Canton man pleads guilty to drug deal tied to Youngstown homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — A Canton man pleaded guilty to felony possession of drug charges in connection with a February murder in the city.

Emmanuel Underwood, 26, entered the plea today before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court before the start of his trial. He originally had been charged with felony trafficking in drugs.

Rob Andrews, an assistant county prosecutor, under the plea agreement, will recommend Underwood be sentenced to probation should he continue to assist the state in the prosecution of several co-defendants in his case. He will be sentenced March 16, two weeks after co-defendants in the case go to trial.

Underwood was indicted in April after Mark A. Trulson, 32, of Hartstown, Pa., was shot and killed Feb. 12 on the city's South Side.

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