Meet Christopher Becker

"I look forward to continuing to protect families in Trumbull County and believe my experience working with Dennis Watkins will be invaluable in serving you as a Judge at the Common Pleas level."

I have been an assistant prosecuting attorney for 35 years and served Trumbull County for the last 25 years. I have handled the prosecution of Donna Roberts, the only woman currently on Ohio's Death Row.  The prosecution of Jacob Larosa, who burglarized. robbed and murdered 94 year old Marie Belcastro in Niles in 2015.  I worked hand in hand with Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins in securing the return of Claudia Hoerig who murdered her husband Karl Hoerig in 2007 then fled to Brazil before being returned to Trumbull County and was convicted of Aggravated Murder in 2019.  I also was the lead prosecutor in the cases against Eugene Henderson and Eugene Cumberbatch, charged with murdering 11 year old Lloyd McCoy, Jr. and 26 year old Marvin Chaney.  Both received life sentences.  In 2014, I prosecuted and convicted David Martin, the most recent defendant given the death penalty in Trumbull County.

I was recognized and awarded the Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Association's Outstanding Assistant Prosecutor in the State of Ohio in 2014.  I have also argued cases at the Eleventh District Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court.  I personally appear before the Ohio Parole Board arguing against parole for numerous violent offenders.

I am running for the Common Pleas Court seat of Andrew D. Logan, who cannot seek re-election in 2024 due to Ohio law, which prohibits Judges who are over seventy years of age at the start of their term from running for office.

There are many reasons why judges have come from the Trumbull County Prosecutor's office.  As assistant prosecutors, we are consistently in the courthouse.  That presence makes us uniquely familiar with the procedures, law and decorum in the courts.  My decades of experience provide an important perspective in handling cases, dealing with witnesses, victims, and defense counsel.

I look forward to the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of so many other great prosecutors that have gone on to serve Trumbull County as Judges.

                                                                                         Respectfully,

                                                                                         Christopher Becker