The juvenile killer of a Niles police officer in 1982 has had his parole hearing moved up because of a new state law that is giving juvenile murderers more chances at freedom.
Fred E. Joseph Jr., convicted in 1983 and sentenced to 30 years to life in the slaying of Niles patrolman John A. Utlak, will face a parole hearing this September.
Authorities had originally set a 2022 date for a parole hearing, after Joseph’s bid for parole in 2012 was rebuffed. But a new law approved by the Legislature during a 2020 lame duck session and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine on Jan. 3 this year, states all juvenile offenders must have a chance at parole.
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Fred E. Joseph Jr. is led by Trumbull County sheriff deputies back to jail after one of the court hearings at the Trumbull County courthouse. Joseph, having been sentenced to 30 years to life in the slaying of Niles officer John A. Utlak in 1982, will have a parole hearing in September.
The juvenile killer of a Niles police officer in 1982 has had his parole hearing moved up because of a new state law that is giving juvenile murderers more chances at freedom.
Fred E. Joseph Jr., convicted in 1983 and sentenced to 30 years to life in the slaying of Niles patrolman John A. Utlak, will face a parole hearing this September.
Dec 10, 2020
WARREN Attorney David Heskett McLain, 56, passed away from COVID-19 on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital.
He was born Dec. 11, 1963, in Warren, the son of Judge David F. McLain and Mary Flo Compton McLain.
David attended Warren schools, graduating from Warren G. Harding High School in 1982, with honors.
He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, graduating in 1986 with a bachelor of arts degree. David was active in the Theta Chi Fraternity. Following graduation, he was involved in Miami Alumni recruiting.
He then attended and graduated from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1989, where he was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, served as president his senior year and represented the Toledo Law School at the National Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.