Suspect in shooting deaths has case bound over to grand jury

Preliminary hearings for two other suspects are today.

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Marcus L. Yager, 22, of Vine Avenue Northeast has waived a preliminary hearing and had his case bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury on two counts of complicity to murder.

Yager, who called himself “Little Montana” on his Myspace page on the Internet, is among three men accused in the April 13 drive-by shooting deaths of Lloyd McCoy Jr., 11, and Marvin J. Chaney, 26, at a home on Wick Street Southeast.

Yager was led into the courtroom Thursday under guard of several Warren police officers and agreed to have his case heard by a grand jury.

Judge Thomas Gysegem of Warren Municipal Court continued the status of Yager’s bond, which is that Yager is not eligible to be released on bond pending action by the grand jury.

Two other defendants, Eugene M. Henderson, 25, of Lane Drive Southwest, and Eugene Cumberbatch, 26, of Front Street Southwest, will appear for preliminary hearings at 10:15 a.m. today in the same court. Both face two counts of aggravated murder.

Police say the suspects fired a high-powered rifle into the house, causing about 20 bullet holes and hitting Lloyd Jr., Chaney and Joshua McCoy, 3. Joshua McCoy, Lloyd Jr.’s nephew, was struck in the shoulder but is recovering.

Yager’s reference to “Little Montana” apparently refers to the lead character — Tony Montana — played by Al Pacino in the 1983 gangster movie “Scarface.”

Yager’s Myspace page contained various references to gangland and violent movies such as Scarface and showed a photograph of a tattoo on one of his shins containing the word “mob.”

Police have refused to discuss what role they believe each of the three men played in the crime.