City man indicted in May 19 slaying

5/29/2004

A Toledo man accused in the shooting death of Robert Badgett in the Old West End last week was indicted yesterday by a Lucas County grand jury.

Lamonte Hopings, 28, of 1110 Coventry Ave. was indicted on a count of aggravated murder with a specification that he used a gun to commit the crime. Hopings turned himself in to police this week and is being held in the Lucas County jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.

Badgett, 25, was found May 19 outside 3102 Parkwood Blvd.