Jauton Lee Jr.
Champion man, 21, attends hearing in murder case
By Staff Report
Tribune Chronicle
WARREN — A 21-year-old man facing death-penalty level charges in the July 2022 fatal shooting in front of a popular Warren eatery appeared in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for a pretrial hearing on Wednesday.
Dominic M. Harvey, 21, of Hillsdale Drive NW, Champion, stood before Judge Cynthia Rice with his attorney, Morgan Caruso, as lawyers updated the judge on the case. Caruso said she is not ready to decide on any possible expert witnesses.
She and assistant Prosecutor Christopher Becker updated the judge on what evidence has been exchanged.
Harvey faces charges of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property. A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 21 in Rice’s courtroom. The murder charges carry aggravating circumstances; if Harvey is found guilty, these would make him eligible for the death penalty.
About 6 p.m. July 21, 2022, gunfire rang out on the street as the dinnertime crowd was at the Hot Dog Shoppe on West Market Street.
Jauton Lee Jr., 23, was fatally shot and 24-year-old Mitchell Powell was wounded as they were in a vehicle that was struck by bullets near the restaurant. Through the help of video cameras and eyewitness accounts, Warren police detectives pieced together the crime and charged Harvey, who was arrested the day after the shooting.
Judge Rice set the next pretrial for 11 a.m. May 8.
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