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LISBON -- A jury trial remains set at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 12 for Christopher Mills, the Washingtonville man charged with complicity to aggravated murder, murder and obstruction of justice in the shooting death of Rusty Steele.
Mills, 43, Washington Street, appeared Friday for another hearing before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam.
Washam noted that there was still no resolution in the case, with negotiations ongoing.
Mills was accompanied by defense attorney Chris Amato, with the state represented by county Chief Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Weikart.
Mills was first indicted in April for third-degree felony obstruction of justice for allegedly being the driver in the March 3 fatal shooting in Lisbon, giving the admitted shooter Michael Blower a ride to and from the murder scene and not reporting the incident to police.
He was then indicted in August for additional charges of complicity to aggravated murder and complicity to murder for his part in Steele's death, alleging he aided and abetted Blower in the murder.
Blower already entered a guilty plea to murder and a gun specification for killing Steele, with sentencing set for March 22.
Police alleged that the victim was lured out of his girlfriend's house on West Spruce Street by a stranger who claimed to be having car trouble and needed help. Steele was shot when he went outside to start his vehicle for a jump.