22-year-old Marcus Yeager had little to say Wednesday afternoon as he pled guilty to his involvement in the April homicide that claimed the lives of 11-year-old Lloyd McCoy and 26-year-old Marvin Chaney.
"Guilty," Yeager said, moments after the judge asked him for his plea.
Yeager entered the pleas to charges of involuntary manslaughter and obstructing justice.
Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Chris Becker says Yeager gave a nine millimeter gun to one of the shooters. Becker also said that Yeager had first told police he knew nothing of the crime, but then later confessed.
Yeager had faced a murder charge but was offered the plea deal, in exchange for his cooperation with authorities.
"He will testify against Eugene Cumberbatch and Eugene Henderson," Becker said. "Based on the investigation by the Warren police department, although Mr. Yeager was involved he was not the shooter in the incident"
Eugene Henderson and Eugene Cumberbatch are both facing murder charges. Their cases are currently pending in front of the Trumbull County grand jury.
McCoy's family say no matter what happens in court, the pain they are suffering due to Lloyd's death will never go away.
"I'm just going through the motions, it's horrible," said the victim's father, Lloyd McCoy Sr.
Yeager will be sentenced after the co-defendants cases have been completed. Yeager could receive up to five years in prison.
