3 Toledo men indicted in burglary of home

By Peter H. Milliken

The chase reached speeds up to 70 mph after the burglary.

YOUNGSTOWN — Three Toledo men have been indicted by the Mahoning County grand jury in a Feb. 2 home burglary on East Parkside Drive in Boardman.

Lennon M. Burgess, 18; Christopher M. Williams, 19; and his brother, Richard J. Williams, 21, were indicted Thursday on charges of burglary with a firearm specification and four counts of theft. Burgess is additionally charged with failure to comply with a police order.

A 17-year-old girl, who noticed an unfamiliar car in the driveway when she arrived at her parents’ residence and saw two people moving about in the house, parked a few houses away and called her parents and police.

After three men entered the car, she noted a partial license plate and described the car to police, who found and pursued the vehicle at speeds up to 70 mph to state Route 46 and Green Beaver Road, where Burgess stopped and the three men were arrested.

Police found four guns on the back seat and floor of the car along with two rolls of silver dollars. When the homeowner took inventory, he found guns missing and others out of place.

In another case, Willie A. Hendrix, 30, of West Indianola Avenue, was indicted on an aggravated robbery charge with a firearm specification in the Feb. 12 robbery at the Family Dollar store, 2708 Glenwood Ave. The store manager said the handgun-wielding robber escaped with $133.

Following a tip from a witness and fresh tracks in the snow, police went to a house in the 2700 block of nearby Reel Avenue, where they arrested Hendrix, who they said admitted robbing the store.

Others indicted are:

UKeith Lathrop, 36, of Johnson Pace, Poland, cocaine possession.

USean L. Queener, 37, of Northview Boulevard, theft.

UCharles J. Horsch Jr., 54, of Dougherty Ave., Sharon, Pa., theft.

USherry A. Weider, 34, of East Kline Street, Girard, theft.

UAuma Campbell, 29, of North Glenellen Avenue, domestic violence.

ULeon L. Teague, 35, of West Hylda Avenue, heroin possession.

UGennaro Bellard, 42, of Granada Avenue, heroin possession with a forfeiture specification.

UJames M. Combine, 24, of Boyd Street, Hermitage, Pa., heroin possession.

UJustin T. Sudimak, 20, of Mahoning Avenue, North Jackson, cocaine possession.

UMegan L. Marquis, 23, of Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman, aggravated burglary, burglary and heroin possession.

UCharles Zimmerman, 36, of Montgomery Avenue, two counts of burglary and one count of aggravated burglary with repeat violent offender specifications.

UEric A. Lucicosky, 28, and Richard J. Lucicosky, 30, both of East Calla Road, New Middletown, receiving stolen property.

UFloyd E. Keene, also known as Don May, 44, of South Whitney Avenue, theft and misuse of a credit card.

ULesa E. Paris, 30, of Wilcox Street, two counts of drug possession with forfeiture specifications.

UArthur D. Thomas, 30, of Hilton Avenue, illegal gun possession, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and marijuana trafficking with a forfeiture specification.

UPaul Stillion, 46, of South Johnson Road, Sebring, driving under the influence of alcohol with a repeat DUI offender specification.

UChristian L. Walters, 20, of Fountain Square Drive, Austintown, five counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

UWilliam R. Rowe, 31, of Hunter Avenue, aggravated burglary.

The grand jury declined to indict Jody Snow on a vehicular-assault charge, Taura Mitchell on a felonious-assault charge and Rodney Hahn on a theft charge.