Mahoning County Grand Jury indicts 26

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County Grand Jury Thursday indicted 26 people including Akeem Brown, 26, on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm, all with firearm specifications.

Brown is charged with the death of Anthony Bianco, 51, who was found in a burning car July 15 at Seifert and Knapp avenues on the East Side.

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The grand jury also indicted Liao Xiuhua, 59, Market Street, Boardman, on promoting prostitution and prostitution with forfeiture specifications.

On Jul. 12, Boardman Township police executed a search warrant related to a prostitution investigation at Tuina Spa, according to a police report.

Through an interpreter, Xiuhua reportedly told police that she traveled to the United States from her home in China to answer an advertisement looking for a spa worker.

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The grand jury also indicted Brandon Liggens, 36, Cordova Avenue, on two counts of felonious assault, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, tampering with evidence, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, assault and two counts of endangering children.

On Jul.3, Reports said Liggens was arrested after a Campbell police cruiser rammed the car he was driving at Albert Street and Victor Avenue. And that came after Liggens rammed a cruiser driven by Youngstown Police Detective Sgt. Ed Kenney on McCartney Road as Kenney was trying to block traffic.

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Brandon Liggens mug