Couple pleads guilty in 9-year-old's cocaine OD

YOUNGSTOWN — Two people charged with the cocaine overdose of a 9-year-old boy the day after Christmas entered guilty pleas today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Kevin Gamble, 40, pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering and the child's mother, Raenell Allen, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of child endangering.

Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of four and a half years for Gamble and probation for Allen for the death of her son, Marcus Lee, of Midland Avenue, from a cocaine overdose.

Lee died of a massive amount of cocaine that police said belonged to Gamble, her boyfriend, who is accused of dealing drugs.