Mason Funeral Home

Mason, 51, entered the plea via video arraignment from the Cuyahoga County Jail. He sat handcuffed in an orange jumpsuit as Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge John Haas, who is retiring at the end of the year and will oversee Mason’s case as a visiting judge, set his bond at $5 million.Haas appointed well-known Cleveland defense lawyers Tom Shaughnessy and Kevin Spellacy to represent Mason, who did not hire his own lawyer.Tuesday’s hearing was Mason’s first appearance in court since a grand jury handed up a six-count indictment charging the 51-year-old Mason in the fatal Nov. 17 attack. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Diane Russell and Anna Faraglia, (left), and defense attorneys Tom Shaughnessy and Kevin Spellacy, (right), listen to Judge John Haas during a sidebar at Lance Mason's arraignment Tuesday.  Cory Shaffer, cleveland.comShaker Heights police said Mason crashed into a police cruiser as he fled the scene of Fraser Mason’s killing.Mason’s sister was inside the home with the couple’s daughters at the time of the stabbing. She called 911 and told dispatchers that Mason stabbed Fraser Mason, and said she could hear the woman screaming outside. The children were screaming in the background and Mason walked inside and said “I’m so sorry,” according to the recording.Fraser Mason, 45, was a beloved sixth-grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary School in Shaker Heights.Mason is a former state lawmaker and Cuyahoga County judge who left the bench in 2015 after he was convicted of brutalizing his wife in front of their children in an attack that left her in need of facial reconstruction surgery.In that incident, Mason slammed Fraser Mason’s head against the dashboard and window of their SUV, then chased her when she got out of the car, struck her again and bit her. The attack came as the family was on their way home from Mason’s aunt’s funeral. The couple had split up months earlier and Fraser Mason...

Posted: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 at 2:18 am Author: A Funeral Service for Stephen Fernandez, Jr., age 17 of Pleasantville, will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mason Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Pleasantville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the Mason Funeral Home. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family. ...