Three men plead guilty to gang-related shooting
YOUNGSTOWN — Three men could each spend more than two decades in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a 2009 shooting while participating in gang activity.
Wayne Kerns, 20, of Volney Road, Dominique Callier, 19, of Hylda Avenue, and Derrick Johnson, 20, of Clarencedale Avenue, were each charged with two counts of felonious assault with two gun specifications and criminal gang specifications. Callier had also been charged with illegal possession of a weapon and improper discharge of a firearm.
The three men were set to go on trial today before Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, but decided to enter into a plea agreement with prosecutors instead. Callier and Johnson will be sentenced Thursday. Kerns will be sentenced March 9.
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