3 held on federal drug charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The three men arrested Tuesday for purportedly possessing 25 pounds of cocaine in Warren are now charged federally with offenses that could result in long prison sentences.

Each man was ordered Friday to remain in federal custody pending a detention hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday before Magistrate Judge George J. Limbert. All three had initial appearances in federal court Thursday.

Their scheme purportedly unraveled as federal agents followed the drug shipment from Columbiana to a plaza in Warren and then to a home on the southeast side.

Larone Williams, 45, of Burton Street Southeast, Warren; Dockery Cleveland, 45, of Las Vegas; and Menford McCain, 33, of Oak Street Southwest, Warren, were each charged Wednesday in federal court with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics and were transferred from the Trumbull County Jail to the Mahoning County jail.

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