WARREN Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins has penned another letter to the Ohio Adult Parole Authority opposing the parole of a man convicted of killing a Lake Milton area tavern owner.

Gary Betz is serving a 22-year-to life prison sentence in connection with the robbery and murder of Ron Goche in 1976.

Testimony at Betz's trial revealed that he shot Goche in the face with a sawed-off shotgun at point-blank range after entering the Riviera Inn in Lake Milton and robbed him of $138 in bar receipts.

In his letter, Watkins notes that Betz had been paroled twice prior to murdering Goche, and was released on parole for the murder in 2007 despite strong opposition from the Prosecutor's Office and Goche's family.

Watkins says since his release, Betz accumulated three DUI charges b

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