Teen pleads guilty to attempted murder

Staff photo / Ed Runyan Nabil A. Allan, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated robbery Thursday and got a recommendation of 6 to 7 1/2 years in prison from the prosecution and defense. He will be sentenced later.
YOUNGSTOWN — Nabil A. Allan, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated robbery Thursday and got a recommendation of 6 to 7 1/2 years in prison from the prosecution and defense. He will be sentenced later.
Each of Allan’s charges is a first-degree felony punishable by up to 11 years in prison, and each charge has a gun specification. Allan remains in the Mahoning County jail in lieu of $250,0000 bond.
Allan’s charges stem from incidents on two dates in 2024.
Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick bound over Allan’s case to the adult-level Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Jan. 31. Allan was 17 at the time of the offenses.
The two counts of attempted murder stem from an Aug. 11 incident on Robinwood Place near Dupont Street on the North Side. A Youngstown police report states they were called there at 7:08 p.m. for “a large group of people fighting and large pieces of hair weaving were observed in the roadway.”
One victim in Allan’s two attempted murder indictments is a juvenile. The age of the other victim was redacted from Allan’s indictment.
A dispatcher told police officers that two people were victims of gunfire and were transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital by private vehicle. They suffered serious injuries.
Allan’s aggravated robbery charge stemmed from a Feb. 15 incident, but no records are available on what that incident involved.
Judge W. Wyatt McKay, a retired Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge, filled in for Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney on Allan’s plea hearing.
Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Pat Fening told McKay that the victims did not want to attend the plea hearing but they would be present for the sentencing.