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Youngstown police still are searching for this man, who is considered a suspect in the shooting of Thomas C. Williams at Kingâs Court tavern. Anyone with information can call 330-746-CLUE or 330-742-8YPD.
YOUNGSTOWN Erik Jenkins, 25, turned himself in at the Mahoning County jail Tuesday afternoon, about an hour after the Youngstown Police Department had a news conference to announce he’d been charged with murder.
Jenkins, of Columbus, is charged in the March 4 killing of Thomas C. Williams, 34, in the parking lot of King’s Court tavern, 3223 South Ave., and the wounding of a security guard from the tavern.
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YOUNGSTOWN Chris Cordero, whose East Boston Avenue home on the South Side was the scene of frequent parties and gunfire last year, police records show, is now facing four felony charges and a five misdemeanors following a Monday night chase and crash.
Cordero, 34, and three passengers in his car were taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Monday night and were admitted to the hospital with various injuries.
Police said they observed Cordero’s vehicle swerving among the lanes of South Avenue about 11:47 p.m., then followed him with lights and siren until police called off the chase for safety reasons. Another officer then saw smoke rising from a crash on East Commerce Street downtown and found Cordero and three other occupants of the car injured near the badly damaged car. Police reported recovering a gun and drugs at the scene.
YOUNGSTOWN The city man charged March 2 with killing former Youngstown State University football player Darius Shackleford, 24, in a Feb. 6 crash on Albert Street was arraigned Wednesday in Youngstown Municipal Court.
Adrienne D. Washington Jr., 19, was apprehended and placed in the Mahoning County jail Tuesday. He is being held on a $75,000 bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in front of Judge Carla Baldwin at 10 a.m. March 19.
He is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and felony leaving the scene of an accident.
Youngstown police said Washington’s car hit Shackleford’s car at 11:54 p.m. at the intersection of Albert Street and McGuffey Avenue while Washington was fleeing from a Youngstown police car. Washington fled on foot after the crash but was apprehended by police.