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Nivea Ramos, left, is shown with her daughter, Crystal Hernandez, taken when Hernandez was about 16 years old.
YOUNGSTOWN Nivea Ramos and her daughter, Crystal Hernandez, put a face on the violence that has taken so many lives in Youngstown.
The face of Hernandez is of a young woman who enjoyed using makeup and posting glamorous images of herself on social media a young mother, 23, who moved to Youngstown as a teenager after growing up elsewhere.
The face of Ramos is that of a woman whose reason for coming from out-of-state to Youngstown last year was that Hernandez, her daughter “my sunshine” was murdered here, and one of the murderers was on trial.
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Jan 7, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN One more of the six men charged with shooting into the apartment of Crystal Hernandez Jan. 24, 2019, killing her as she held her young child, has entered a guilty plea to reduced charges.
Marquis Torres, 23, of Dogwood Lane pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy in exchange for prosecutors recommending that he get 23 years in prison when he is sentenced later.
He was indicted on aggravated murder and other offenses and could have resulted in a life prison sentence if convicted at trial.
Torres and the other five men are accused of going to the East Side apartment that Hernandez, 23, shared with boyfriend Gabriel Smith Jr., 20, and their son, 2, and firing scores of gunshots into the home. It was at the end of a daylong feud involving some of the young men and Smith.
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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.