6 indicted in slayings on East Side

YOUNGSTOWN — Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Martin Desmond called six people indicted today — three of whom already were facing murder charges — “the worst of the worst.”

The new defendants in the case, which stretches back to 2011 and the murder of a former East Side gang leader, are Vincent Moorer, 31, Melvin Johnson, 30, and Nahdia Baker, 28. All were indicted by a county grand jury.

They join Dewaylin Colvin, 33, and Michael Austin, 21, who each face four counts of aggravated murder; and Hakeem Henderson, 23, who is charged with two murders Colvin and Austin are accused of committing.

“These are the worst people on the streets,” Desmond said.

The grand jury tacked two additional murder counts onto Henderson’s charges, and Moorer also was charged with two counts of aggravated murder.

All six are indicted on charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Additional charges in the 16-page indictment include attempted murder, aggravated arson, shooting into a habitation, burglary and drug and firearms offenses.

Desmond said all six were part of a drug ring that made more than $1 million in profits and also shot at several other people.

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