CLEVELAND — A man found guilty of killing two children, their mother and another man in Slavic Village in 2019 has been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office confirmed with News 5 on Friday afternoon.
Armond A. Johnson, 29, was found guilty of the following on Sept. 2:
- 14 counts of aggravated murder
- Three counts of aggravated arson
- Two counts of endangering children
- One count of kidnapping
- One count of tampering with evidence
Johnson was arrested on July 9, 2019 at the scene of the crime. The day prior, police responded to the 3700 block of East 63rd Street for a man shot. When they arrived, officers found the body of 35-year-old David Cousin Jr. in an empty lot adjacent to a home where the bodies of Takeyra Collins, 25, and her two children—Aubree Stone, 2, and Armond Johnson Jr., 6—were found inside.
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