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Accused murderer pleads not guilty at arraignment
JEFFERSON — Timothy Adams was arraigned Friday afternoon, and pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
Adams is accused of killing Timothy Howard Hambleton June 2 in Lenox Township.
Bond was continued at $1 million, and the case was assigned to Judge Thomas Harris.
Adams was ordered to have no contact with the victims' family and witnesses related to the case.
A dual diagnosis was also listed with the bond requirements. Adams was given credit for 19 days in jail.
Deputies were called to the 3500 block of Route 46 in Lenox at 6:11 a.m. June 2, according to a press release from the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office.
The release claims Adams fled in a 2006 Ford Explorer. He was arrested later that day in Geauga County.
Adams was indicted on one count of murder, an unclassified felony, one count each of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, first-degree felonies, one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and one count of tampering with evidence, a third degree felony.
