YOUNGSTOWN — Terrance C. May, 48, was arraigned Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on charges of aggravated murder with a firearm specification, murder with a firearm specification and having weapons while not allowed in connection to the Dec. 10, 2021, shooting death of Zachary Chace.

Chace, 30, was found inside of a parked vehicle at Earle Avenue and Erie Street on the South Side. Police found Chace after they were notified of a suspicious 2020 Red Ford Ecosport at 11:59 p.m. Dec. 10. Chace had been shot and was unconscious, police said. He died several hours later at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

May and other defendants in custody were arraigned by video Tuesday before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, who asked May whether he is serving a federal prison sentence. May agreed he is.

Krichbaum ordered May to be held without bond, but said that can be addressed later if necessary.

“At this point, the court will not allow a bond in this case,” he said.

Jennifer Paris, county assistant prosecutor, said May has been in the Mahoning County jail as a federal inmate. He has been there since Sept. 8, 2022, according to jail records.

Very little information has been released regarding Chace’s killing. His family offered a reward of $5,000 in January 2022 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for Chace’s death.

May’s indictment on having weapons while not allowed states May was not allowed to possess a firearm because of previous felony charges or convictions.

U.S. court Judge Benita Y. Pearson in Youngstown sentenced May to more than 14 years in federal prison Jan. 25 after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs and distributing drugs. May was ordered to serve 15 years of supervised release following imprisonment and pay a $2,400 special assessment.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, May led a drug conspiracy in the Youngstown area that distributed fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base and heroin from February 2020 until January of 2022. Investigators used a wiretap to intercept drug communications from May and other co-conspirators that led to search warrants being executed that resulted in seizures of illegal drugs.