16-year-old indicted in two slayings

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One boy allegedly belonged to a criminal gang since he was 10.

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted a 16-year-old boy in the May 20 armed robbery and slaying of two other 16-year-old-boys.

The grand jury indicted Adrian M. Sims, of West Marion Avenue, on two counts each of aggravated robbery and murder with a firearm specification to all counts in the shooting deaths of Troy Barlow of Breaden Street and Jaimie Helms of Cornell Street.

Barlow and Helms were found in a backyard in the 1600 block of Park Vista Drive on the city's East Side, shot in the head. Sims had been bound over from the county juvenile court to the grand jury for trial as an adult.

In August, a grand jury indicted Devron Pinkard Jr., 18, of Park Vista Drive, on two counts each of aggravated robbery and aggravated murder, all with a firearm specification in the same slayings.

In an unrelated case, the grand jury also indicted a second boy bound over from juvenile court, Jonathan Dent, 15, of East Lucius Avenue, on a charge of participating in a criminal gang.

Dent, who police listed as a member of the L Unit (named for Lucius Avenue), belonged to a gang from March 15, 2001, when he was 10, to now, according to the indictment.

Dent was among 33 South Side youths, ages 12 to 20, who were charged in May with participating in a criminal gang.

Additional indictments

Others indicted this week were:

Deanna L. Wardle, 41, of Mayflower Drive, Boardman, grand theft.

Larry R. Blakeley, 36, of Mahoning County jail, aggravated robbery.

Nicholas Molina, 18, of Mahoning County jail, aggravated robbery.

Kevin R. Houser, 39, of Mahoning County jail, two counts of breaking and entering.

Timothy D. Chalfant, 40, of Mahoning County jail, domestic violence.

Barbara E. Huffman, 50, of Breeze Knoll Drive, Youngstown, receiving stolen property and forgery.

Jake Perrotta, 24, of Mahoning County jail, six counts of arson.

Dawn Gwinn, 32, of Mahoning County jail, cocaine and heroin possession.

Derrick Page, 28, of Tangent Street, Youngstown, domestic violence.

Maurice Barnes, 41, of Mahoning County jail, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.

Lucas Bielecki, 21, of Northview Drive, Cortland, cocaine possession.

Anthony E. Parent Jr., 51, of Olive Avenue, Lake Milton, felonious assault.

Joseph M. Parent, 22, of Tampa Avenue, Youngstown, complicity to felonious assault.

Joann Robinson, 42, of Mahoning County jail, cocaine possession.

Kevin M. Carter, 48, of Mahoning County jail, two counts of receiving stolen property.

Norene Garono, 36, of Mahoning County jail, cocaine possession.

Terry Hopkins, 43, of Mahoning County jail, aggravated robbery.

Adrian Jennings, 26, of Mahoning County jail, theft.

Maurice Pierce, 36, of Mahoning County jail, domestic violence.

Francine L. DeFrank, 21, of Salt Springs Road, Youngstown, heroin possession.

Rosaria Laverne Harris, 45, of East Boston Avenue, Youngstown, five counts of forgery.

Erin R. Johngrass, 24, of Mahoning County jail, heroin possession.

Brian L. Underwood, 21, of Mahoning County jail, cocaine possession.

Jeremy L. Betts, 21, of Compass West, Austintown, carrying concealed weapons.

Joseph F. DeMichael III, 39, of Sandalwood Lane, Youngstown, cocaine possession.

Christopher Sayers, 21, of Lenox Avenue, Youngstown, rape, domestic violence, felonious assault and two counts of kidnapping.

William Bell, 36, of Summer Street, Youngstown, domestic violence.

Saturday, October 7, 2006