Mahoning County Grand Jury indicts 29

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury Thursday indicted 29 people including Desiree Byrd, 19, of South Dunlap Avenue, on charges of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, and four counts of aggravated robbery.

She is accused of stabbing a 33-year-old taxi driver late May 18 on Gibson Street on the South Side. Reports said the driver picked up a woman and two men and when he asked for the fare up front, one of the men put a gun to his head and demanded money and the woman stabbed him in the stomach.

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The grand jury also indicted Jason Harmon, 25, Verona Avenue, on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, criminal trespass, aggravated menacing and trespass in habitation.

Reports say Harmon was wanted in two separate shooting incidents April 17 at the Plaza View apartment complex and late April 19 on Springdale Avenue.

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The grand jury also indicted Michael Emery, 29, East Judson Avenue, on possession of heroin, possession of cocaine and theft.

Reports say About 10:05 p.m. on May 19, police found Emery passed out in his car in front of a gas pump at a gas station in the 1100 block of McGuffey Road on the East Side. Reports said he had a syringe in his arm and a rubber band tied around his bicep. Officers Jacob Short and Carlo Eggleston awakened him.

When Emery was taken out of the car, the officers saw two bags of suspected drugs. Inside the car, they found suspected heroin in one and suspected cocaine in another. Emery refused to be taken to a hospital, so he was booked into the Mahoning County jail after he was treated by paramedics

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