YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Attorneys in the case of two Warren men accused of the shooting death of a letter carrier last March will be submitting paperwork to the Department of Justice as they await word if the government will seek the death penalty.
Prosecutors and attorneys for Thomas Sledge, 44, and his son Kaprise Sledge, 24, met Wednesday with U.S. Judge Donald C. Nugent in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio, court records show.
Thomas and Kaprise Sledge are accused in the March 2, 2024, shooting death of Jont’e Davis, 33. A federal grand jury indicted the pair Oct. 2. They have both been held without bond since they were arrested.
Both men face charges of murder of an officer and employee of the United States and one count of discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence
