NEWTON TOWNSHIP HOMICIDES Second woman charged in case

McKinney was arraigned in Youngstown on 14 counts of felonious assault.
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WARREN -- Jermaine McKinney was to face charges in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court this afternoon in the deaths of two women in Newton Township.
Authorities, meanwhile, have now charged a second woman with complicity in the case.
McKinney is charged with two counts of aggravated murder and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated arson.
The bodies of Wanda Rollyson, 70, and her 45-year-old daughter, Rebecca Cliburn of Warren, were found Dec. 22 in the basement of Rollyson's home at 3754 Newton-Bailey Road.
Both women were burned beyond recognition and were identified by the jewelry they were wearing when slain.
Second woman
Jasmine McIver, 1300 Roberts St., Warren, was charged Tuesday with complicity to aggravated robbery. She had an initial appearance before Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. A preliminary hearing for her is set for Jan 13; she remains in Trumbull County jail in lieu of a $100,000 cash or surety bond.
David Toepfer, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said he could not elaborate further on her connection to the case.
Another woman, Keyatta J. Riley Hines was arraigned Friday before Judge W. Wyatt McKay in Trumbull County. Her last known street address isn't available from authorities, but she was arrested in Warren.
She too is being held in Trumbull County jail in lieu of a $100,000 cash or surety bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Jan. 9 before Judge McKay. Hines, who has no criminal record, is charged with complicity to aggravated robbery and complicity to aggravated burglary of Rollyson and Cliburn. She is also charged with complicity to kidnapping Cliburn.
Arraignment
McKinney, 25, of Holly Drive, Girard was arraigned Tuesday in Youngstown Municipal Court on charges that stem from a Jan. 1 standoff with police at 71 Halleck St. on the North Side.
McKinney faces 14 counts of felonious assault on a police officer and one count of having a weapon under disability, which means a prior conviction prohibits him from possessing a weapon.
McKinney is accused of firing on police until he ran out of ammunition and surrendered. No injuries were reported.
Judge Robert P. Milich set bond at $1.5 million cash or surety and ordered that the Mahoning County jail not release McKinney unless the bond is posted. The judge also ordered that McKinney, who said he could not afford to hire a lawyer, receive court-appointed counsel.
Dana C. Guarnieri, an assistant city prosecutor, told the judge that McKinney's criminal record has been constant and continuing. His charges include arrests in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Guarnieri said McKinney has aggravated burglary and aggravated assault charges pending from an April 2005 arrest in Liberty.
Previous offenses
Youngstown Municipal Court records show McKinney was arrested in November 2005 on charges of drug-abuse marijuana and driving under suspension. He's due back in court Friday on those charges.
McKinney was also convicted in municipal court of carrying a concealed weapon and given one year's probation in June 2002. The charge, filed in June 2000, was amended from a felony, records show.
In October 2003, a Mahoning County grand jury indicted McKinney on charges of trafficking in cocaine with a firearm specification, carrying a concealed weapon, and having a weapon under disability. The firearm specification was dismissed in a plea agreement and McKinney pleaded guilty to the remaining charges in January 2005.
In February 2005, he was sentenced to one year in prison on the drug conviction and given credit for 177 days already spent in jail. He was given three years' community control, commonly called probation, on the remaining gun convictions, records show.
McKinney was also ordered to complete a drug treatment program as part of the sentence.
Cliburn was under indictment on charges of aggravated trafficking in cocaine and aggravated trafficking in drugs when she was killed. She had been free on $5,000 bond.
The bodies were found when a grand-niece of Rollyson went to the house to check on Rollyson. She smelled an odor of burning and called 911.