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WARREN A Warren man was picked up on a sealed indictment charging him with trafficking in cocaine.
Reginald D. O’Neal Jr., 31, of First Street SW, was arraigned Thursday and his bond was set at $50,000. O’Neal will be back in court Monday for a pretrial hearing before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Peter J. Kontos.
Records show O’Neal was investigated for alleged September 2019 drug offenses by the county sheriff’s Trumbull Action Group drug task force.
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WARREN A Warren man pleaded guilty Thursday to a multiple-count case involving fentanyl-related compounds, the same day the federal Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into areas like the Mahoning Valley.
Michael Crain, 46, of Van Wye Street SE, Warren, pleaded guilty before Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice to two counts of trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, possession of a fentanyl-related compound and having a weapon as a convicted felon.
Crain was named in a secret indictment Dec. 15, 2020, on eight charges, but he agreed to plead to a deal that called for him to be convicted of four charges. The plea deal headed off a scheduled trial that was set for May 10 in Rice’s courtroom.
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William Gambino, foreground, is charged with felonious assault, aggravated robbery and having weapons under restrictions. Gambino is on trial for the Oct. 7, 2020, shooting of William Blake at a Youngstown Kingsville Road address in Fowler. He is with his attorney, Michael Partlow.
WARREN As the trial of an Eastlake man got underway in Trumbull County Common Pleas court, a Fowler man shot Oct. 7, 2020, in the driveway of his home testified Monday about his thoughts after being hit.
“I knew for a fact I was gonna die,” gunshot victim William Blake told a jury. “I had lost a lot of blood.”
CLEVELAND Three Warren men arrested as part of a massive drug investigation last fall have pleaded guilty to federal felony charges for their part in the illegal operation.
Also, a Youngstown man was arrested this month by federal authorities on charges of distributing drugs in Warren in a separate case. Tyron Scott, 23, who was indicted last September on distributing cocaine charges, was arrested Saturday, according to reports.
According to court records, Scott has been on the run since Sept. 3 and wanted on a sealed federal indictment.
These men participated in change-of-plea hearings last week in federal court:
l Marcus Williams, 27, of Warren, on Feb. 2 pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and heroin and distribution of crack cocaine. Williams submitted to a background report before sentencing, which is scheduled at 10 a.m. June 2 before federal Judge Christopher Boyko.