Man found guilty of robbery and assault

YOUNGSTOWN -- A jury in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Thursday found a city man guilty of aggravated robbery and felonious assault.
Antwon L. Lanier, 23, of Kenneth Avenue, will be sentenced next week by Judge John M. Durkin.
Lanier was charged with robbing Elijah J. Jackson of Magnolia Avenue at gunpoint, then shooting him in the abdomen July 27 on Market Street. Police have said the men had an ongoing feud over a woman.
Lanier was scheduled to go to trial in February, but Judge Durkin declared a mistrial before opening statements were given because witnesses said they had received death threats. Lanier was indicted in March on five counts of intimidation of a victim or witness in a criminal case and one count of retaliation. Trial on those charges is scheduled to begin July 12.
Lanier also has another trial pending before Judge Durkin on a kidnapping charge. A Warren woman accused Lanier of forcing her from a South Side bar at gunpoint last September, assaulting her and taking $6 from her. Trial is set for July 5.