Posted on 11/21/2006 6:57:50 PM PST by RockinRight
A routine court hearing in Trumbull County turned into a full blown brawl. 33 News was the only television camera in the courtroom when members of Jameila West's family began punching murder suspect Jason Howard. Peggy Sinkovich tells us what happened. Jason Howard sat patiently as he waited for a routine pretrial on his murder case to begin. But moments before the judge took the bench, members of a family of four who Howard is accused of killing in a separate case became violent. No one was hurt, but two of the men were arrested on assault charges. Howard is charged locally for killing Phillip Dally. He is also accused of murdering his girlfriend Jameila West and her three children. Those murders took place in Columbus. Once his case is finished here, he will be sent to Franklin County to face those charges. Howard is the father of one of the children but says all of the kids were his family and he maintains he had nothing to do with their deaths. Howard says, "I was a protector and a provider for my family but I wasn't there to protect them and die with them. I wish I was. I mean to be honest with you, I'd rather be dead right now." Because of the brawl, the judge canceled today's hearing. It has been rescheduled for next week and this time it will be held in the courtroom inside the jail.
/sarc
The video:
http://www.wytv.com/video/4657316.html?video=YHI
More stunning verbiage from the sometimes-nearly-competent TV news writers.
Perhaps it's justice served a bit early...
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