Friday, December 16, 2016
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mahoning County grand jury indicted two men in the September homicide of a man on the North Side.
Jalon Allen, 22, and David Oliver, 24, were each indicted Thursday on aggravated murder charges with firearm specifications for the Sept. 20 slaying of Andre Harrison, 34, who was found fatally shot in his home in the 1500 block of Kensington Avenue.
Warrants for both men were issued Dec. 9 in municipal court. Allen, of East Midlothian Boulevard, turned himself in to police the next day, and Oliver, of Erie Street, was arrested Wednesday by U.S. marshals in Liberty.
Prosecutors in municipal court said they have video of Oliver and Allen on Harrison’s porch, and at some point Oliver pulls a gun. The pair forced their way in.
Harrison was found dead from a shotgun wound to the neck, police said.
Allen and Oliver also are both charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence. Oliver was also charged with being a felon with a gun.
Also indicted was Raymond Johnson Jr., 21, of Meadow Lane, Poland, who is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and operating a vehicle under alcohol impairment in the Aug. 6 death of his passenger, Johnathan L. Watters, 21, of Youngstown.
Watters was killed when the car Johnson was driving went out of control while traveling north on Sheridan Road south of Holbrooke Road in Boardman.
The car went off the right side of the road, over-corrected and went off the left side and overturned. Watters was ejected from the vehicle, the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred at 6:20 a.m. Johnson was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for minor injuries. The patrol said alcohol and speed were believed to be factors in the crash.
Others indicted Thursday and the charges are:
Michael Boyle, 46, of Indian Run Drive, Canfield, aggravated vehicular assault and operating a vehicle impaired.
Marvin Gidney, 30, of Hillman Street, heroin possession with a forfeiture specification and obstructing official business.
William Stanley, 36, of St. Louis Avenue, receiving stolen property.
John Taylor, 65, of Goshen Road, Salem, domestic violence.
James Sunderman, 30, of Canton Street, felonious assault with a firearm specification.
Dana Monique Hewlett, 31, of Livingston Street, theft.
Newell Spann, 40, of East Avondale Avenue, cocaine possession and illegal gun possession.
Theodaysha Wiley, 26, of Wilbur Avenue, robbery.
Sedric Johnson, 19, of South Lakeview Avenue, and Nicolette Boyd, 32, of North Osborn Avenue, robbery.
Amanda Gerlach, 32, of North Osborn Avenue, two counts of robbery.
Carl Thurston, 32, of Steel Street, cocaine possession and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
Scott Datillo, 33, of Canfield Road, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery with firearm and repeat violent-offender specifications, theft, illegal gun possession and tampering with evidence.
Marco Giovanni, 29, of Durst-Clagg Road, Cortland, heroin possession.
Timothy Hicks, 32, of McHenry Street, promoting prostitution.
Deonta Mynatt, 27, of Cleveland, theft, passing bad checks.
Ronny Lee Black, 57, of Alliance, aggravated burglary and three counts of domestic violence.
Darrell Haynes, 50, of Poplar Street, illegal gun possession, carrying a concealed weapon and obstructing official business.
Eddie Robinson Jr., 23, of Hawn Street, drug possession.
Blake Valentin, 22, of Fourth Street, Struthers, burglary, breaking and entering and obstructing official business.
Alexander Spencer, 22, of Summer Street, heroin possession.
Issaka Farid Mamah, 22, of Bronx, N.Y., receiving stolen property and falsification.
Dion Artis, 26, of West Judson Avenue, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and carrying a concealed weapon.
Phillip Jackson, 54, of Hillman Street, cocaine possession.
Jawan Johnson, 23, of Michigan Avenue, robbery, intimidation and aggravated menacing.
Caleb West, 34, of Southern Boulevard, felonious assault.
Brandon Carter, 27, of Donald Avenue, theft.
Edward A. Miller Jr., 29, of Maxwell Street, Northwest, Warren, escape.
Curtis D. Bailey Sr., 55, of South Lakeview Avenue, nonsupport of dependents.
Donald Durkin Jr., 35, of Clingan Road or Matta Avenue, nonsupport of dependents.
Clarence Shaffer, 40, of Tulane Avenue, nonsupport of dependents.
Joshua Southern, 33, of Youngstown-Lowellville Road, Lowellville, or Azalea Drive, Newton Falls, nonsupport of dependents.
The grand jury declined to indict:
Edward McElroy, 31, of Maywood Drive, felonious assault.
William Atkins, 34, of Forest Hill Drive, Austintown, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance.