AUSTINTOWN — The case of a man charged with vehicular homicide may soon be resolved.

A hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 24 in the courtroom of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio for James Stehura, 50, of Austintown to discuss the terms of a possible plea agreement.

Stehura is charged in the March 11, 2024, death of Linda Adams, 66, on Lancaster Drive. He faces one count each of aggravated vehicular homicide, reckless homicide, leaving the scene of a crash and tampering with evidence, all third-degree felonies.

Stehura was arrested on April 3, 2024, and indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury two weeks later. He has remained free on a $15,000 cash or surety bond.

Assistant Prosecutor John Juhasz said a deal is on the table but has not yet been accepted, and so no details are available yet. The Feb. 24 hearing will allow the judge and both sides to discuss the plea agreement and for Stehura to accept it. If he declines the offer, the case will proceed to trial on April 7.

The police report states that Stehura struck Adams with his truck while she was walking with her partner. Police learned during their investigation that Stehura had consumed at least nine drinks during a four-hour period at a local bar located only two minutes away from Lancaster Drive.

Police obtained video of Stehura at the bar and of him leaving the bar and getting into his truck. They also obtained a doorbell camera video of the truck that hit Adams, and posted a picture of a vehicle meeting both descriptions on the department’s Facebook page. A social media tip led them to Stehura’s home that same evening, but neither he nor the truck were there.

The next morning, an employee at Stehura’s tree-cutting business called police to say Stehura’s truck was parked in the business’s garage with front-end damage matching what police described on the Facebook post.

Later that day, Stehura’s attorney called to tell police he was willing to speak with them and let them confiscate the truck for evidence.