YOUNGSTOWN — Robert P. Young IV, charged with two counts of attempted murder, did not appear for his trial Monday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

He’s also charged with two counts of felonious assault, a specification of being a repeat violent offender and single counts of aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated arson.

Judge Anthony Donofrio of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court issued a warrant for Young’s arrest.

Young, 48, was indicted with Nichole R. Taylor, 39. She was indicted on similar charges as Young. Taylor is scheduled to be tried separately at 8:30 a.m. July 11.

Police said the charges were filed in connection to the shootings and robbery of two people late Sept. 19, 2019, at a home on Wayside Drive on the South Side. The victims were shot numerous times, and the house was set on fire.

Young was convicted of second-degree murder in August 1993 in Wayne County, Mich., and was sentenced to 18 to 30 years in prison, according to online Michigan court records and details of Young’s indictment.

Police were called to the home in the 3400 block of Wayside at 10:42 p.m. Sept. 19, 2019, for two people being shot and the house being on fire. When police arrived, they were approached by the two victims — a man, 33, and woman, 27, according to a Youngstown police report.

The victims were taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where they were in stable but critical condition later.

Young and Taylor later turned themselves in to police in early February 2020 on warrants for two felonious assault charges filed inYoungstown Municipal Court on Sept. 20, 2019.

A Detroit television station reported Jan. 30, 2020, that the U.S. Marshals Service was carrying out a multi-state manhunt for Young, who is from the Detroit area and had served 18 years in prison for the Detroit-area murder.

At the time, Deputy U.S. Marshal Aaron Garcia told TV station WXYZ of Detroit that Taylor knocked on the door of the Youngstown home. When a woman answered, Young shot her, then the two robbed the male and female inside, and Young shot the second person in the home, Garcia said.

Young and Taylor were indicted March 12, 2020, according to Mahoning County records.

Young’s bond was set at $40,000 Feb. 3, 2020, in Youngstown Municipal Court, and that bond amount was kept the same when he was arraigned in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court March 24, 2020. Taylor’s bond is $30,000.

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