TOLEDO, Ohio — A man convicted of the fatal shooting of a 56-year-old man in central Toledo in 2024 was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.
John Vassel, 64, received the sentence after pleading no contest in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and having weapons while under disability in the death of 56-year-old Robert Richardson Jr., whose body was found in a field by Castle Boulevard and Maplewood Avenue on Dec. 9, 2024.
Police say Vassel shot Richardson in a side yard of an unspecified area six days earlier and then moved his body to the field. A blood trail was also found in the yard…