5300 block of Gracemont Street SW.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin Farmer scheduled Birch s sentencing for Jan. 22. Birch faces up to 29 years to life in prison.
CANTON A 21-year-old Akron man has been ordered to spend to up to nine years in prison for fatally shooting a Canton man who had broken into a home where the defendant was asleep in bed with the other man s ex-girlfriend.
Lamont M. Buchanan had previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault and having a weapon while under disability.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin Farmer sentenced Buchanan on charges stemming from July 27, when he shot 25-year-old Isaiah Heard multiple times from behind, striking him in the back area and in the rear of his leg, said Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Donovan Hill.