ASHLAND — A Mansfield man has been found responsible for an Ashland death that happened last October, according to court filings. Seth Walter Hinton, 25, faces an involuntary manslaughter charge, along with two counts of corrupting another with drugs and an aggravated trafficking in drugs charge. An Ashland County grand jury indicted Hinton on Aug. […]
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Ashland murder trial of Stanley Gardner pushed to October
ASHLAND — A murder trial set to begin July 9 has been continued — again — until October. Stanley Gardner, 73, faces an aggravated murder charge for allegedly shooting his son, Jason Gardner, in September 2022. The case will be more than 2 years old once the Oct. 22 trial begins. It centers around a man […]
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More delays in Ashland father-son murder case
ASHLAND — The Ashland man accused of killing his son is ready to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter. But attorneys disagree on the felony level to the new charge, which means another delay to the case that is now 16 months-old. Stanley Gardner’s attorney, Don Wick, accepted a plea deal during a Friday morning hearing […]
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Ashland County death penalty case held up on questions of indigent status
ASHLAND — A capital case at Ashland County Court of Common Pleas is being held up because of an argument on whether or not the defendant is indigent. Howard Walters, 59, has been accused in the early 2023 slaying of his son-in-law, Kurtis Harstine, 41. He faces a number of charges related to Harstine’s death, […]