Man indicted for North Side murder

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Mahoning County grand jury indicted a man in an April murder on the North Side. Jermaine Tubbs, 26, of Potomac Avenue, faces charges of murder with a firearm specification and being a felon in possession of a firearm for the April 10 shooting death of Michael Brooks, 52, on Dupont Street.

Police said Brooks was the stepfather of Tubbs’ girlfriend. Brooks and the woman were arguing at a Dupont Street apartment, and Brooks came to pick up his stepdaughter.

Brooks and Tubbs then argued before Brooks was shot, police said. He ran into some nearby woods that day but surrendered to police the next day. He has been in the Mahoning County jail since his arrest.

Also indicted Thursday was Kenneth Law, 53, of Poland, who faces two counts of tampering with records, theft, five counts of failure to remit sales tax and two counts of engaging in business with a suspended vendor’s license.

An indictment said Law, doing business as Performa Advanced Print Solutions, did not submit sales tax from 2011 to 2016 and he tampered with records to try to cover it up.

The indictment also said Law did not have a vendor’s license from March 2015 to the end of 2016.

Others indicted were:

DeWayne L. Jordan, 21, Fourth Street Northwest, Warren, assault.

Frank Consiglio, 48, Mona Lane, possession of heroin, possession of cocaine and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jonathan Gray, 29, East Boston Avenue, illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto the grounds of a detention facility and possession of drugs with a forfeiture specification.

Carlos Herring, 29, North Heights, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, possession of drugs and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Keijuan Perkins, 25, Jacobs Road, illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto the grounds of a detention facility, theft and resisting arrest.

Elizabeth Velazquez-Martel, 28, Orange Avenue, possession of drugs.

Keith Fletcher, 36, Heather Lane NW, Warren, receiving stolen property.

Anthony Hobbs, 26, Garfield Street, and Javon Marquese Sutton-Elliot, 26, Ambert Avenue, being a felon in possession of a firearm, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

Victor Santangelo, 55, Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman, possession of cocaine and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

LaMarcus Williams, 24, Sherwood Avenue, carrying concealed weapons.

Matthew D. Anderson, 41, Jackson Center, Pa., aggravated possession of drugs, possession of drugs, falsification and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Brian J. Moran, 30, Sugar Pines Drive NW, Warren, and Mark Moran, 31, Beal Street, Warren, breaking and entering.

Ronald Stevens, 44, Hanley Avenue, possession of heroin, being a felon in possession of a firearm, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of cocaine, operating a vehicle impaired, endangering children and possession of drugs with a forfeiture specification.

Brian Larew, 50, Imperial Street, assault.

Alvin Perkins, 23, West Reynolds Avenue, New Castle, Pa., being a felon in possession of a firearm, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and two counts of possession of drugs.

Kelly Hartill, 38, North Belle Vista Avenue, and Sierra Marenkovic, 19, North Belle Vista Avenue, felonious assault.

Edna Starks, 25, Orville, Ala., two counts of assault, criminal damaging and OVI.

Rudolph Alford, 65, Coitsville-Hubbard Road, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia with a forfeiture specification.