Two men and woman charged in connection with Warren gun-store theft

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Two felons from Warren were indicted last week in federal court for stealing 30 firearms from J&D Firearms on Parkman Road Northwest in Warren on March 29.

Indictments were unsealed this week after they were arrested.

Laval Jackson, 43, and Tyrone Thomas, 42, were indicted on charges of stealing firearms, being in possession of stolen firearms and being felons illegally in possession of firearms. Kristi Coxson, 33, also of Warren, was indicted on one count of possession of stolen firearms.

Both men have Trumbull County convictions – Jackson of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer in 1996 and Thomas of aggravated assault in 1995 and robbery in 2001.

“These are people forbidden by law from having firearms who went out and stole them,” said Carole Rendon, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Investigating the thefts were the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Warren Police Department.

The break-in was perpetrated by breaking through a section of the rear wall of the business at 6:51 a.m., according to a Warren police report.

Two suspects appeared to be wearing gloves and masks. Among the weapons taken were two AR-15s, lightweight, intermediate cartridge, magazine-fed, air-cooled, semiautomatic assault rifles.

A reward of up to $10,000 was offered in April for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.