WARREN, Ohio - Trumbull County prosecutor, Dennis Watkins is urging the Ohio Adult Parole Authority to deny parole to a man charged with the premeditated murder and robbery of a Niles police officer in December of 1982.

In a letter to Ohio Adult Parole Authority Chair, Alicia Handwerk, Watkins highlighted the testimony of Arthur Krause, a hitchhiker from Wyoming who was picked up by offenders, Randy Fellows and Fred Joseph Jr. in Illinois.

In Krause's testimony, he recalled seeing a gun, later identified as fallen officer John Ultak's service weapon stuffed down the front of his pants. Following this, Joseph showed Krause a shotgun, which was also later determined to have belonged to Ultak.

Watkins says the murder of officer Ultak was planned in advance and was done "in cold blood" citing Fellows as the driving force behind the murder.

Krause's testimony continues with him recalling Fellows showing him his revolver, the weapon used to murder Ultak, with one back grip and the other side missing.

Watkins says Fellows stated that he had carved off the ends of the bullets so they could not be traced.

Some witnesses stated that Fellows would bite and mutilate the bullets with a dentist and second forensic dentist both confirming that the marks causing deformation in the bullets were consistent with human teeth marks.

"Though in my lengthy career as a prosecuting attorney, I have seen a few bite mark cases (not dog or animal bite mark ones) by human offenders, there have been none like this," Watkins said in his letter.

Krause went on to say that Fellows and Joseph told him the reason they killed Ultak was the money that he had on him and that he had told people about their "narc-ing" 

"While they were telling me about this, neither one of them showed any emotion or felt sorry about this. They didn't even seem scared, I didn't really believe them," Krause said in his testimony.

Watkins went on to cite other testimonies like one from one of Fellows' friends from school who testified that he had sold a silver .22 caliber pistol a few months prior to the murder, and that he was with him multiple times when he'd carry the weapon around or buy ammunition for it.

Another friend from school had testified that Fellows told him that he was going to kill a Niles police officer because "he hated them."

Watkins went on to cite further testimony evidence that Fellows' bedroom was off limits to his parents and he'd often target practice in his room as well as the basement. 

Watkins says he believes Fellows must remain incarcerated as he would be a clear and present danger to the public stating that a review of his prison records show that his explosive and impulsive tendencies are permanent.

"Please keep society safe and deny Randy Fellows parole," Watkins said.