Man sentenced for shooting at store

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to five counts of felonious assault for shooting two people in a South Avenue store last June was sentenced to seven years in prison today.

Tyrell Maiden, 25, of Lucius Avenue, can apply for judicial release after three and a half years of his sentence is served. The state also has agreed to stand silent when Maiden makes his request as long as he has no record of getting into trouble while he is in prison.

Maiden pleaded guilty to the counts Aug. 15 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court along with a specification that a firearm was used to commit the crime.

The sentence was a joint recommendation between prosecutors and defense lawyer Tom Zena and was adopted by Judge John Durkin.

As part of the plea agreement, Maiden can apply the time he has served in the county jail, which is more than a year, toward his judicial release.

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