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YOUNGSTOWN — Brian Donlow Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Christopher Jackson Jr. on Nov. 18, 2018, in a car at the corner of Bennington and Stewart avenues on the East Side. Donlow, 26, of Detroit Avenue, already was serving a sentence of 21 years to life after being convicted last year of another 2018 East Side murder — the shooting death of Brandon Wylie, 30, on June 18, 2018. Judge Anthony D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ordered Donlow’s new sentence be served in addition to his earlier one. The judge handed...

May 11, 2021 YOUNGSTOWN – Brian Donlow Jr. of Youngstown, 26, who was convicted at trial last month, received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday for killing Christopher Jackson Jr., 21, of Warren Nov. 18, 2018. That sentence is in addition to the 21-years-to-life in prison he received in February 2020, also in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, for killing Brandon Wylie, 30, June 18, 2018, five months before the Jackson killing. Both killings took place on Youngstown’s East Side. For more on this story, read Wednesday’s Vindicator. NEWSLETTER I'm in...

Apr 28, 2021 YOUNGSTOWN –Judge Anthony D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court today found Brian Donlow Jr. guilty on all counts after a two-day trial in which Donlow served as his own lawyer. Donlow listened calmly to the verdicts and was later led from the courtroom without incident. He will be sentenced later. Donlow, 26, and two other men were charged with aggravated murder and other offenses in the Nov. 18, 2018, shooting death of Christopher Jackson Jr., 21, of Warren. Jackson was found dead in a car at the corner of Bennington and Stewart avenues on the East Side. Donlow al...

YOUNGSTOWN — Before Judge Anthony D’Apolito announced Wednesday that he had found Brian Donlow Jr. guilty of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault in the killing of Christopher Jackson Jr. and wounding of Carlos Davis, he summarized the evidence he heard. D’Apolito focused on evidence showing three different calibers of weapon fired bullets into Jackson’s body and that a key found in the car where Jackson, 21, and Davis, 24, were shot opened the door at a house in Youngstown associated with Donlow and co-defendant Stephon Hopkins. He also mentioned Faceb...

Brian Donlow Jr. looks into a law book during a break in his aggravated murder trial. In the background is attorney J.P. Laczko, standby attorney appointed for Donlow, who is representing himself. Laczko is there to take over Donlow’s defense if Donlow requests it. Staff photo / Ed Runyan YOUNGSTOWN — In an aggravated murder trial full of unusual circumstances, another unusual thing happened Tuesday after prosecutors and defendant Brian Donlow Jr. gave opening statements and heard from a couple of witnesses. Donlow, 26, is serving as his own lawyer even though he has no experience. He ...