Canton driver accused of beating 85-year-old retired steel worker wants to change plea Travonce Backie (Source: Canton police) By Julia Bingel | May 10, 2021 at 2:25 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 2:25 PM
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The attorney for the 32-year-old man accused of viciously beating an elderly retired steelworker after a car accident filed a motion to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Travonce Backie was indicted on the charges of felonious assault, failure to stop after an accident, driving under suspension and repeat violent offender specification.
The motion to change his plea will be heard on June 10 in front of Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt.
Sentencing for Stark County man convicted of murdering woman in her driveway Jason McDermitt By Julia Bingel | April 14, 2021 at 10:31 AM EDT - Updated April 14 at 1:42 PM
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Canton man convicted of murdering a co-worker will be sentenced Wednesday afternoon.
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The jury trial for Jason McDermitt began on April 2 in front of Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt.
On April 8, jurors found McDermitt guilty of aggravated murder and menacing by stalking. Morgan Fox was murdered on 10/28/2020. (Source: Obit)
Morgan Fox, 29, was shot and killed on Oct. 28, 2020 while getting into her vehicle parked in the driveway of her home on Frazer Ave. in North Canton.
Jurors convict Stark County man of murdering woman in her driveway Jason McDermitt By Julia Bingel | April 9, 2021 at 10:33 AM EDT - Updated April 9 at 10:33 AM
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Canton man was convicted Thursday of murdering a woman last October.
The jury trial for Jason McDermitt began on April 2 in front of Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt.
On April 8, jurors found McDermitt guilty of aggravated murder and menacing by stalking. Morgan Fox was murdered on 10/28/2020. (Source: Obit)
Morgan Fox, 29, was shot and killed on Oct. 28, 2020 while getting into her vehicle parked in the driveway of her home on Frazer Ave. in North Canton.