In one of the most emotionally charged and heart-wrenching cases to be tried in the area in decades, a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court jury found Marquaysha Driver not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges that were filed against her in the wake of the Oct. 22, 2023, shooting death of her 7-year-old […]
Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that bars the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) from enforcing a September 15 ruling that prohibits former Ursuline High School student athletes who were not involved in the alleged sexual abuse and hazing incidents that led to the cancellation […]
After Ursuline High School cancelled the 2025 football season in the midst of allegations that some players had engaged in hazing, sexual misconduct, physical abuse, and harassment during an out of state team trip, a number of student athletes who were not involved in the incidents explored the possibility of transferring to and playing for […]
What can we say? The results are in for Week One and Tallie Orengia, the newest member of the BK squad breaks out on top followed by Mark the Shark DeVicchio. Meanwhile, the Commodore’s ship has run aground, anchored in the muck by a sea of bad picks. Check out tne next HOC broadcast on […]
In 2025 Attorney Betras received the Martindale-Hubbell 40-year Practice Recognition Award which honors his four decades of service to clients in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
During my career as a criminal defense attorney, I have represented hundreds of people who have been charged with serious offenses. From time to time either the nature of a particular case and/or its outcome will attract the attention of MahoningMatters and other media outlets. I know this will come as a shock, but I […]
As many of you know, I am representing Cameron Morgan, the 23-year-old woman who was punched in the face and then dragged into the street by Andrew Walls in Akron on Feb. 26. The incident garnered nationwide media attention hours after video of the racially motivated attack went viral. Since then, Walls has admitted to […]
During my 30-plus year career as a criminal defense and personal injury attorney I have viewed many disturbing images: autopsy photos, disfiguring injuries resulting from dog bites, surveillance cam footage of a murder, third degree burns suffered in an industrial accident. You name it, I have seen it. But few of those images have been […]
Cameron Morgan, the 23-year-old woman who was brutally assaulted by David Walls in Akron, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2022, is suing her attacker. The incident garnered nationwide media attention after video of the racially motivated assault went viral. Attorney David Betras, who represents Ms. Morgan and her father David, filed the lawsuit in Summit County […]
