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City man arrested on murder charge

37-year-old accused of 2019 shooting death

YOUNGSTOWN — Anthony D. Johnson, 37, was arrested Thursday by Youngstown police after being indicted on aggravated murder and other charges in the 2019 shooting death of Reshaud Biggs Sr., 33.

Johnson, of Youngstown, was indicted on aggravated murder with a 5-year drive by specification and gun specification, murder with those same specifications.

He is also indicted on having weapons while not allowed, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and obstructing official business.

He is in the Mahoning County jail and is likely to be arraigned next week in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He could get a life prison sentence if convicted.

Capt. Jason Simon of the Youngstown Police Department said Youngstown Police Detective Jessica Shields followed up on a tip that led to Johnson’s indictment in the cold case.

Biggs, of Boardman, was found at 3:10 a.m. in a car parked in the 300 block of East Lucius Avenue on the South Side, according to Vindicator archives. He was breathing when paramedics arrived.

Then-police chief Robin Lees said someone in another car fired at the car Biggs was in as it was parked in front of a home. Biggs was the only person in the car.

Lt. Brian Welsh said in 2019 officers received a 911 call from someone in the area, and that is when they found the car and Biggs.

On July 10, 2019, Biggs was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to a fourth-degree felony and fifth-degree felony charge of trafficking in cocaine.

Johnson was sentenced to five years in prison in July 2021 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in a 2017 robbery and a 2018 robbery. Johnson was the driver of the car in both robberies committed by another man, according to Vindicator files.

Also indicted Thursday are:

• Michael L. Pavlov, 26, Ridge Avenue, Canton, violating a protection order.

• Jose A. Roche-Feliciano, 35, Roy Street, abduction, strangulation and domestic violence.

• Sean A. Beichner, 29, Delmont, Pa., aggravated drug possession, two counts of drug possession and one count of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Daniel J. Sherbondy, 32, Irwin, Pa., aggravated drug possession, two counts of drug possession, and single counts of operating a vehicle under the influence and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Ty L. Murphy, 36, Volney Road, two counts of strangulation and single counts of abduction and assault.

• Andrew J. Irwin, 33, Mahoning County jail, felonious assault, failure to comply with the order of a police officer and obstructing official business.

• Jay-Quan D. Curry, 26, Martha Avenue, Campbell, possession of controlled substances.

• Keluis Casere, 25, Englewood, N.J., breaking and entering, attempted theft of drugs, possessing criminal tools, obstructing official business and criminal damaging or endangering.

• Charles O. Renicker, 54, Carrollton, robbery.

• John L. Randall III, 25, South Heights Avenue, cocaine possession and obstructing official business.

• Mark C. Clay, 23, Mahoning County jail, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and having weapons while not allowed.

• Pharryn J. Dixon, 24, Market Street, cocaine possession.

• Edward L. Davis, 33, Glenwood Street NE, Warren, aggravated drug possession.

• Sequioua L. King, 36, Ivanhoe Avenue, cocaine possession, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear as required by recognizance.

• Sammy F. Anderson, 28, Mahoning County jail, aggravated drug possession.

• Nicholas Y. Felder, 23, Mahoning County jail, having weapons while not allowed, violating of a protection order, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and falsification.

• Nathan D. Lee, 23, Straley Lane, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person.

• Angel R. Baker, 22, Romaine Avenue, Girard, illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility.

• Darnell S. Allen, 28, Alabama Avenue, Sebring, failure to verify address.

• Lee P. Myers, 48, Concord Avenue, failure to verify address.

• Logan M. Larlham, 25, E. Judson Avenue, failure to verify address.

• Deshon L. Doll, 35, Hubbard Road, disrupting public services.

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