A teenager described by Commonwealth’s Attorney Jack Thornton as the “driving force” behind a drive-by shooting at a barbecue/party last June, in Bayview, pleaded guilty to seven felonies and a misdemeanor in Northampton Circuit Court Tuesday.
Nineteen-year-old Nykeem Ijour Bailey, of Walnut Lane in Birdsnest, waived formal arraignment and admitted to malicious wounding by a mob, shooting at an occupied vehicle, shooting from a car, destruction of property, maliciously shooting at an occupied dwelling, use of a firearm in a felony, possession of a firearm by someone convicted of a crime as a juvenile that would have been a felony if he had been an adult, and reckless handling of a gun.
Judge Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. said the maximum punishment for the crimes is 63 years in prison and a fine of $312,000…