Man indicted in Youngstown’s first homicide of 2025
YOUNGSTOWN — Jonathon Simmons was indicted Thursday on a charge of murder with a firearm specification in the Jan. 10 shooting death of Brandon Ogden, 27, in the 2500 block of Ohio Avenue on the North Side.
Simmons, who is in the Mahoning County jail on a $1 million bond, could get a life prison sentence if convicted. Ogden’s death was the first homicide of the year in Youngstown.
A Youngstown police news release stated that officers were called to Ohio Avenue on Jan. 10 for a man who had been shot and a suspect who had fled the scene. Ogden was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead, the release stated.
Detectives, crime scene investigators and the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office began an investigation, and Simmons, 29, was identified as the suspect in the killing.
“While still processing the scene and interviewing witnesses,” the Milton Township Police Department “stopped Simmons for traffic violations and learned that he was being sought in the Youngstown homicide,” the release states.
Simmons was detained and taken to the Youngstown Police Department for questioning by homicide detectives and then taken to jail. His case was bound over from Youngstown Municipal Court to a Mahoning County grand jury in late January.
Others indicted Thursday are:
● Keijuan L. Perkins, 32, Mahoning County jail, two counts of kidnapping and single counts of aggravated robbery, robbery, grand theft of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor theft, aggravated drug possession, receiving stolen property, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
● Derrick Darrington, 16, Mahoning County jail, aggravated robbery with a firearm specification and two counts of felonious assault, each with a firearm specification.
● Maxwell W. Horne, 32, Forsythe Avenue, Girard, two counts of felony assault and one count of resisting arrest.
● Nabil A. Allan, 17, Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center, aggravated robbery with a firearm specification and two counts of attempted murder, each with a firearm specification.
● Virgilio Rios, 40, Mahoning County jail, improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school safety zone with a firearm specification.
● Lynn M. Bowden, 45, Reed Avenue, Campbell, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, marijuana trafficking and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them — OVI.
● Danny P. Geisler, 36, Palmer Avenue, theft.
● Jessica A. Mort, 33, Tod Avenue, Warren, aggravated drug possession and cocaine possession.
● Abigail C. Jimenez, 26, Kendis Circle, felonious assault with a firearm specification.
● James M. Tasel, 30, Mahoning County jail, four counts of harassment with a bodily substance and single counts of intimidation and retaliation.

