06:07 AM
Jul 09
2010

Gipson sentenced to life for role in Calvin Harper Jr. murder

SANDUSKY

A grieving, angry mother wanted answers, but found none -- all she heard was a man professing his innocence in her son's murder.

Aaron Gipson was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
05:09 PM
Jun 22
2010

Jury: Gipson guilty of role in murder of Sandusky man

SANDUSKY

Jurors determined early Tuesday evening that Aaron Gipson did indeed play a role in the death of a Sandusky man.

Gipson was on trial facing a life sentence for the March 12, 2008, death of Calvin Harper Jr.
08:07 AM
Jun 17
2010

Cellular towers tracked dead man's killers, prosecutor says

SANDUSKY 

In the opening day of trial for Aaron Gipson, a codefendant accused of murdering Calvin Harper Jr. in March 2008, prosecutors say cellular towers tracked the killers' whereabouts before and after they murdered Harper. An Erie County jury found a previous codefendant, Thomas Ricks, guilty of Harper's death and sentenced to life in prison.
12:37 AM
Apr 28
2010

Jury finds Ricks guilty in Harper murder case

The Georgia man who told his girlfriend he wouldn't be getting out of jail may have predicted his future.

Thomas Ricks sat silent and stoic on Tuesday, with no family present, facing ahead as the jury announced he was guilty of aggravated murder in the death of Calvin Harper Jr.

He is scheduled to be sentenced May 3 and faces the possibility of life in prison without parole.
02:34 PM
Apr 27
2010

JUST IN: Ricks found guilty of aggravated murder, faces life imprisonment

SANDUSKY

The jury just came back and they found Thomas Ricks guilty of aggravated murder.

Ricks is one of two men suspected in the March 11, 2008, shooting death of Calvin Harper Jr.

He faces life in prison.

Erie County prosecutor Kevin Baxter described the murder as a set-up in a dangerous environment of drug dealings.
12:35 AM
Apr 27
2010

Harper Murder trial: Ricks' case goes to jury

The fate of Thomas Ricks is now in the hands of a jury.

After close to 30 witnesses took the stand in the trial for the murder of Calvin Harper Jr., the jurors are scheduled to reconvene this morning to deliberate.

Ricks is one of two men suspected in the March 11, 2008 shooting death of Harper. He and co-defendant Aaron Gipson face life in prison.

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