Guns found in suspect’s home
Man enters not guilty plea in diner slayingBy CHRISTOPHER BOBBY Tribune Chronicle
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WARREN - According to a search warrant that led to Ardeed Mitchell's arrest Sept. 6 , police were looking for medical bills, doctors instructions or ''other documentation detailing the treatment of a head injury'' following a confrontation that left a diner owner dead and his son wounded.
While police didn't find evidence of an injury being treated, they did find two weapons that are being checked to determine if they were used in the diner holdup and a .380-pistol that might be the gun used to shoot the diner owner and his son.
Mitchell pleaded not guilty Monday to capital murder charges before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge John M. Stuard. He is scheduled to return for a pretrial at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 15. He is being held in Trumbull County Jail in lieu of a bond.
Mitchell faces charges of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and three counts of aggravated robbery. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
Warren detectives had information that Mitchell, 28, of Youngstown, was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. However, they had to wait three weeks until they got a DNA match to look for their suspect. His DNA and fingerprints are on file since Mitchell is a convicted felon.
On Aug. 12, a gunman entered the back of Freddie's Diner that leads to an adjoining Sons of Italy club and after a struggle, owner Fred DeVengencie, 90, was shot in the neck and died, according to police. His son, Anthony, 71, was shot through the hand, the bullet piercing his mouth and lodging in the back of his head. He remains in a coma.
The bandit pushed his way out of the office, struggling with Anthony before Anthony ''lost control'' of his weapon, according to police.
During the struggle, Fred hit the bandit over the head with a bottle. Anthony was shot moments later - possibly with his own gun and possibly the same gun detectives found in the Palmyra home where Mitchell was arrested, according to investigators.
Attorney James Lewis of the Public Defender's Office represented Mitchell at the brief appearance.
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smokey
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09-17-08 12:58 PM
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thanks everyone i know what in lieu means now.thank you Dschweck for the comment. but the part about a judge being stupid, i tend to disagree it happens sometimes ,stranger things have happened. afterall some judge let him go time and time again. and there has been murder defendants out on bond. this is just my view so lets not attack people..thanks
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purple51
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09-17-08 10:32 AM
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or exclaimation. Anyway, I don't think they will be stupid enough to let this one out. He might trip over his own feet and break his neck or something. Maybe he will hang himself in the jail. It's been known to happen before.
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purple51
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09-17-08 10:28 AM
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Sorry Dschweck, I know you meant exclamation points!!!
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Dschweck
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09-17-08 7:06 AM
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LeslieR;What school taught you,to use so many explination points(that's these things;!!!) at the end of a sentance?Go correct yourself.
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virutalia
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09-16-08 2:01 PM
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The defendant robbed the restaurant IN LIEU of getting a job. So now, one man is dead, another is in a coma, their families are in shambles, and loyal employees are unemployed.
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OutsideTheBox
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09-16-08 12:56 PM
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Purple51 is right. "In lieu" is "In place of" He's not getting out. The Judge isn't stupid he knows he'll run. Most murder charges are enough to keep someone locked up because of the inherent nature of the crime - people tend to run like deer. He's not going anywhere.
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smokey
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09-16-08 11:26 AM
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LeslieR,,number 1 i didn't go to warren schools i went to cleveland SO BITE ME!! excuse me for not knowing one word and it being early morning. i have two degrees it just doesn't happen to be in law. i left a comment i didn't realize we had comment police! if you read the comment i left it was in a question form. i can see that you have an abundance of time on your hands to set at your comp. and ASSUME where people went to school. look instead of taking space up on this board to try to run someones else down why don't you go back to school and get a job with the warren city schools and save the world from people who doesn't know the meaning of every single word in the english language and then you can move on to the spelling and grammer.. thannk you mrcafeman
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Billdog
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09-16-08 10:23 AM
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Just another rocket scientist. I think we should tie him in Courthouse Square and let the community take care of him.
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anniemae
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09-16-08 10:09 AM
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Do what they do overseas......firing squad. Although he should be made to suffer. See that smurk on his face while he's reviewing his papers? I haven't read any racial slurs, yet.
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mrcafeman
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09-16-08 10:08 AM
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Leslie, Your a sad sad waste of humanity!! Turn this tragedy into some stupid comment. Instead of being part of the solution, your part of the problem. Stay couped up in your little suburban home with your eyes blind-folded. I live in Howland and see some of the same problems. Its not the schools fault, it is the parents faults.
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LeslieR
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09-16-08 9:55 AM
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LOL I just love reading these posts - Warren area schools are doing such a great job that people don't know what "in lieu of" means and the spelling and grammar are always great!!!!!!!!!!!
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purple51
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09-16-08 9:40 AM
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In lieu of is like saying instead of. So he is being held instead of bond.
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TomSmith
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09-16-08 8:21 AM
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Dirt bag should be hanging from a tree right now.
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bruskii
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09-16-08 8:18 AM
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tall skinny selfish still in pokey . he be there good while. who shocked that they be guns over at his crib?
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Dschweck
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09-16-08 7:25 AM
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"And justice for all"(except the victims!)
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smokey
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09-16-08 4:04 AM
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in lieu of bond??? i thought he was being held without bond?? if they let him out on bond the judge needs fired. any person with common sense knows if he gets bond he's gone like the wind. capital murder charges and he gets bond?? wtf????
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