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Potential plea negotiations to begin for Warren mother’s suspected killer

By Chris McBride 1 min read
Noel Flores

WARREN -- Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Chris Becker and Attorney Jeff Goodman will discuss a potential plea deal in the case of Noel Flores, who is accused of killing Ashante Fisher-Kirksey, 26, in her Francis Avenue home in November.

The disclosure was made during a pre-trial hearing in the courtroom of Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Andrew Logan on Tuesday morning.

Flores' next scheduled court appearance is scheduled for March 5 as a potential trial looms on March 18.

Flores was indicted on charges of murder, second-degree improper discharge of a firearm and three counts of second-degree possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premises.

The first two charges listed carry firearm specifications.

On the night of the murder, Fisher-Kirksey's boyfriend phoned 911, reporting that his girlfriend had been shot in the neck after she was followed into her Francis Avenue SE residence by at least one gunman around 2 a.m. Nov. 11.

Flores was booked into Trumbull County jail following extradition from St. Petersburg, Florida where U.S. Marshals tracked him to an apartment. Flores was found with a 9-mm firearm which is the same caliber used in Fisher-Kirksey's death,

according to the Marshal's task force.

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