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South Side man indicted in attempted murder
By PETER H. MILLIKEN
YOUNGSTOWN
A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted a South Side man on charges of attempted murder and felonious assault in an April 14 shooting in Boardman.
Indicted was Casimiro A. Ellis, 29, of East Avondale Avenue, who is charged with shooting Alynn Grant, 31, at Grant’s Mill Creek Boulevard residence.
Ellis also was indicted on firearm and repeat-violent-offender specifications and being a felon in illegal possession of a gun.
Ellis was in a relationship with Grant’s ex-girlfriend, who also lived at the Boardman residence, police said. Grant was shot once in the leg and twice in the back as he arrived home. Ellis was arrested April 22 in Warren and jailed under $1 million bond.
The repeat violent offender specifications pertain to Ellis’ conviction for voluntary manslaughter in the September 1999 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Karl Green in a South Side bar parking lot, for which Ellis was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Others indicted were:
Loyal C. Williams, 31, of Bandy Road, North Benton, illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine, methamphetamine possession and trafficking, possession of criminal tools and two counts of child endangering.
Donald Pratt, 41, of Garfield Street, Struthers, receiving stolen property and possessing criminal tools.
William Dean, 27, of Champlain Avenue, cocaine possession and trafficking with forfeiture specifications and possessing criminal tools.
Alonzo Curry, 57, of Donation Avenue, cocaine possession and trafficking.
Mark A. Jones, 30, of Ferndale Avenue, marijuana, cocaine and heroin possession and trafficking with forfeiture specifications, possessing criminal tools and two counts of illegal gun possession.
Arturo Novoa, 24, of East Avondale Avenue or North Jackson Street, illegal gun possession.
Jovan LaBooth, 27, of Victor Avenue, marijuana trafficking.
Lisha M. Roberts, 42, of North Glenellen Avenue or Broadway, cocaine possession and trafficking, receiving stolen property and misuse of a credit card.
Joshua M. Sheesley, 20, of Meadowbrook Avenue, Boardman, marijuana trafficking.
Henry B. Scott III, 27, of West Dewey Avenue, marijuana possession and trafficking with forfeiture specifications and possessing criminal tools.
Mark Kelley, 38, of Bott Street, receiving stolen property and forgery.
Brian K. Manse, 39, of Brookwood Road, Boardman, passing bad checks and theft.
Melvin Love, 20, of Greenbelt, Md., assault and aggravated drug possession.
Raymond Lewis, 50, of West Judson Avenue, two counts of felonious assault.
Anthony D. Williams, 29, of Mahoning County jail, vandalism and disrupting public services.