Homicide cases bring charges against two

The grand jury indicted a suspect in an East Side drive-by shooting death.

By PETER H. MILLIKEN

VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County grand jury has indicted two people on homicide charges.

Tremaine A. McDonald, 28, of Eastern Avenue, Campbell, faces a murder charge with a firearm specification in the July 9 shooting death of Rodney Brown, 45, of Devon Avenue.

Brown was shot in a drive-by shooting at about 2:15 a.m. in the Speed Check parking lot at 1050 McGuffey Road.

Kenneth M. Miller, also known as Kenneth Daviduk, 32, of First Street, was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, disrupting public services and breaking and entering.

The charges stem from an alleged Sept. 13 attempt to steal copper wire from an Ohio Edison substation on Oak Hill Avenue that resulted in the electrocution of his alleged accomplice, James O. Leach, 50, of East Auburndale Avenue, and a seven-minute power failure beginning at 3:36 a.m.

The involuntary manslaughter charge alleges that Leach died “as a proximate result” of Miller’s committing the breaking and entering offense.

Leach was released from county jail, where he had been held on a theft charge, 11 hours before he died instantly by being jolted with 23,000 volts.

Alberta McCauley, 73, of Oak Street, was indicted on charges of bribery and cocaine possession and trafficking with forfeiture specifications.

Police arrested her Oct. 9 at her residence and charged her with offering a vice squad officer a $100 bribe when police arrested her in a drug raid.

Others indicted were:

• Marlo M. Burney, 39, of West Hylda Avenue, heroin and cocaine possession.

• Kevin F. Jusino, 25, of Brownlee Avenue, drug possession and marijuana trafficking with forfeiture specifications, receiving stolen property and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

• Carlos S. Jusino, 18, of Brownlee Avenue, marijuana trafficking, receiving stolen property and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

• Robert A. Julian, 42, of West Earle Avenue, identity fraud.

• Simone D. Johnson, 26, of Marmion Avenue, criminal simulation and theft.

• Ronald C. McBride, 45, of Ohio Avenue, receiving stolen property.

• Carolyn Trammell, 40, of West Warren Avenue, receiving stolen property.

• Marc A. Ellington, 44, of Erskine Avenue, Boardman, burglary and possessing criminal tools.

• Jeffrey Johnston, 26, of Northlawn Avenue, Boardman, and Eric W. Weimer, 33, of Brookfield Avenue, Boardman, theft.

• Michael T. Bodnar, 23, of Allendale Avenue, cocaine possession.

• Craig A. Wheeler, 22, of Culver Leaf Road, Windham, and Michael A. Karpenko, 23, of Warren Road, Newton Falls, possessing criminal tools and three counts of receiving stolen property.

• Edward M. Esker Jr., 36, of Arden Boulevard, failure to comply with a police order.

• Donald Price, 20, of East Boston Avenue, cocaine possession and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

• Terrain L. Christian, 18, of East Lucius Avenue, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.

• Lawrence K. Williams, 58, of Hudson Avenue, cocaine possession and tampering with evidence.

• Korey F. Jennings, 26, of East Ravenwood Avenue, cocaine possession and trafficking with forfeiture specifications.