Two men charged with murder for another man’s shooting death in late 2023 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Friday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
While defense lawyers for William Kynard IV, 35, and Adrian Warren, 37, agreed with prosecutors on prison terms of eight to 10½ years for their convictions, Judge Michael Goulding scheduled a sentencing hearing for Jan. 31 to give relatives of victim Denzel Herron, 30, time to prepare a statement.
David Borell, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor, told the court that Mr. Herron’s family did not agree to the plea deal, but that prosecutors perceived a strong risk that a jury might acquit the defendants if the case went to trial…