Man Will Face Death Penalty for Warren Murder
A Warren man accused of fatally shooting a man and injuring a woman in an apparent robbery attempt last month will face the death penalty if convicted.
David Martin, 28, of Belmont St. N.E., was indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury on Wednesday on 2 counts of aggravated murder with death penalty specifications for the Sept. 27 fatal shooting of Jeremy Cole, 21.
Martin was also charged with attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for using a gun during the crime and for being a repeat violent offender, 2 counts of aggravated robbery, 2 counts of kidnapping, having weapons as a felon, receiving stolen property and tampering with evidence.
Martin faces death penalty specifications for committing a murder in the commission of aggravated robbery and another for committing the murder during the kidnapping. In order for Martin to be death-penalty eligible, prosecutors must prove the murder was committed during either the kidnapping, robbery or both.
He also faces a death penalty specification that he killed or tried to kill 2 or more people.
Martin is being held in the Trumbull County Jail on $1.5 million bond.
Martin was arrested with a gun at an acquaintances home in Tallmadge by U.S. Marshals.
Police believe Martin fatally shot Cole in the head Sept. 27 during an apparent robbery attempt at his Oak St. S.W. home. Another woman who lived at the home, Melissa Putnam, was shot in the hand and neck but was released from the hospital a few days after the shooting.
Martin has served 2 separate stints in prison for convictions in Cuyahoga County. Court records show Martin was sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2001 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery with a sentencing enhancement for using a gun during the crime.
Shortly after he was released from prison, he was charged in another robbery.
Martin was sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2007 for attempted robbery with a sentencing enhancement for using a gun, possessing weapons as a felon and possessing drugs.
(Source: WYTV News)
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