WARREN Two inmates convicted in two separate murder cases in Trumbull County 

According to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, 49-year-old Ben Hudach (pictured above left) and 56-year-old Ibn Shakoor (pictured above right) are both up for parole in November.

Hudach is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison in connection with the murder and attempted murder of Ann Serafino and her son Charles in Hubbard back in 1995.

Hudach, an accomplice in the case, was convicted of complicity to aggravated murder, complicity to aggravated burglary and complicity to attempted aggravated murder.

Jason Getsy, the triggerman in the case, was convicted of capital murder and was executed in 2009. Two other accomplices are still serving life sentences.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, Hudach was the only one who did not shoot a weapon or enter the home. As part of a plea deal, he testified against the other suspects in the case.

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is not taking any position for or against Hudach's parole.

Shakoor is serving a sentence of 33 years to life in prison for the murder of Joseph Muscardelli outside the former Sir Bentley's Restaurant in Warren in December of 1992.

Prosecutors say Muscardelli and his pregnant fiancée Beverly Schofield were getting out of their car when Shakoor and his cousin Roosevelt Gray approached them and robbed them. 

After Muscardelli handed over his wallet, Shakoor shot him in the chest three times.

Shakoor was convicted of one count of aggravated murder and two counts of aggravated robbery, while Gray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery and receiving stolen property.

Watkins penned a letter to the Ohio Adult Parole Authority opposing Shakoor's parole.

"This duo of thugs, led by the older Shakoor, who was previously released from prison, had no interest in allowing a happy law-abiding couple to go out to eat that night. ... Mr. Muscardelli was shot three times, robbed and killed by Shakoor, while the pregnant Ms. Schofield was robbed of her purse at gunpoint by Roosevelt Grey," Watkins wrote.

Both parole hearings will take place in November of 2025.