The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Hodge is arraigned
in body-dumping case

A man accused of having two teenage boys bury the body of a woman who died after doing cocaine in his home was formally charged Tuesday in Mercer County Court of Common Pleas.

Richard D. Hodge, 44, Pymatuning Township, was arraigned on charges of abuse of a corpse and two counts of corruption of minors.

According to testimony at Hodge's preliminary hearing:

Hodge picked up Naomi Bright, 22, of New Lyme, Ohio, at a bar in Andover, Ohio on May 11 and took her back to his mobile home in Pymatuning Township, where the two used cocaine, witnesses said.



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