Saturday, March 31, 2007
A homicide was linked to drug trafficking, the prosecutor said.
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted a North Garland Avenue man on felonious assault and aggravated robbery charges. He was shot by a policeman in Wick Park during a struggle.
Bienvenido Carmona, 40, was indicted Thursday in the March 12 episode, in which Patrolman Jerry Stanley shot Carmona in the hand. Police said the shooting occurred after Carmona beat Stanley with a copper pipe and tried to take Stanley's gun.
In another case, the grand jury issued a superseding indictment adding a charge of involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification against a man whose alleged accomplice in a robbery was killed Feb. 22 in a Randolph Street home.
The superseding indictment is against Larese Jones, 29, of Mahoning County jail, who was initially indicted secretly on March 1 and captured in Akron a few hours later. Jones is still charged with murder in the death of Richard Helms, 43, of Himrod Avenue, who was shot inside the home; and aggravated robbery, together with aggravated trafficking in the painkiller OxyContin.
The murder charge says Helms died as a result of an aggravated robbery. The new involuntary manslaughter charge adds that Helms' death was "a proximate result" of aggravated trafficking in drugs.
David Klamer, 47, the resident of the Randolph Street home, who was also charged with murder, told police he shot Helms during a robbery. City Prosecutor Jay Macejko said Helms and Jones intended to rob Klamer. Jones was charged with murder because he was responsible for the death, which occurred as "a proximate result'' of the robbery, Macejko explained.
The same reasoning applies to the linkage between the drug trafficking and involuntary manslaughter charges, explained Martin P. Desmond, assistant county prosecutor.
Klamer, who threatened to harm himself after the shooting, was coaxed out of the house by a hostage negotiator.
Other indictments
Others indicted were:
Edward Washington, 45, of Mahoning County jail, felonious assault, two counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
Jazzmetrice W. Averett, 36, Cohasset Drive, four counts of gross sexual imposition with sexual predator specifications.
Dionne Dowdy, 37, of Crandall Avenue, assault.
Walter Lacey, 21, of Crandall Avenue, two counts of assault.
Christopher Lacey, 19, of Crandall Avenue, illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premises.
Gary E. Scott, 19, of East Ravenwood Avenue, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Demetric Brown, 65, of North Garland Avenue, and Margie Keith, 41, of Charlotte Avenue, cocaine possession.
James Kovach, 53, of Fairgreen Avenue, burglary.
Jeffrey Lopez, 46, of Gladstone Street, cocaine possession.
Darrell E. Williams, 40, of U.S. Route 62, Damascus, misdemeanor drug possession.
Peter A. Morris, 40, of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.
Jamar Burkley, 26, of Lyden Avenue, cocaine possession with a forfeiture specification.
DeShawn Vaughn, 28, of Lyden Avenue, being a felon in possession of firearms.
Clint Hood, 42, of Bouquet Avenue, cocaine possession.
William Kerensky, 22, of Evanston Avenue, burglary.
Woody E. McMullen, 32, of West Warren Avenue, cocaine possession with a forfeiture specification.
James Roberts, 20, of Aravesta Avenue, Boardman, failure to comply with an order of signal of a police officer.
Walthall Wood, 35, of North Pearl Street, two counts of cocaine possession.
Mobley, 34, of Fifth Avenue, theft.
Wendy S. Boyle, 36, of Potomac Drive, Niles, receiving stolen property.
Kevin King, 26, of Argyle Avenue, Boardman, misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments.
Frank Carosella, 47, of Ayers Street, cocaine possession.
Tracey Johnson, 44, of Lakewood Avenue, forgery.
George Elwood Wright, 52, of South Davis Street, cocaine possession.
Donald Yerchin, 45, of Lakeview Avenue, cocaine possession.
Jeremy L. Betts, 21, of Compass West, Austintown, being a felon in possession of firearms and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
William H. Murray, 23, of Euclid Boulevard, Boardman, two counts of receiving stolen property.
The grand jury also secretly indicted a John Doe on two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated robbery and kidnapping with firearm specifications. Three other John Does were indicted for nonsupport of dependents.