Watkins requests full parole board hearings for two imprisoned men

Watkins requests full parole board hearings for two imprisoned men

WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins has requested full parole board hearings for two Trumbull County men, including one who has been in and out of prison for nearly 50 years. Gary Betz, now 71, was given a 22-years-to-life sentence on Aug. 24, 1977, after being convicted by a three-judge panel on charges of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in the late 1976 shotgun murder of Lake Milton tavern owner Ron Goche. Watkins has s…