Youngstown man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter; faces 11 years in prison

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Jason M. Delgado

YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged in a fatal July 19 shooting outside a Poland Avenue bar has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification.

Jason Delgado, who was originally charged with aggravated murder in the death of Ricardo P. Moctezuma, entered his plea today before Visiting Judge Charles J. Bannon of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Delgado also pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder and one count of felonious assault, both pertaining to women wounded by gunfire, and to one count of felonious assault pertaining to a woman who was cut with a beer bottle.

The prosecution and defense agreed that Delgado would serve three years for the gun specification, five years for voluntary manslaughter, and three years for attempted murder, all consecutive, for a total of 11 years.

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