Two people sentenced for involvement in man's death

The pair will do four years for their involvement in the victim's death.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Prosecutors know William A. Williams and Janero Mitchell were in the area on the night that Anthony McBride was found dead on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
If there were witnesses to the shooting, however, they never came forward. That's why Williams and Mitchell, who were charged initially with murder, were sentenced to four-year prison terms Monday for reckless homicide with firearm specifications.
Williams, 24, and Mitchell, 20, both of New York Avenue, appeared again before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. They had entered guilty pleas May 10 as part of a plea agreement.
Judge Sweeney sentenced both of them to one year in prison for reckless homicide and mandatory, consecutive three-year terms for the firearm specifications, meaning a gun was used while a crime was committed. Their sentences cannot be appealed because the judge adopted the prosecuting and defense lawyers' recommendations.
Judge Sweeney also gave Williams a concurrent eight-month prison sentence for possession of cocaine in an unrelated court case.
Witness
Assistant County Prosecutor Robert J. Andrews said a material witness, Jessica Hendricks, was living on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when her apartment was burglarized.
Williams and Mitchell told her they knew who committed the burglary but never mentioned any names, Andrews said. Moments after they left her apartment, Hendricks heard gunshots and McBride was found lying in the street, he said.
McBride had been described by police as homeless. McBride's wife and four children live out of state, Andrews told the judge.