BUCYRUS A preliminary hearing is scheduled for murder suspect Brian Russell at 1 p.m. May 17 in Crawford County Municipal Court.
Assenheimer said the victim was allegedly killed in an assault by Russell.
Russell was found and arrested April 22, then taken to the Crawford County Jail. Later that evening, Russell confessed to assaulting the man on April 20, according to an earlier joint news release from Bucyrus Police Department and the Crawford County Prosecutor s Office.
Russell was arraigned in Crawford Municipal Court on Friday.
He s being held without bond, according to court records, Attorney Jerry Thompson was appointed to represent Russell.
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Galion Police identify deceased man found on Wednesday
Galion Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday afternoon.
According to a press release issued by the police department, dispatchers received a call at 2:07 p.m. Wednesday stating that the body of a man had been discovered near the CSX railroad tracks south of the crossing located on Sherman Street. When they arrived on the scene, officers found the man’s body in a tree-lined area located east of the railroad tracks.
The deceased was later identified as Joseph Gerster, age 46, Galion. The Lucas County Coroner’s Office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Investigators were not able to make that determination on Wednesday.
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