GUILTY OH - Shannon Graves, 28, found in freezer, Youngstown, Feb 2017

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Youngstown man pleads guilty to murder of girlfriend

"A Youngstown man pleaded guilty to the 2017 murder of his girlfriend in court Thursday morning.

Arturo Novoa is charged with killing his ex-girlfriend Shannon Graves and leaving her dismembered remains in a freezer inside a home in Campbell two years ago."

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can't access this article because of stupid EU rules!! :(

Can you give a little more from the article - does it say a sentencing date maybe! TIA! :)
 
Herrmann - looks like trial has been continued:

05/30/2019 09:00 AM COURTROOM #5 PRE TRIAL WITH CLIENTS DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

06/03/2019 08:30 AM COURTROOM #5 JURY TRIAL CONTINUED DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

07/18/2019 09:00 AM COURTROOM #5 PRE TRIAL WITH CLIENTS DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...A35gnqlu0OgVaxhFRrKZf09JyH3MvNLLOzThuOiIn58eg


and unless they haven't updated Ihlenfeld's site - looks like she will go to trial on 6/3:

05/30/2019 09:00 AM COURTROOM #5 PRE TRIAL WITH CLIENTS DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

06/03/2019 08:30 AM COURTROOM #5 JURY TRIAL DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...A35gnqlu0OgVSuvEwmzTugJFvWuhxHtlLCVTA-52LKkIQ
 
Friday, June 14th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 11am ET) - OH - Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (Missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July 2017) – only for *Arturo Novoa (31) indicted (8/8/17) with aggravated felony murder, felony murder, 3 counts of tampering with evidence (F3), obstructing justice (F3) & abuse of corpse (F5) (found in Arturo’s friend’s freezer). Plead not guilty; held on $1M bond.
Trial was set for Oct. 10, 2017; trial delayed to March 5, 2018 and then delayed to Aug. 6, and on July 5, 2018 delayed to Oct. 18, 2018 delayed again. Instead Pretrial hearing will be held on 10/22. 10/22/18 Update: Next Status hearing on 11/15. 11/15/18 Update: Next Pretrial hearings on 3/4/19 & 5/30, trial set for 6/3/19.
3/4/19 Update: Motions in limine due by 5/20 with 7 day response time. Final pretrial hearing on 5/30 and Jury trial on 6/3.
5/30/19 Update: Plead guilty. Prosecutor Dan Kasaris from the Ohio Attorney General's Office agreed to drop the aggravated murder charge against Novoa in exchange for his guilty plea to 47 other charges related to the killing. The plea includes 47 felony counts of murder, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, possession of criminal tools, theft of food stamps, grand theft of a motor vehicle, drug trafficking of marijuana and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Novoa is schedule to be sentenced on 6/14.

*Andrew A. Herrmann (27) - Next pretrial hearing on 7/18.
*Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) - Next pretrial hearing on 6/18.
*Katrina L. Layton - pled guilty in deal to abuse of corpse & obstruction of justice; will get probation as long as she cooperates & testifies against Novoa at trial.
 
Man convicted of dismembering Youngstown woman gets 48 years to life

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -

One of four suspects charged in connection with a scheme to murder and hide the body of a Youngstown woman in a freezer has been sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.

Thirty-three-year-old Arturo Novoa pleaded guilty in May to 47 charges related to the killing of 28-year-old Shannon Graves.

Novoa also pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, drug trafficking and possession of criminal tools.
[.....]
Novoa's co-conspirator, 36-year-old Katrina Layton pleaded guilty earlier to obstructing justice and abuse of a corpse after telling prosecutors she would testify against Novoa during his trial.

However, prosecutors have filed a motion to vacate Layton's plea and sentencing agreement, claiming that she lied to investigators. Layton has admitted to witnessing the murder, allowing the victim's body to be dismembered in her garage, and to helping move the body.
[.....]
Investigators say 28-year-old Andrew Herrmann and 27-year-old Michelle Ihlenfeld helped Novoa mutilate and hide Graves' body, as well as burn her belongings.

Herrmann is scheduled to go on trial in July on fourteen charges including multiple charges of tampering with evidence.

No trial date is yet set for his wife on charges of intimidation, obstructing justice, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.

On Thursday the Mahoning County Grand Jury handed up an indictment charging the pair with aggravated drug trafficking.
 
Tuesday, June 18th:
*Notes for Court Hearing (@ 7am ET) - OH - Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (Missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July 2017) – only for *Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) arrested (8/30/18) & indicted (9/1/18) with 2 counts of intimidation of crime victim/witness (between 8/13 & 8/15 of 2018), 2 counts of obstruction of justice, 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. $300K bond.
Trial was set for 6/3/19-continued.
5/31/19 Update: Defense files motion for continuance-granted. Next hearing on 6/18.

*Andrew A. Herrmann (27) arrested (8/30/18) & charged (9/4/18) with 11 counts of tampering with evidence, 1 count of abuse of a corpse, 1 count of obstruction of justice & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. No bond set.
5/30/19 Update: Motion to continue trial-granted. Next pretrial hearing on 7/18.
*Arturo Novoa (31) – Plead guilty. 6/14/19: Sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.
*Katrina L. Layton charged with same charges had 2/9/18 pretrial hearing and pled guilty in deal to abuse of corpse & obstruction of justice; will get probation as long as she cooperates & testifies against Novoa at trial. She is out of jail (3/28/18) on a $20K bond own recognizance; next hearing 10/29. 4/24/18: Accused of contacting witnesses; Defendant advised that an additional condition of her bond is absolutely no contact w/any witness on case except her mother. Def. ordered to deactivate & refrain from using any social media accounts. Bond is cont'd with all previously ordered conditions in effect.
5/29/19: Prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office are asking a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to vacate a plea and sentencing agreement for a woman who confessed her role in the death of Shannon Graves. And to reinstate a $1 million bond for Layton, because she has not been truthful.
 
6/26/19:

2 charged in dismemberment case arraigned today

June 26, 2019 at 11:41a.m.


YOUNGSTOWN — The husband and wife who are facing charges for the dismemberment of a woman who was murdered by her boyfriend were arraigned today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on separate drug charges.

Andrew Herrmann and Michelle Ihlenfeld, both 28 and both of Francisca Avenue, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated trafficking in drugs, which are felonies.
[.....]
The charges against Herrmann and Ihlenfeld are unrelated to the Graves’ death yet arose during the investigation.
 
for both - For drug charge:

06/25/2019 09:00 AM ARRAIGNMENT APPOINTED CR 3 GRAND JURY JUDGE

07/11/2019 07:00 AM COURTROOM #5 NOTES FOR COURT DONOFRIO, ANTHONY

08/19/2019 08:30 AM COURTROOM #5 JURY TRIAL DONOFRIO, ANTHONY


and this is Ihlenfeld's docket - Herrmann's is the same except for the 6/26 entries-he doesn't have them.

Docket Information
Date Description Docket Text Amount Owed Image Avail.
06/13/2019 DIRECT PRESENTMENT, INDICTMENT FILED DIRECT PRESENTMENT, INDICTMENT FILED $25.00
Image
06/13/2019 SUMMONS ALONG WITH COPY OF INDICTMENT ISSUED TO THE SHERIFF OF MAHONING COUNTY SUMMONS ALONG WITH COPY OF INDICTMENT ISSUED TO THE SHERIFF OF MAHONING COUNTY $2.00

06/18/2019 SUMMONS RETURNED & FILED SERVED-- NAME DATE-----FEES SUMMONS RETURNED & FILED SERVED--MICHELLE IHLENFELD 6-14-19 $5.00

06/26/2019 NOTICE NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FILED BY DEFT
Attorney: WEXLER ESQ, THADDEUS (83095)
06/26/2019 MEMO REQUEST FOR DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION FILED BY DEFT
Attorney: WEXLER ESQ, THADDEUS (83095)
06/26/2019 MOTION MOTION FOR BILL OF PARTICULARS FILED BY DEFT
Attorney: WEXLER ESQ, THADDEUS (83095)

link: https://ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.go...nZ5SXEDcRas3eqxFCTU9qcf6Dj7OgxcL4rbGmO6UByWdA
 
Wednesday, July 10th:
*Hearing – (@ 1:30pm ET) – OH – Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July, 2017) – only for *Katrina L. Layton charged with same charges had 2/9/18 pretrial hearing and pled guilty in deal to abuse of corpse & obstruction of justice; will get probation as long as she cooperates & testifies against Novoa at trial. She is out of jail (3/28/18) on a $20K bond own recognizance.
4/24/18: Accused of contacting witnesses; Defendant advised that an additional condition of her bond is absolutely no contact w/any witness on case except her mother. Def. ordered to deactivate & refrain from using any social media accounts. Bond is cont'd with all previously ordered conditions in effect.
5/29/19: Prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office are asking a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to vacate a plea & sentencing agreement for a woman who confessed her role in the death of Shannon Graves. And to reinstate a $1 million bond for Layton, because she has not been truthful. Next hearing on 7/10.
*Andrew A. Herrmann (27) – Next Pretrial hearing on 7/18.
*Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) – Next Notes for Court Hearing on 7/18.
*Arturo Novoa (31) – Plead guilty. 6/14/19: Sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.
 
Thursday, July 11th:
*Notes for Court Hearing for both (Drug charges) (@ 7am ET) - OH - Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (Missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July 2017) – *Andrew A. Herrmann (27) arrested (8/30/18) & charged (9/4/18) with 11 counts of tampering with evidence, 1 count of abuse of a corpse, 1 count of obstruction of justice & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. No bond set.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial was set to begin 8/19/19 for tampering, etc. granted continuance for both
5/30/19 Update: Motion to continue trial-granted. Next pretrial hearing on 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19.

*Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) arrested (8/30/18) & indicted (9/1/18) with 2 counts of intimidation of crime victim/witness (between 8/13 & 8/15 of 2018), 1 count of obstruction of justice, & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. $300K bond.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty.
Trial (tampering) was set for 8/5/19-continued. Trial (Drugs) scheduled for 8/19/19.
5/31/19 Update: Defense files motion for continuance-granted. Next hearing on 6/18. 6/18/19: Hearing continued to 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges of 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for the Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19.
*Arturo Novoa (31) – Plead guilty. 6/14/19: Sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.
*Katrina L. Layton charged with same charges had 2/9/18 pretrial hearing and pled guilty in deal to abuse of corpse & obstruction of justice; will get probation as long as she cooperates & testifies against Novoa at trial. She is out of jail (3/28/18) on a $20K bond own recognizance; next hearing 10/29. 4/24/18: Accused of contacting witnesses; Defendant advised that an additional condition of her bond is absolutely no contact w/any witness on case except her mother. Def. ordered to deactivate & refrain from using any social media accounts. Bond is cont'd with all previously ordered conditions in effect.
5/29/19: Prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office are asking a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to vacate a plea & sentencing agreement for a woman who confessed her role in the death of Shannon Graves. And to reinstate a $1 million bond for Layton, because she has not been truthful. Hearing was on 7/10. No updated info yet.
 
Thursday, July 18th:
*Pretrial Hearing (tampering etc charges) (@ 9am ET) - OH - Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (Missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July 2017) – *Andrew A. Herrmann (27) arrested (8/30/18) & charged (9/4/18) with 11 counts of tampering with evidence, 1 count of abuse of a corpse, 1 count of obstruction of justice & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. No bond set.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial to begin 8/19/19 for drugs.
5/30/19 Update: Tampering - Motion to continue trial-granted. Next pretrial hearing on 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19. 7/11/19: Pretrial hearing on 7/23 re drugs.

*Notes for Court Hearing (tampering etc charges) (@ 7am ET) - *Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) arrested (8/30/18) & indicted (9/1/18) with 2 counts of intimidation of crime victim/witness (between 8/13 & 8/15 of 2018), 1 count of obstruction of justice, & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. $300K bond.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial for 8/19/19 for drugs.
5/31/19 Update: Defense files motion for continuance of tampering, etc. charges-granted. Next hearing on 6/18. 6/18/19: Hearing continued to 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges of 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for the Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19. 7/11/19: Pretrial hearing on 7/23 re drugs.

*Arturo Novoa (31) – Plead guilty. 6/14/19: Sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.
*Katrina L. Layton charged with same charges had 2/9/18 pretrial hearing and pled guilty in deal to abuse of corpse & obstruction of justice; will get probation as long as she cooperates & testifies against Novoa at trial. She is out of jail (3/28/18) on a $20K bond own recognizance; next hearing 10/29. 4/24/18: Accused of contacting witnesses; Defendant advised that an additional condition of her bond is absolutely no contact w/any witness on case except her mother. Def. ordered to deactivate & refrain from using any social media accounts. Bond is cont'd with all previously ordered conditions in effect.
5/29/19: Prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office are asking a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to vacate a plea & sentencing agreement for a woman who confessed her role in the death of Shannon Graves. And to reinstate a $1 million bond for Layton, because she has not been truthful. Hearing was on 7/10. Next Pretrial hearing on 10/31.



Kind of long - will think of "what" to shorten....
 
Tuesday, July 23rd:
*Notes for Court Hearing for both (Drug charges) (@ 7am ET) - OH - Shannon Elizabeth Graves (28) (Missing Feb. 2017, Youngstown; found in freezer July 2017) – *Andrew A. Herrmann (27) arrested (8/30/18) & charged (9/4/18) with 11 counts of tampering with evidence, 1 count of abuse of a corpse, 1 count of obstruction of justice & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. No bond set.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin 8/19/19 for drugs
5/30/19 Update: Motion to continue trial-granted. Next pretrial hearing on 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19. 7/11/19 Update: Next pretrial hearing on 7/23.

*Michelle Lee Ihlenfeld (27) arrested (8/30/18) & indicted (9/1/18) with 2 counts of intimidation of crime victim/witness (between 8/13 & 8/15 of 2018), 1 count of obstruction of justice, & 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Plead not guilty. $300K bond.
*Indicted (6/13/19), charged & arraigned (6/25/19) with 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty.
Trial (tampering) was set for 6/3/19. Trial (Drugs) scheduled for 8/19/19.
5/31/19 Update: Defense files motion for continuance-granted. Next hearing on 6/18. 6/18/19: Hearing continued to 7/18.
6/26/19 Update: Arraignment on charges of 3 counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs. Plead not guilty. Transferred to another judge. Next “Notes for the Court” hearing on 7/11, trial scheduled for 8/19.

7/11/19 Update: Next Pretrial hearing on 7/23.
*Arturo Novoa (31) – Plead guilty. 6/14/19: Sentenced to 48 years to life in prison.
*Katrina L. Layton (34) - Plead guilty to plea agreement. Pretrial hearing on 10/31.
Court info reference post #199 here:
OH - Shannon Graves, 28, found in freezer, Youngstown, Feb 2017
 

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