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Johntez Scrivens, right, listens to Judge Anthony Donofrio on Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court during a hearing. Scrivens pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Crystal Hernandez in her East Side apartment while she was holding her young son. At left is attorney Mark Lavelle.
YOUNGSTOWN Johntez E. Scrivens, 21, of 12th Street in Campbell, on Thursday became one of several defendants in the Crystal Hernandez murder to accept a plea agreement to a lesser charge in exchange for his testimony.
Scrivens pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and complicity with two gun specifications. His agreement in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court says prosecutors will recommend that he get 20 years in prison at his sentencing.
YOUNGSTOWN Prosecutors had worked out a plea agreement with Marquise J. Hornbuckle that would have sent him to prison for 10 years for shooting at two undercover Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers last November on the South Side.
But Hornbuckle, 26, of Evergreen Avenue, didn’t show up for his sentencing Dec. 7. Bail bondsmen picked him up and took him to jail last Thursday.
On Wednesday, Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court told Hornbuckle the plea agreement was rescinded, adding: “I didn’t like the deal to begin with.”
He sentenced Hornbuckle to 29 to 34 1/2 years in prison.
Before announcing the sentence, the judge told Hornbuckle any number of innocent people could have been shot that day.
Dec 16, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN Prosecutors worked out a plea agreement with Marquise J. Hornbuckle, 26, of Evergreen Avenue that would have sent him to prison for 10 years for shooting at two undercover Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers last November.
But he did not show up for his sentencing hearing Dec. 8. Bail bondsmen found him and took him to jail last Thursday.
On Wednesday, Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court told Hornbuckle the judge was rescinding the plea agreement, adding, “I didn’t like the deal to begin with” and sentenced Hornbuckle to 29 to 34 1/2 years in prison.
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Dec 11, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN Patrick S. Trimble, 49, of North Bon Air Avenue, pleaded guilty to setting fire to vehicles July 2 at Steel City Motors, 3116 Mahoning Ave.
The fires damaged several vehicles at the West Side car lot around 11:30 p.m. The owner of the lot said security cameras captured images of a person believed to be responsible for setting the fires.
Trimble pleaded guilty to felony arson before Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Kevin Day, assistant county prosecutor, said prosecutors will recommend that Trimble get 15 months in prison when he is sentenced at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 21.
Trimble has been in the Mahoning County jail since his arrest July 14. Officials will provide Durkin with a presentence investigation report regarding Trimble’s background before the sentencing hearing.