Grand jury indicts man on murder, robbery charges

A judge ordered the teenager held without bail in the Auto Zone homicide.

By PETER H. MILLIKEN

VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man on aggravated murder and aggravated robbery charges with firearm specifications in the shooting death of a clerk during a May 2, 2006, robbery at Auto Zone on McCartney Road.

Jamaad Jackson, of Wychwood Lane, was indicted Thursday in the murder of Edward Agee, 52, of Star Street. At the request of the county prosecutor’s office, Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ordered Jackson held in county jail without bond pending trial.

Jackson, who was only 16 when the store robbery and shooting death occurred, was bound over from juvenile court Aug. 1 for trial as an adult.

Although they said a store video showed Jackson was armed, police believe another defendant, Melvin T. Dixon Jr., 23, of Devon Avenue, actually shot Agee. Dixon is being held in county jail without bond on aggravated murder and aggravated robbery charges. Dixon was sentenced to one year in prison in an unrelated case.

A third defendant in the Auto Zone case, Reginald Everson, 21, of Chalmers Avenue, who was arrested in the Los Angeles area and charged with aggravated robbery, is free on bond. An assistant prosecutor said Everson did not have a gun during the robbery.

Other indictments

In another case, the grand jury indicted Taqualla Jackson, 23, of East Boston Avenue, on two counts of felonious assault and one count of failure to comply with a police order. One felonious assault count pertains to an alleged knife attack on a woman June 17. The other felonious assault count and the charge of failure to comply with a police order stem from a June 24 episode in which Jackson allegedly tried to run over her ex-boyfriend with a car and fled police.

Others indicted are:

ULaronnie T. Franklin, 23, of East Dewey Avenue, drug possession.

URobert Bacani, 58, of Third Street, two counts of theft.

UIsmael Camacho, 26, of Carnegie Avenue, failure to comply with a police order.

UJohn R. Ormiston, 34, of Mahoning County jail, breaking and entering.

UKenneth Land, 46, of Market Street, failure to comply with a police order and receiving stolen property.

UDoc T. McKnight, 34, of West Myrtle Avenue, receiving stolen property.

UCharles M. Pullen, 25, of Selma Avenue, cocaine and heroin possession.

UJermaine L. Charles, 34, of Loretta Avenue, Columbus, tampering with records.

UJanice Mahone, 30, of West Boston Avenue, being a felon with a gun.

UBobby J. Mock, 38, of Glacier Avenue, theft.

UJeremy C. Bell, 21, of South Schenley Avenue, breaking and entering.

UDouglas P. Sherl, 40, of Hermosa Drive, cocaine possession.

UJason Rotan, 29, of Shirley Road, three counts of assault.

UShardae Madison, 22, of Rosewood Avenue, felonious assault.

UMichael D. Lohr, 47, of Thrush
Drive, Lake Milton, failure to report change of address.

ULori Lutz, 29, of South Lincoln Avenue, Salem, cocaine possession.

UWesley A. Cottoi, 19, of West Wood Street, Lowellville, passing bad checks.

UAma-Efura Dodson, 22, of Roxbury Avenue, cocaine possession and receiving stolen property.

UGeorge L. Robinson, 58, of West Chalmers Avenue, breaking and entering and burglary.

UCloti Altier, 48, of Lexington Avenue, cocaine possession.

UAaron J. Rozier, 26, of Woodhurst Drive, Austintown, drug possession.

UJavon Simmons, also known as Jovan Simmons, 23, of East Lucius Avenue, drug possession with a forfeiture specification.

The grand jury also secretly indicted five John Does on fifth degree felony charges of nonsupport of dependents.