Sentencing set for Nov. 7 for man who hid another

9/26/2007

FINDLAY A McComb, Ohio, man is to be sentenced Nov. 7 in Hancock County Common Pleas Court for hiding a man whom police were seeking in connection with a murder in Findlay.

Jose A. Zamora, Jr., 26, pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Reg Routson to obstructing justice.

Zamora helped conceal Aaron Hernandez, 19, also of McComb, from authorities searching for him after the June 8 stabbing death of Andrew C. Coleman, 22, of Findlay in the parking lot outside Brandy s Caf . Zamora told police Mr. Hernandez wasn t at his home, but officers found him hiding there.

Mr. Hernandez is scheduled to go to trial Oct. 15 on charges of murder and tampering with evidence.