3 plead guilty in home invasion

YOUNGSTOWN

Three men entered guilty pleas today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for an attack in May on the home of a witness in a murder trial.

A fourth defendant, Christopher Bridges, 21, of Megan Circle, had charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault dismissed.

Entering guilty pleas were Monty Robinson, 22, of Kendis Circle, charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, felonious assault and a firearm specification; Laquame Knox, 22, of Hyatt Avenue in Campbell to a charge of attempted felonious assault; and Melvin Johnson III, 21, who has no address listed, to a charge of illegal conveyance of a prohibited item into a detention facility.

Police were called to a home in the 100 block of South Forest Avenue on the East Side just before midnight May 13, where a 24-year-old man told them three men tried to get inside his home.

Read about their sentences in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.